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is beaver safe to eat? should be, I believe it's a clean animal. and I am talking about 4 legged, in case someone is gearing up for a smart answer! about 35 yrs ago, I had a cousin from Lynn Lake come down south here for a visit, along with him he brought a beaver and he roasted it a roaster with lid in the oven, just like one would do a beef roast. Man, was that ever good! I've been thinking about it a lot lately. I don't trap and I understand that you can't shoot them in water, but I know where there are beaver huts, not too far from home. perhaps at the right time, one might be on the shore!
 
My mother talks of eating the beaver tail as a child. Was the treat of the animal, they used to fight over it.
Sorry. Never got cooking instructions on it. The tail is a muscle, possibly cook like ribs?
 
I've eaten many tails on the trap line. They are mostly fat and are actually sweet.

To cook we just used a stick and the fire. Once the skin pulls off cleanly slice up and put on bread.

I think the tail is the best part because there is no special cooking or preperation required. It's fast bush food.

I'm sure if we had a can of anything, it would have been ate and not the tail though !! ;)
 
colin455 said:
My mother talks of eating the beaver tail as a child. Was the treat of the animal, they used to fight over it.
Sorry. Never got cooking instructions on it. The tail is a muscle, possibly cook like ribs?
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Throw the tail on hot coals, when it starts to blister peel it and eat it like you would lobster or crab with garlic butter...you'll then know why they use to fight over it!
 
I have used the thighs in a couple of stews before. Potatoes, carrots, turnip, beaver thighs, onions, and salt/pepper to taste. Through them in a crockpot and it's a pretty good meal.
 
colin455 said:
My mother talks of eating the beaver tail as a child. Was the treat of the animal, they used to fight over it.
Sorry. Never got cooking instructions on it. The tail is a muscle, possibly cook like ribs?
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Are you sure she doesn't mean beavertails as in the pastry?

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In 1975 the entire beaver, complete with tail was the center pice at the Port Hardy Game dinner. Very fine in texture and perhaps a little oily.
Quite different from swamp rabbit.
 
Nothing better then a nice beaver hip done in the slowly in the oven with a little salt and pepper. Need to find someone that needs some pest control done, and restock the freezer.

outlan
 
gaddye said:
I've eaten many tails on the trap line. They are mostly fat and are actually sweet.

To cook we just used a stick and the fire. Once the skin pulls off cleanly slice up and put on bread.

I think the tail is the best part because there is no special cooking or preperation required. It's fast bush food.

I'm sure if we had a can of anything, it would have been ate and not the tail though !! ;)
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When we were kids we used to joke about eating a greasy beaver tail. I was never sure if they actually were greasy/fatty, but I guess they are.
 
Years ago when we lived up near Nipawin, Sk...trappers used to bring my Dad, beaver tails and beaver haunches....as I remember they were pretty good as is muskrat. Dad, used to singe the tails over a low fire and we'd eat it...Mom, couldn't look at as eating it and would exit stage left!
 
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Years ago when I lived in Smithers BC, the town held a wildlife dinner every year. One of the favourite dishes served was beavertail and beans. That was some mighty fine eats.

Df
 
Beaver is one of the only mammals you can eat during good friday because it was always considered a fish.
 
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