I won’t go into details, but my wife and I have had to take in our other grandchildren for a bit.. 5 grandchildren is a minature army,, lol. Anyway,
Luckily I save up all the meat from beaver that aren’t questionable.
I don’t think I’d be exaggerating if I said I had over 200 pounds of it.
Some ground into burger, some left chunked.
Anyway,,, there was a beaver recipe that was in the august issue of the trapper magazine and I decided to give it a try..
Mississippi beaver or something like that,,,
Those kids totally demolished it..
Probably gonna have beaver burger spaghetti Tommorow night.

Was it Mississipi pot roast? That's a great dish I bet it would be phenomenal with beaver. Beaver is the closest thing to beef I've eaten that isn't beef, when handled properly.

what do you mean when handled properly?

Lots of ways to mess up when butchering something, get castor or other contamination on it is just one there are many others

If it was Mississippi pot roast, that is a favorite in this house. Any red meat is super good in that.

I still have an aversion to eating beaver meat. One time with it being bad was enough. Wife has the same deal with bear meat, even though I love that stuff.

That’s how I always describe it when someone asked me what beaver taste like, like roast beef but better.

Lean tender veal with three times the omega 3's of beef. That's beaver (if properly handled).

Yup, that was the name of it,,, Mississippi pot roast

If someone gets the oil sacs and castor all over it,,, it’s pretty nasty.

In fact,, I completely cut the castor/oil sac membrane off in one single piece,,, and remove it later.. I don’t want to run the risk of getting any castor or oil on any meat.
Meat is pretty valuable,,, castor is secondary

When you catch 100+ beaver it's the other way around. LOL But you're right-on about being careful with the castors not contaminating the meat. I change gloves, change knives, etc, etc, to make sure there is no chance of cross-contamination.

What's the best way to process it and how do you know if it's questionable? Also how long is to long, when taken in drowner set or body grip, that you won't consume it?

When its in cold water its like being in a refrigerator. We have 24 hr checks in IN ans I dont trap tell after deer season and never have a problem with 2 long.

So having the guts in an animal in the fridge doesn't matter?

I'm right there with beaverpeeler, same way I do mine, only I catch around 50 each year, and get a few from people I trust

For 24 hours or less its never been an issue. Probably not for longer just never tried it since we have 24hr checks