A friend shot two while we were small game hunting. We skinned and quartered them and are planning to eat them. Anybody ever try it, was it good?

Tastes like turpentine. And tougher than Wang leather.

X 2 they aren't bad if you're very hungry ???? I try not to let that happen . When I tried it was very young traveling to Alaska they roasted it over open pit coals the grizzly bear tasted better .

Smell like a tree.

On the plus side the come with their own tooth picks for you to use!

Bryce

Lol no never tried it! I’d have to be in a very tough spot to eat one lol. Let us know how it goes

Geeze, I’m having second thoughts now…

Most of what I read online said it can be pretty good. I figured some of you guys might’ve actually tried it is why I ask.

I’m still going to try it but with lowered expectations. LOL

Was gonna try one once once. Went to skin it and it was full of worms.

Done it once as a kid and tried it another time in elk camp great food if your starving and you can kill them with a stick lots of fat on them but they dont taste great.

Don't be a Nancy...cook 'em and eat 'em! Savell would eat them quills and all!

Moosetrot

Cut in small squares then seasoned and deep fried is good.

Tough but edible.

Think of mutten

Like danny said . Cubed like a kabob over fire or deep fried

They are very good eating, if they were not eating spruce trees, The ones here eat willow and taste similar to beaver.

I cook them in a pressure cooker but BBQd is good too.

My buddy ate some cooked by Indians, that was cooked whole with the quills right on a fire. Imagine how that smells cooking.

Porcupines are lost man's food. They can be killed with a stick in a survival situation. I generally leave them be and eat something else.

The first time I ate porky was fishing in Saskatchewan some Cree Indians cooked it .
They put it on the fire whole and chared it. The gutted and cooked. Then they just shaved of the chared hide and dove in. I was 8 years old and thought that was pretty cool.
I remember it was very chewy and greasy UT the flavor was good.

We burn all the hair and quills off on an outside fire and then gut, quarter and chunk. Bake at a low temperature or better yet grill at a low temperature until cooked all the way through. Greasy but add a little salt and I think it is quite palatable. You can also boil it and then simmer for about two hours and finish in oven or on grill to crisp up the fat a little. Best months here to get them are August until December. They have less worms. It is not something we eat regularly but more for a traditional event.

I have never been hungry enough to try it.