BeaverRoast Young Beaver
Chicken Fried Beaver
Beaver Stew

Roast Young Beaver

Strip all possible fat from the beaver. Preheat oven to 450 F, season
with salt and pepper and place on a rack in the roaster. Cook at This
high heat for 15 to 20 minutes to sear the outside, then lower the heat
to 325 F to 350 F and roast for 30 minutes per pound. Slice an onion
over the top of the roast if you wish. In contrast to the big game
animals, This critter needs no basting -- the rack is advisable so that
the fat still within the beaver will not collect around the roast
itself. Some people like to roast carrots, onions, and pealed potatoes
in with the beaver.



Chicken Fried Beaver

Cut a young beaver into serving portions. Parboil in salted water with
an onion, if desired, until the beaver is nearly tender. This parboiling
helps to remove any excess fat. Drain the beaver pieces and roll in
crumbs or flour seasoned with salt, pepper, thyme, or sage, and then
brown slowly in a heavy skillet in butter or drippings. Make gravy by
blending into the pan drippings any of the dehydrated soup Mixes with an
appropriate amount of water.


Beaver Stew

3 pounds boned beaver, cut in cubes
Drippings
Flour
Salt and Pepper
Bay leaf
Dash of Worcestershire sauce
Water to cover
Carrots
Potatoes
onions
Turnips and cabbage if available

Strip all possible fat from the beaver meat, flour the cubes and brown
on all sides in small amount of fat in the Dutch oven. Season with salt
and pepper, add water to cover, bay leaf and Worcestershire sauce. Cover
and simmer until tender -- the time will vary, naturally. When the meat
is nearly tender, add the diced potatoes, carrots, onions, and whatever
else is available. Cover and simmer until the vegetables are tender but
still recognizable. Thicken the gravy, if needed, with flour and water
paste.


Buckskinner Cookbook http://www.coon-n-crockett.org/cookbook.htm

Frank "Big Ugly" Spoerl of Des Moines, Iowa has kindly
donated his collection of approximately 662 wild game recipes to the
Buckskinner Cookbook! The recipes are in a 766K Text(.txt) file so you
can read and search them with Windows Wordpad. For faster download the
file is compressed.

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