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[scottobear]

sweetalyssm and I have been talking about classic foods... well, maybe not classic, but stuff folks ate 60 or more years ago. Pancreas with chicken liver dressing. Headcheese.

The Butcher Shop bears noticing... click on the head. :)


a whole mess of recipes for DarkTrain and his Gramma! Vittles!

Muskrat Stew

1 muskrat cut into pieces
flour
salt and pepper
2 1/2 Tb. butter
7 cups boiling water
1 tsp. thyme
1 cup corn
3 potatoes, cubed
1/4 tsp. cayenne
3 medium onions, sliced
2 cups canned tomatoes with juice

Roll the muskrat pieces in flour, salt, and pepper. Brown in
butter. Add muskrat and all other ingredients, (with the
exception of the tomatoes), to the boiling water, cover, and
simmer for 1/2 to 2 hours. Add the tomatoes and continue to
simmer another hour.

Serves 4

Comments

[sweetalyssm.livejournal.com]

oh my gosh, your receipes rival mine...yours is closer to the rodent kingdom, I think, then mine is.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

You still have big animals where you are... :) we have to rely on gator and deer for the big ones. :)

speaking of muskrat stew...

[gael.livejournal.com]

My copy of Joy of Cooking has an illustration showing the best way to skin a squirrel!

Re: speaking of muskrat stew...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

woo.. not a lot of joy in that for me!! :) owie! sweetalyssm has the instructions how on her site. :)

[nomi.livejournal.com]

oh gak. :) i'm not that adventurous with my meat.

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

icky, but interesting..

what about..

[shoo.livejournal.com]

muskrat suzie and muskrat sam?
doin'n the jitter bug in the muskrat spam?

Re: what about..

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

muskrat love? Ah, you're observant, you are..

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Soar (http://soar.berkeley.edu/recipes/ethnic/canadian/indexall.html) has a bunch of Canadian recipes, including "Jellied Moose Nose," that sound a lot like that ;)

"Jellied MOOSE nose? Oh dear God, now I understand the misconceptions people have about Canadians!"

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

oh, good heavens!! I remember the whole jellied moose nose interest craze, back in september.

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[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Don't knock it till you try it, bwaaa haaaa ;)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Vegetarian.. unless that moose is really a clever concoction of mushrooms and raspberries, I'll never eat it. :)

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[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Well, mooses are vegetarians - isn't that close enough ;)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

Hmm... depends on the moose, I guess...

next thing. you'll be eating jellied scotto nose!

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

thank you for making my day a bit more surreal.

:)