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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #31 on: January 07, 2010, 09:42:12 AM »
One of my hunting buddies from New Orleans came home with a nutria he head shot with a 45-70 while on a hunting trip. (No, I'm not making this up.) He cooked it down in a recipe he called Stock Market Stew which consisted of the trinity, red wine, cream of mushroom soup and a few other ingredients and served over rice.  Not bad at all, kinda tasted like rabbit.

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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #32 on: January 07, 2010, 10:32:14 AM »
Muskrat= swamp rabbit. I'd eat one right now if I had one.  I've got enough groundhogs around the house to hopefully last me when the economy gets bad enough. ;D
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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #33 on: January 07, 2010, 11:35:30 AM »
Must be pretty bad, even his dog didn't look interested in eating it.  :D
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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #34 on: January 07, 2010, 12:08:23 PM »
i noticed that, too.  why the hell would you eat the head?  there is no sense to that. 

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« Reply #35 on: January 07, 2010, 12:33:19 PM »
If he boiled it in water with no seasoning no wonder it tasted as bad as it smelled!

and yea what in heavens name made him eat the head?
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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #36 on: January 07, 2010, 04:05:48 PM »
Aside from lots of deer and it's relatives and a lot of fish I've ate.
Gator-- not impressed
Armadillo-- not bad
Coon -- don't care to eat it again
Ground hog--  very grainy not bad
Rattle snake-- Not good
Quail -- nothing better
Pheasant -- good stuff
Duck-- yuck
Goose-- it's ok
Squid-- good
Oysters-- only good cooked
Clams -- yummy
Goldfish-- I'll never be that drunk again
Night crawler-- I don't gamble anymore
Goat-- very good
Lamb-- ehh
Squirrel-- With dumplins oh yeah
Mud bugs-- very good
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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #37 on: January 08, 2010, 12:21:14 AM »
Dunno about the head thing. Might have something to do with Trichinosis. When boiling just thin layers of meat the larva will surely die. Just speculation. ;D

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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #38 on: January 08, 2010, 01:48:47 AM »
Oh well, at least I didn't see anything here about bald eagle, whooping crane, and other endangered species. Would like to have seen baby harp seal just to irritate animal rights people.

We did used to eat sea turtles back in the 70s before it became a crime to do that. Good eatin', but I feel bad about it knowing that I helped decimate the specie.
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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #39 on: January 08, 2010, 07:03:56 AM »
Dunno about the head thing. Might have something to do with Trichinosis. When boiling just thin layers of meat the larva will surely die. Just speculation. ;D

No I think he ate the head just for shock value or he's just flat out insane.  Also, I bet the dog wouldn't have eaten it.  My dog wouldn't have.  I boiled out a deer skull and then a coyote skull last year.  My lab would eat the meat from the deer but not the yote.  I don't think it's the canibalism that bothers them, they just know that it's no good to eat.  Kind of like crow's, he will fetch game birds all day but won't even pick up a crow.  I'm suprised that crow isn't on the list, since I'm sure all of us have eaten plenty...
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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #40 on: January 08, 2010, 10:02:52 AM »
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I'm suprised that crow isn't on the list, since I'm sure all of us have eaten plenty...

Yep!

In a metaphoric kinda way! I had some last night after the Texas Game!
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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #42 on: January 11, 2010, 08:10:02 AM »
How do you collect the blood?  We butcher hogs every year, just got done with it a couple weeks ago, but still have to make my bacon and sausage.  But haven't made blood sausage yet, but would like to.

Just catch as much of it as you can in a clean food grade bucket when you stick the hog. They bleed out a lot better if the hog is stunned rather than killed before you pull it up off the ground. You should wind up with 3 - 5 quarts of blood. If you need to wait till later to make the sausage have a helper on hand to salt and stir the blood while you get on with the butchering. Use about a tablespoon of salt per quart of blood, and keep in moving. Were not talking gently... Vigorously stir the blood until it starts to cool. Otherwise, you'll end up with a bucket of blood jello. If you do wind up with blood jello, all is not lost... It's just a lot harder to work with.

I find it best to just have everything for the sausage on hand and ready to go. Mix everything up right there in the bucket, ladle it through a funnel into your casings, tie them off and pass them on to someone that can simmer them till done and get them refrigerated.

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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #43 on: January 11, 2010, 05:45:34 PM »
How do you collect the blood?.

After the brain shot you immediatly cut the jugular and place a bowl under the stream. If you can lift the carcas with a crain it helps. you have to be quick. eddie
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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #44 on: January 13, 2010, 09:27:07 AM »
How do you collect the blood?  We butcher hogs every year, just got done with it a couple weeks ago, but still have to make my bacon and sausage.  But haven't made blood sausage yet, but would like to.

Just catch as much of it as you can in a clean food grade bucket when you stick the hog. They bleed out a lot better if the hog is stunned rather than killed before you pull it up off the ground.

How do you stun the hog.  As I understand it your not supposed to shoot it in the brain as that stops the heart and you want the blood to pump out.  We just stick them and let them walk around until bled out and when they go down we hang with a skid loader.  But we can't very well collect the blood with them walking around....
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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #45 on: January 13, 2010, 10:02:08 AM »
When I saw it collected they caught less than 2 quarts and used it to make blood pudding.eddie
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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #46 on: February 19, 2010, 11:36:40 AM »
I remember when I was a kid, My Grandfather would stoot a pig in the forehead area with a 22 short, this would just knock it out, it was then rolled over and stuck with a knife, the Blood being collected in a pan. This was placed in a pan containing fried onions, and continued to fry till it was done. That was some of the best stuff I have ever eaten, kind of had the texture of fried eggs.

other things;
Raccoon- good
Ground hog-good
Beaver- excellent

all the wild animals were cooked by old ladies that went through the depression, and believe me they could cook!

My favorite foods are all pesant type foods, any ethnicity, just a few simple ingredients, and alot of work, they made the little they had taste fit for a King!

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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #47 on: February 19, 2010, 12:37:34 PM »
ate some bobcat one time. would not turn it down if offered again.

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« Reply #48 on: February 19, 2010, 02:09:57 PM »
It's all good if you blacken it or make chillie out of it'
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Re: Blubber, snake, bugs and other exotic meats?
« Reply #49 on: February 19, 2010, 04:29:15 PM »
Muskrat= swamp rabbit. I'd eat one right now if I had one.  I've got enough groundhogs around the house to hopefully last me when the economy gets bad enough. ;D

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