I've read where some folks in Alaska eat beaver tails that are roasted over hot coals. After watching an episode of "the last Alaskans" I seen where they wrapped up a beaver tail in aluminum foil, roasted itand ate it. With spring beaver season around the corner I might give it a try. Have any of you tried it? Is it good?

I was just reading a way to roast beaver tails over hot coals on meat eater.com . They put it on a stick and roasted it on both sides until the skin can be lifted away. They said about 15 minutes and then cut it in thin strips. Haven’t tried it yet but I want to. I also saw Heimo and Edna cooking it in foil and she said if you cook it too long it gets too oily.

I’ve read that it’s the most nastiest thing to eat ever and people only ate it to survive.

I heard the same thing about lobsters.

Are yall trying to get me kicked off this site?

Tried it once........Its best cooked on a cedar board. When done, throw out the tail and eat the board!

Its 100% gristle and fat.

If you like pork rind....

Another way to eat it is to skin the tail (for it's leather) then take thin bacon-like slices of the fat/flesh or whatever you want to call it, and then fry it like bacon until somewhat crisp. It's interesting and not at all bad, especially if you add some spices and salt.

From the way it was put to me is like this; You eat a rabbit and other lean meat for a few weeks and you begin to crave fat. So eatting beaver tail at that stage is like eatting candy.

My best friend, who grew up in rendezvous camps every summer, says its like eating a hot lard popsicle.

Is that what they call a beaver saddle and not really the tail? Eating a tail has to be similar to eating a greasy piece of tire~ LOL

I gotta stop reading stuff on here while i'm drinking! Spewed water all over the floor when i read this!

The soldiers in the Lewis and Clark Expedition burned 9000 calories per day. There were not many high-fat foods available to them, except beaver tails. Was one of the favorite meals. Imagine the volume of food they consumed when available.

Were people really keeping track of their calories back in those days?

saw some guys cook one on you tube... grilled until the skin puffed up, then took it off... they put it back on the grill for a bit... looked more like pure fat than meat

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Correct, a person can actually starve to death by eating nothing but rabbit. The body needs fat, hence why they ate beaver tail. Pure fat.

Well when that needed Fat day comes, then tail it is. Not a moment before that day

You can live on varying hare but you need to consume the whole thing,especially brains and intestines etc.If you just eat the meat you can starve.

Yuckie

A friend of mine who is a wild game gourmet cook and has even marketed a couple different wild game rubs and barbecue sauces asked me for a couple beaver tails so he could make some beaver tail soup. He gave me some to try. It was greasy, had a strong taste with a slight castor odor. He asked me how I liked it? I said, I didn't. He said, he didn't either and tossed it.