Taste test - pine beaver vs sweet gum beaver
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01/19/21 07:20 PM
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Paul Dobbins
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Well, I cut some backstraps from both into bite sized pieces. They were pan fried with a little salt and pepper. I could not tell the difference between the pine eating beaver's meat and sweet gum beaver's meat. Both were absolutely delicious. It tasted just like beef. So, I cut up about two more pounds of it and am making a beaver stew. With the meat I will have carrots, taters, onion, celery and mushrooms. I browned the meat, then I'm letting the meat simmer for about 2.5 hours to get the meat more tender, then I'll add the vegies. I'll let this cook for about 30 minutes, or until the vegies get done.
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Re: Taste test - pine beaver vs sweet gum beaver
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01/19/21 08:47 PM
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I would have figured the pine one would have been off. Pine cone squirrels are terrible.
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Re: Taste test - pine beaver vs sweet gum beaver
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01/19/21 09:18 PM
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We butcher ours too. Good eats.....jk
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Re: Taste test - pine beaver vs sweet gum beaver
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01/19/21 10:32 PM
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Sounds good. I caught a smaller beaver Saturday, the size when they still have light colored meat. Anyway, I cleaned it for eating and my wife trimmed it up and made it into a pot roast with potatoes and carrots from the garden. It was as good as a good beef or venison roast and it was a cattail/lily pad root eater.
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Re: Taste test - pine beaver vs sweet gum beaver
[Re: Paul Dobbins]
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01/19/21 11:07 PM
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would have bet good money the pine fed beaver would have tasted bad
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Re: Taste test - pine beaver vs sweet gum beaver
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01/19/21 11:35 PM
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It took me quite awhile to decide to try it. However, once the wife and I did, they get deboned and put in the freezer now instead of the bait pile. Tried it for the first time a few years ago and really enjoyed it.
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Re: Taste test - pine beaver vs sweet gum beaver
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01/19/21 11:38 PM
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My beaver stew also has stewed tomatoes, cabbage, green beans, and corn....sometimes turnips. It's always a challenge to get it all in there.
Like you say, nothing better.
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