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    Quote Originally Posted by Yoyoma1910 View Post
    Anyway, Brine is the common term in cooking, so you might as well start learin' proper.
    What does learin' mean in cooking? Does it involve tasting three ingredients, seeing which is the most palatable, and opting for the preferred two?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pannonian View Post
    What does learin' mean in cooking? Does it involve tasting three ingredients, seeing which is the most palatable, and opting for the preferred two?

    In my culture it means taking things that no one else will eat, and making them the most delicious thing on the planet.

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    A cajun giving cooking lessons to yankees and europeans. This can only go awesome.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
    A cajun giving cooking lessons to yankees and europeans. This can only go awesome.
    Yeah, the art of cooking swamp creatures so they don't taste like mud and rotting vegetation. Pass the cayenne pepper I guarantee.
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    We're discussing culinary nuances in a thread about catching rodents, what do you expect?


    Anyway, here's a recipe I found from a Canadian classic: The Northern Cookbook, which if you can ever get a hold of has recipes for all sorts of crazy criters, from Skunk to Reindeer to Grizzly Bear!


    Personally, I'd take this recipe in another direction, and it isn't my favorite, but this seems like a good neutral recipe. It will also give you a good start in small game and trap mammals. Note, as I had mentioned with hare, it says to skin the animal, remove the fat, and use a brine solution.

    Feel free to suppliment Muskrat with whatever small game or trap animal you happen to catch (such as hare).





    Smothered Muskrat and Onions

    1 Muskrat
    1 tb -Salt
    1 qt -Water; Canadian qt=5 cups
    1 1/2 ts -Salt
    1/4 ts Paprika
    1/2 c Flour
    3 tb Fat
    3 lg Onions; sliced
    1 c Sour cream

    Skin and clean the muskrat, remove fat, scent glands and white tissue
    inside each leg.
    Soak muskrat overnight in a weak brine solution of 1 Tbsp salt to 1 qt
    (Imperial qt = 5 cups) water. Drain, disjoint and cut up.
    Put flour, salt & paprika in a paper bag. Add muskrat pieces and shake
    until each piece is well coated.
    Melt fat in heavy fry pan, add the muskrat pieces and sauté slowly until
    browned.
    When meat is browned, cover with onions, sprinkle with salt and pepper and
    pour the cream over.
    Cover fry pan and simmer for 1 hour.
    SERVES: 4

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