I have a healthy respect for armadillos. And no, they don't look the least bit appetizing.
We were staking a sanitary sewer outfall line years ago in some chest high Johnson grass. I had the chain with a range pole and was backing into the grass keeping my eyes on the gun and trying to stay on line while whipping the chain over the tops of the grass. Suddenly there came an evil sound from near my feet that was cross between a growl and a guttural burp, possibly made by the devil hisself. I had no idea what to do. I was afraid I was fixing to lose a foot to a pissed badger...
I slowly probed the grass with the range pole and there she was...a momma armadillo with a couple of little ones all curled up under her. She never acted very aggressive, but I'll never forget that sound as long as I live. Made my blood turn into ice water.
paden cash, post: 410530, member: 20 wrote: I have a healthy respect for armadillos. And no, they don't look the least bit appetizing.
Suddenly there came an evil sound from near my feetI slowly probed the grass with the range pole and there she was...a momma armadillo with a couple of little ones all curled up under her. She never acted very aggressive, but I'll never forget that sound as long as I live. Made my blood turn into ice water.
Too bad...those suckling armadillos are supposed to taste similar to suckling piggies.:yum:
Robert Hill, post: 410531, member: 378 wrote: Too bad...those suckling armadillos are supposed to taste similar to suckling piggies.:yum:
Tatou de lait?
James Fleming, post: 410532, member: 136 wrote: Tatou de lait?
Anything that lives by eating bugs for the main course is not too high on my list of favorites.
Rankin_File, post: 410528, member: 101 wrote: aren't... armadillos .... just disease-infested anyway? ( I'm pretty much leaning toward "BLLLECCCCKKKKGH" from the get go...
I wouldn't eat one of those things if I was starving. Besides the damn turkey buzzards steal 'em before you can even pull off the road ta fetch 'em. 😉
James Fleming, post: 410532, member: 136 wrote: Tatou de lait?
Fleming, what does ÛÏhow to remove a tattooÛ have to with cookinÛª a diller? 😉
(or did I Google the wrong translation?)
FL/GA PLS., post: 410537, member: 379 wrote: Fleming, what does ÛÏhow to remove a tattooÛ have to with cookinÛª a diller? 😉
(or did I Google the wrong translation?)
LOL! Tatou de lait is French for Armadillo milk! I'm not drinking any Armadillo milk! :rolleyes:
Granny Clampet was correct, racoon and armadillo smothered in sweet potatos is some fine grazing when cooked by someone that knows what they are doing and go great with fried chitlins.
Armadillo, possum, rats, neutra and racoon are in a class of scavengers that crawl out of places I'm not even gonna put my hands on.
Not gonna add them to my list of recipes, rather watch them wander around in the wild.
Ain't "that hungry".............;)
I had a friend who trapped just about anything that could be trapped. Summer was turtle season- he had a couple of inner-city fish markets that would buy all the snappers he could get. Wondering what the attraction was, I took one and set out to butcher it. Harass him 'till he sticks his neck out and - off with his head with the trusty scout hatchet. Flip him over and start separating the top & bottom. While I was engrossed (literally grossed) in that, I brushed against his forefoot and the sumbitch grabbed right ahold of my wrist. With no head. They are tough mofos. Got the meat separated from the other business, cooked it low, wet & slow with peppers & onions. All I can say is, meh. Maybe if my family was starving................
Jules J., post: 410538, member: 444 wrote: LOL! Tatou de lait is French for Armadillo milk! I'm not drinking any Armadillo milk! :rolleyes:
Mr Fleming posted a play on words with the Cajun delicacy named Cochon de Lait. That is roasted suckling pig and is quite delicious.
A Harris, post: 410578, member: 81 wrote: Granny Clampet was correct, racoon and armadillo smothered in sweet potatos is some fine grazing when cooked by someone that knows what they are doing and go great with fried chitlins.
Armadillo, possum, rats, neutra and racoon are in a class of scavengers that crawl out of places I'm not even gonna put my hands on.
Not gonna add them to my list of recipes, rather watch them wander around in the wild.
