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- From: pjc2@nvuxb.uucp (Pat Carstensen)
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- Subject: RECIPE: Muskrat in tomato sauce
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- Date: 1 Apr 87 19:54:45 GMT
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE MUSKRAT-1 M "1 Apr 87" 1987
- .RZ "FRED'S MUSKRAT" "Muskrat roasted in tomato sauce"
- In northwestern Ohio and downriver Detroit, we have ``muskrat suppers'' in
- the winter, sponsored by churches and volunteer fire departments to raise
- money, rather the way other people have chicken and ham dinners. This recipe
- comes from Fred Witty, via the cookbook put out by my parents' church.
- .PP
- Legend has it that during the depression, the Bishop of Detroit declared
- muskrats to be fish (since they live in the water), so they could be
- eaten by Catholics on Fridays.
- .IH "Serves 4"
- .IG "3\-4" "muskrats"
- (all fat and glands removed)
- .IG "\(12 lb" "bacon" "250 g"
- .IG "\(12 bunch" "celery,"
- chopped
- .IG "4" "onions,"
- chopped
- .IG "\(12 lb" "oleo" "250 g"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "cayenne pepper" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "" "salt"
- .IG "" "pepper"
- .IG "21 oz" "canned tomato soup" "600 ml"
- (2 standard cans)
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Saut\z\(aae bacon, celery, onions, oleo, and cayenne pepper together
- for 10 minutes.
- .SK 2
- Put rats in bottom of a pan you can cover tightly (my mother makes
- a double batch and uses the roaster she cooks turkey in).
- .SK 3
- Pour saut\z\(aaeed mixture over the rats, and then cover with
- tomato soup.
- (Don't add water to the soup.)
- .SK 4
- Bake, covered, for 2\(12 hours at
- .TE 350 175
- or until done.
- .NX
- Muskrats are small rodents that live in swamp and build beaver-like
- houses out of cat-tails and mud. In New Jersey and Ohio, at least,
- they are trapped for their fur; I suspect that knowing a trapper is
- the only way you can get muskrats.
- .PP
- The recipe book I have has a recipe for muskrats for a crowd,
- that (for 20 rats) uses the above ingredients (but quantities
- unspecified, except it only uses
- .AB "\(14 lb" "100 g"
- oleo), plus chopped green and red peppers, garlic salt, 5 bouillon cubes,
- and 3 bay leaves. Around Detroit, muskrats are cooked with cabbage and
- potatoes, and some folks at home roast them with apples and onions.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy once you have the muskrats.
- .I Time:
- 30 minutes preparation, 3 hours cooking.
- .I Precision:
- count the muskrats.
- .WR
- Pat Carstensen
- Bell Communications Research, Inc., Red Bank, New Jersey, USA
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