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cooking up the catch.........
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Neill
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:30 pm Posts: 988 Location: Lexington
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cooking up the catch.........
Tried something new today, cooked up a small beaver I caught a couple weeks ago. I've heard they're good eating, especially the small ones, so I thought I'd give it a shot.
I tried cooking up like I do the tougher cuts of venison. Lightly brown, then simmer in red wine and bullion with carrots and onions for a couple hours, then serve over noodles. That will turn any venison tender and melt in your mouth.
The beaver was 14 pounds out of the trap, I got maybe 1-1.5# boning out the legs. Wasn't much to cut elsewhere. It's definatley edible, has a flavor like nothing I've tasted before, sort of a strange sweet taste to it. Maybe it's just tainted from the castor. Doesn't hold a candle to deer meat. I'll probably just keep using them for bait....lol.
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Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:45 am |
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Vic
King of Spring
Joined: Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:40 am Posts: 2703 Location: Baltimore, MD
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Re: cooking up the catch.........
We caught a big beaver when I was a kid and we cooked it up. Many said the tail is like bacon, but ours wasn't too good. We did like the meat though. It was sweet and I thought tasty. Much of it depends on what kind of tree bark they are eating.
Vic
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Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:01 am |
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barry
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:44 pm Posts: 2715 Location: Bedford, VA
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Re: cooking up the catch.........
I commend you for at least trying it, I hate to see anything wasted/ We've got the loin out of my bobcat in the freezer, gonna eat that soon.
_________________ "Do not let what you can not do interfere with what you can do." - John Wooden
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Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:12 pm |
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Neill
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:30 pm Posts: 988 Location: Lexington
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Re: cooking up the catch.........
Let us know how that cat turns out Barry. I've got a muskrat in the freezer, if I can find a decent sounding recipe, it might makes it way to the grill.
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Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:38 am |
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TScottW99
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:59 pm Posts: 2851 Location: Roanoke
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Re: cooking up the catch.........
Just saw something on Twitter and it made me think of this thread. Instead of selling beaver pelts maybe you should sell the meat!!! http://www.exoticmeatmarket.com/beavermeat.html
_________________ "What gets us jangly is the suddenness of everything. We hunt turkeys because we want to hear them gobble, watch them strut and all that, and we hunt them with shotguns because we want to be close to them when those things occur." - Jim Spencer
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Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:24 am |
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Neill
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:30 pm Posts: 988 Location: Lexington
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Re: cooking up the catch.........
that's an awefull expensive taste for beaver...lol I wonder where they get it? Thankfully it's legal to sell coon meat in Va and most of the south, it goes a long way to covering gas
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Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:13 pm |
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