I have eaten muskrat and beaver when I was in my teens, and enjoyed muskrat much more than beaver.
Don't have rats here, but plenty of beaver.
No beav, for me. If I could catch muskrat, I would definatly eat them.

Haven't for a good while but when I did, it tasted like a typical non-grain eating puddle duck--- all that stuff has a hint of liver taste to it in my opinion. I think a guy could swamp out duck meat in most duck recipes and most people wouldn't miss a beat.

I have eaten a lot of them... the secret is to cut the glands out of usually under front legs and another under the flap of skin in the hind legs. The second thing is when you par boil them, make sure they are well covered with water, when they become tender slowly pour the water off of them so any dissolved fat and bad tasting stuff is poured off of the meat. Then I take them out of the pot and rinse them in tepid water, roll them in flour with salt and pepper and slow fry them till brown. Remove the meat from the skillet and make a gravy from the flour and juice (water) left in the skillet. They remind me a lot of squirrel and I grew up eating squirrel.

Garry-

Not to hijack the thread but has anyone made sausage out of muskrat?

Chris

Have smoked many pairs of m'rat hams and they are delicious, also BBQ'd. Only thing I don't really like about it is the texture is a little soft and grainy(towards liver texture IMO). It is a very rich flavor and best limited

Fried muskrat and cramper is very good.

muskrat is very good as is beaver also.

I ate a muskrat once, wasn't too impressed, as was said above kind of reminded me of liver/duck. Beaver is much better imo.
Imo, if you need to bread and fry any kind of red meat or pork to make it palatable it's not worth eating.

We had it a lot when growing up. Marinate the hind quarters in Italian salad dressing over night in the fridge. Put it on the bbq grill the next day. deeee licious.

yes both beaver and muskrats , like them both ,

It is against the law here to serve muskrats with gravy. It should be everywhere.

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Tastes like CHICKEN
Along with everthing else.

I’ve tasted muskrat twice over a 60 year span. Tastes so bad, it will take me another 60 years to work up the courage to try it a third time. Lol. I’m sure it wasn’t prepared right.

Muskrat and Beaver are a staple in my fur shed. Cast Iron skillet on the wood stove with butter, salt and pepper saves me from going in the house for dinner on long days when fur gets backed up. I have had many friends stop in when they see the shed light on and try both with no one ever turning down a second helping. I cook muskrat hind legs right on the bone, pick them up and eat like a chicken wing when they are done.

albrahal. 2X

I'd stop by your fur shed if the light was on!

Love eating them . Par boil for a hour then fry in bacon drippings just enough to brown them with salt pepper to taste and some onions

Prep is the key remove all glands then soak in saltwater . I like 48 hours before cooking just change water out frequently

I'll take Venison over mrat if there was a choice