Ain't "that hungry".............;)
Neutra Rats are Farmers
Habitat and feeding[edit]
Besides breeding quickly, each coypu consumes large amounts of vegetation. An individual consumes about 25% of its body weight daily, and feeds year-round.[18][19] Being one of the world's larger extant rodents, a mature, healthy coypu averages 5.4 kg (12 lb) in weight, but they can reach as much as 10 kg (22 lb).[20][21] They eat the base of the above-ground stems of plants, and often dig through the organic soil for roots and rhizomes to eat.[22] Their creation of "eat-outs", areas where a majority of the above- and below-ground biomass has been removed, produces patches in the environment, which in turn disrupts the habitat for other animals and humans dependent on marshes.[23]
Coypus are found most commonly in freshwater marshes, but also inhabit brackish marshes and rarely salt marshes
Growing up in South Louisiana and Southwest Mississippi off the Pearl River, I remember first seeing Neutra Rats in the late 1950's. I remember waking up to my uncle swearing that several acres of marsh grass was cut down over night. We could see from the house for 300 feet to the bayou. My uncle was pizzed! We went to war killing every Neutra we could spot light. In a short time we knocked them down a manageable number. As time went along I watched what they would do. They would cut the tall marsh grasses down to get the regrowth to sprout. It was the sprouts they wanted to eat. That was Southwest Mississippi. Fast forward to my teenage days duck hunting in South Louisiana. Coonasses are a different breed. The Lord gave them something they could trap, sell the pelts, and meat to eat. Fried Neutra, stewed Neutra, Neutra Gumbo, Smoked Neutra Sausage. That was some fine eating! Neutra are vegetarians. They don't eat bugs, fish, flesh, or dead things. Clean animals. We didn't have gators back then like there are now days. I'd imagine gators have them under control these days.
Here y'all go. He actually cooks the nutria in a white wine and cream reduction....but we all know it really needs a roux.
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Jules J., post: 410595, member: 444 wrote:
Neutra Rats are FarmersGrowing up in South Louisiana and Southwest Mississippi off the Pearl River, I remember first seeing Neutra Rats in the late 1950's. I remember waking up to my uncle swearing that several acres of marsh grass was cut down over night. We could see from the house for 300 feet to the bayou. My uncle was pizzed! We went to war killing every Neutra we could spot light. In a short time we knocked them down a manageable number. As time went along I watched what they would do. They would cut the tall marsh grasses down to get the regrowth to sprout. It was the sprouts they wanted to eat. That was Southwest Mississippi. Fast forward to my teenage days duck hunting in South Louisiana. Coonasses are a different breed. The Lord gave them something they could trap, sell the pelts, and meat to eat. Fried Neutra, stewed Neutra, Neutra Gumbo, Smoked Neutra Sausage. That was some fine eating! Neutra are vegetarians. They don't eat bugs, fish, flesh, or dead things. Clean animals. We didn't have gators back then like there are now days. I'd imagine gators have them under control these days.
There has been a $5 bounty for nutria here for quite sometime. One brings the tail to Wildlife&Fisheries.
Besides marsh loss, they screw up drainage canal embankments.
The marketing campaign to promote the culinary aspects has never been successful.
Robert Hill, post: 410600, member: 378 wrote: ....The marketing campaign to promote the culinary aspects has never been successful.
The Chilean fish industry had the same problem with a rather plentiful and "ugly as a chicken's foot" species known as the Patagonian Toothfish.
Cheap as hell and plentiful, only the locals would eat the meat, which isn't too bad and keeps well frozen. A Madison Avenue brainiac hatched a plan to import and market this fella in the Northern Hemisphere as "Sea Bass". He's rich by now.
Maybe if Nutria were renamed "Levee Veal" it might find its way onto more dinner tables.....;)
Since th
paden cash, post: 410605, member: 20 wrote:
Maybe if Nutria were renamed "Levee Veal" it might find its way onto more dinner tables.....;)
I think "Polynesian Pork Cutlets" would go further........
paden cash, post: 410605, member: 20 wrote: The Chilean fish industry had the same problem with a rather plentiful and "ugly as a chicken's foot" species known as the Patagonian Toothfish.
Cheap as hell and plentiful, only the locals would eat the meat, which isn't too bad and keeps well frozen. A Madison Avenue brainiac hatched a plan to import and market this fella in the Northern Hemisphere as "Sea Bass". He's rich by now.Maybe if Nutria were renamed "Levee Veal" it might find its way onto more dinner tables.....;)
Interesting.
Back way back.
One of the most ugliest fish in the world is the Monkfish. It was considered a trash fish because it was a trash feeder. It was a by-catch and sold cheaply like squid was sold here back then.
One of tastiest fish one will ever eat in life.
Years later, it was harder to find because it became very popular in various restaurants which made the price quadruple. They clean/filet the fish at seafood markets because if you
saw the fish in toto, you would never buy it. Very hideous and scary looking.
Robert Hill, post: 410618, member: 378 wrote: Interesting.
Back way back.
One of the most ugliest fish in the world is the Monkfish. It was considered a trash fish because it was a trash feeder. It was a by-catch and sold cheaply like squid was sold here back then.
One of tastiest fish one will ever eat in life.
Years later, it was harder to find because it became very popular in various restaurants which made the price quadruple. They clean/filet the fish at seafood markets because if you
saw the fish in toto, you would never buy it. Very hideous and scary looking.
Yikes! I just saw a pic of those hideous things...."U-G-L-Y" !!
Ugly but very tasty!!
In Maryland, the snakehead fish became an issue a few years ago. Known to survive short trips over land (under their own power no less), the state encouraged folks to kill them. Some restaurants started cooking and serving the critters. Supposedly "reasonably good", but not something I would particularly want to try.
