Organic Basil Now Organic Meat

[Jogeephus]

Since my wife bought me the organic basil plant I've found it hard to eat anything that is not organic since it is so much better for you what with its super vitamins and such. In light of this, and the fact I am at war with beavers, I drug this little rodent up to the barn the other morning. I'm pretty sure he is organic cause his coat is brown.

After butchering I ended up with 12 lbs of boned red meat and 4 lbs of tail which is white meat.

Using some inspriration set upon me by our own Kathie, I prepared some Basque type dishes with the meat.

Beaver with peppers, mushrooms and onions

Supper tonight was beaver stew and beaver stroganoff along with scupponong wine to wash it down.

These things are a terrific pain in the butt and have caused me lots of grief lately but I gotta say their meat is as good as any beef I've tasted. A lot like tenderloin - only organic. :lol2:

 

[3waycross]

Well that made me drool.......wish i had been there for dinner!!!

 

[hillsdown]

It all looks delectable JO !!!

I will have a huge helping of beaver stew ,beaver stroganoff and scupponong wine,, BUT ,,



















Hold the beaver stew and hold the beaver stroganoff ! :lol: :P

:tiphat:

 

[chippie]

I didn't know that you could eat beaver. You forgot that it has the added benefit of being free range.
Everything you cook (make) looks delicious.

 

[slick4591]

I've never had the opportunity to eat beaver, so I don't know its flavor. I would have gladly helped you eat that, tho. Looks really good!

 

[3waycross]

I've never had the opportunity to eat beaver, so I don't know its flavor. I would have gladly helped you eat that, tho. Looks really good!

I have to think it would depend on the individual Beaver and how you take care of it!

 

[jedstivers]

But was it swimming in organic water?

 

[jedstivers]

I didn't know that you could eat beaver. You forgot that it has the added benefit of being free range.
Everything you cook (make) looks delicious.

You forget Chippie, in the South you can eat anything yo can kill.

 

[slick4591]

I've never had the opportunity to eat beaver, so I don't know its flavor. I would have gladly helped you eat that, tho. Looks really good!

I have to think it would depend on the individual Beaver and how you take care of it!

Watched one of Andrew Zimmern's shows where he was in Maine and those folk seemed to love it. I'll agree that you should probably stay away from one trapped in a sewage treatment facility. :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

I've never had the opportunity to eat beaver, so I don't know its flavor. I would have gladly helped you eat that, tho. Looks really good!

I have to think it would depend on the individual Beaver and how you take care of it!

And the environment the beaver has been in. Age of the beaver plays a role too. Some beavers are more fastidious about keeping themselves clean than other

 

[Jogeephus]

I didn't know that you could eat beaver. You forgot that it has the added benefit of being free range.
Everything you cook (make) looks delicious.

If you think about it, a beaver's vegetarian diet is no different than a cow or a rabbit. I guarantee you that if you tasted it and didn't know what it was you'd swear it was some really good tender beef. The fat is white just like grain fed beef but the only real difference is the lack of marbling and how wonderfully tender it is. Of course there is the psycological element that you are eating a water rat. :oops: :lol2:

Next week, I'm going to try manatee. :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

 

[James T]

Jogee, I thought the water rat was a Nutria! I guess the Beaver and Nutria are pretty the much the same when it comes to meat. Nice meal you came up with! Was that scupponong sweetenened a bit?

 

[jedstivers]

I've never had the opportunity to eat beaver, so I don't know its flavor. I would have gladly helped you eat that, tho. Looks really good!

I have to think it would depend on the individual Beaver and how you take care of it!

And the environment the beaver has been in. Age of the beaver plays a role too. Some beavers are more fastidious about keeping themselves clean than other

That's true Hook. Nothing worse than a nasty beaver. You want them out of clean water.

 

[highgrit]

Dang Jo, haven't had any sea cow in a long time.

 

[Jogeephus]

Jogee, I thought the water rat was a Nutria! I guess the Beaver and Nutria are pretty the much the same when it comes to meat. Nice meal you came up with! Was that scupponong sweetenened a bit?

I did. They were super ripe and really sweet but I added enough sugar and honey to bring it to 23 brix then stopped the fermentation at 9 brix which should leave about 36 g/l of sugar in the wine. Its not really sweet nor is it dry and I used Cote de Blanc yeast which brought out some of the flavor and aroma of the scuppanongs. Its a nice light fruity wine but I plan on tweeking it some next year. Things can always be improved but its not bad at all.

 

[greybeard]

Jogeephus, that's a mighty fine looking dog you have there.

That's all I best say, before I get in so much trouble with this thread I'll never git out.

 

[Anonymous]

Dead eye saw the finished product. I knew this day would come. now he wants to go hunt beaver himself.

 

[jedstivers]

That's a good past time for a boy to have.

 

[Anonymous]

There are worse I must admit

 

[Angus Cowman]

Beaver has been the ruin of many a good men
I have hunted beaver,trapped beaver and even had some I wish I hadn't caught
I here tell the old mountain men were always looking for more beaver and that inevitably led to their demise
I guess the moral of this story is realize when you have had enough beaver and if you got beaver at home don't go to your neighbors and eat his beaver or he might get even with ya