Preparing a muskrat?

[major bill]

I am not sure I want to try muskrat, but if I did perhaps I should go to this. Regardless, the River Raisin National Battlefield is near there.


Upcoming Events at the Monroe County Museum

Foodways of Early Michigan

Saturday, April 18th, 12.00 pm to 4.00 pm - FREE

Visitors to the River Raisin Territorial Park will have the opportunity to learn about the foodways of the various cultural groups that populated southeastern Michigan from the 1780s to 1860s. Discover how to smoke fish, prepare a muskrat, and learn traditional cooking methods.

Held at the River Raisin Territorial Park (Navarre-Anderson Trading Post), 3815 North Custer Road, Monroe, Michigan 48162.

 

[Allie]

Surely they won't actually eat one, just talk about it! If you do go, definitely let us know how it went.

 

[ole]

A muskrat can't be much different than a squirrel or groundhog. Hey, it was meat. We might turn up our noses at such fare, but meat isn't always beef, pork, lamb, or poultry. It was meat and people learned early that meat was necessary. As our vegans have learned, there are veggie alternatives, but a steak that is just warm in the middle is much better than a bean taco.

 

[huskerblitz]

Lewis and Clark ate prairie dogs and considered the meat "fine table fare" and people still eat guinea pigs in Ecuador and other South American places.

 

[major bill]

Here Catholics once viewed muskrat as not being meat and thus they could eat muskrat s on Friday. Because the muskrat lived in the water, it was viewed as fish rather than meat. Perhaps the "fish" thing was more of a "get out of jail free" thing as opposed as them really believing it to be fish.

 

[major bill]

Sadly I will not be able to drive to Monroe to hear the lecture.

 

[MRB1863]

Sadly I will not be able to drive to Monroe to hear the lecture.

What a disappointment! We will wonder for all time and speculate on the enlightenment of this popular subject. Perhaps someone will have the foresight to video the event to upload to the internet. Certainly something to be on alert to find with hopes as a "must see". Until then I, for one, will remain clueless and in nagging desire to learn how to prepare a muskrat.

 

[pamc153PA]

What a disappointment! We will wonder for all time and speculate on the enlightenment of this popular subject. Perhaps someone will have the foresight to video the event to upload to the internet. Certainly something to be on alert to find with hopes as a "must see". Until then I, for one, will remain clueless and in nagging desire to learn how to prepare a muskrat.

Maybe not, Mark. Check this thread:

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/som...ivil-war-era-recipes.27345/page-4#post-431750

 

[MRB1863]

Maybe not, Mark. Check this thread:

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/som...ivil-war-era-recipes.27345/page-4#post-431750

Thank you, Pam!!! I am indebted to you forever in consideration of your kindness in leading me to this vital information.

 

[pamc153PA]

Thank you, Pam!!! I am indebted to you forever in consideration of your kindness in leading me to this vital information.

So you'll be making this for us for lunch on June 13th?

 

[MRB1863]

So you'll be making this for us for lunch on June 13th?

Wouldn't that be a big surprise for you!!!

 

[pamc153PA]

Wouldn't that be a big surprise for you!!!

Um . . . Yeah. (There's always the drive-thru at McDonald's that I could sneak through . . . )