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Nutria Rat

Posted on 2/6/20 at 9:38 pm
Posted by Tig3rman
Member since Aug 2018
267 posts
Posted on 2/6/20 at 9:38 pm
Anybody ever eat Nutria and can tell me if it's worth going get a few in the marsh to clean and cook?
Posted by ChatRabbit77
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2013
5885 posts
Posted on 2/6/20 at 9:41 pm to
Yup. It's fricken delicious. Better than rabbit imo. Made it a few times. If you do a roast with it, it's just like beef.

This post was edited on 2/8/20 at 9:11 am
Posted by lsuson
Metairie
Member since Oct 2013
14005 posts
Posted on 2/6/20 at 9:45 pm to
Yes I've had it. Meats prettier than rabbit. They are decent table fare. Cooked in a red gravy with rice is pretty good.
Posted by keakar
Member since Jan 2017
30152 posts
Posted on 2/6/20 at 11:30 pm to
no different then any other animal, its all in peoples heads

same goes for eating coon or squirrels
This post was edited on 2/6/20 at 11:31 pm
Posted by jgthunt
Walker
Member since Feb 2010
2596 posts
Posted on 2/6/20 at 11:55 pm to
Meat is shite. Don't touch it. I'll take it off your hands and dispose of it properly.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
18195 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 3:52 am to
quote:

Yup. It's fricken delicious. Better than rabbit imo.


Totally agree. I've used it to make gumbos before and it is a excellent. Like already mentioned, better than rabbit and one full size nutria probably equals 4 good size rabbits as far as meat quantity goes.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
14482 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 4:03 am to
One of my favorite things to eat
Posted by bobdylan
Cankton
Member since Aug 2018
1550 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 5:38 am to
Very good.

Cooked some once in a sauce picante, told my wife it was rabbit.

Told her the truth after she had gone for seconds, she’s still pissed.
Posted by Bigfishchoupique
Member since Jul 2017
9148 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 6:17 am to
Stop calling it a nutria rat. It is a nutria.

There is a fur bearing animal called a muskrat.

Nutria rat’s is the term that Yankees and city slickers use. It is a bastardized version of nutria and muskrat.

Some people call them neutrals.
This post was edited on 2/7/20 at 6:22 am
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
39092 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 6:21 am to
quote:

Stop calling it a nutria rat



No
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
14482 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 6:27 am to
quote:

probably equals 4 good size rabbits as far as meat quantity goes.



Nutria hams are thick thick!
Posted by DisplacedBuckeye
Member since Dec 2013
76732 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 7:11 am to
quote:

Stop calling it a nutria rat. It is a nutria.


It's also a rat.
Posted by EveryoneGetsATrophy
Member since Nov 2017
2907 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 8:04 am to
Any special way it needs to be cleaned? Any glands like a racoon that need to be addressed?
Posted by choupiquesushi
yaton rouge
Member since Jun 2006
32907 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 8:07 am to
yep it's not bad
Posted by bayouvette
Raceland
Member since Oct 2005
5329 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 8:10 am to
i had it fried and it was the worse wild game I ever tasted.

good luck but no thanks for me.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
39092 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 8:31 am to
I had it a wild game supper. I too thought it was awful. And I eat squirrel and rabbit like it's going out of style...
Posted by unclejhim
Folsom, La.
Member since Nov 2011
3703 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 8:42 am to
Hind qtrs. are very good on the grill. Few years back WLF was trying to develop a market for them. We bought some at High Neighbor. It's a shame they didn't catch on.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
84639 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 8:47 am to
quote:

Better than rabbit imo
Damn...
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
43783 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 2:37 pm to
quote:

Hind qtrs.

correct
we have a rodeo down at the wax every year, i just pull the hide back at the legs and remove the two quarters.

the gators get the rest
Posted by EveryoneGetsATrophy
Member since Nov 2017
2907 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 4:36 pm to
Do they not have a backstrap like a rabbit?
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