Sam the dog found a Nutria so we thought we would cook it for dinner. It would have been better if I would have skinned it or perhaps not used oil out of the 2-155 and styrofoam packing peanuts.
My daughter thought it tasted like chicken.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
I like to play with fire
Today in honor of the immolation of one third of the business in Amity I built my own waste oil heater prototype. It mainly consisted of old plumbing parts hooked to the air compressor but it did get my portable fire pit red hot and sort of sounded sort of like a jet engine.
Sam the dog found a Nutria so we thought we would cook it for dinner. It would have been better if I would have skinned it or perhaps not used oil out of the 2-155 and styrofoam packing peanuts.
My daughter thought it tasted like chicken.
Sam the dog found a Nutria so we thought we would cook it for dinner. It would have been better if I would have skinned it or perhaps not used oil out of the 2-155 and styrofoam packing peanuts.
My daughter thought it tasted like chicken.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Subscribe To
Posts
Comments
You had bbq nutria and didn't invite us? The boys are so disapointed. That's organic and locally raised. Should be on the menu at the Blue Goat.
ReplyDeleteI've eaten muskrat, and it's delicious if you kill a live animal and don't try using one drowned in a trap. I suspect nutria would be about the same.
ReplyDeleteLots of recipes for nutria on the net. I don't recall seeing one that doesn't require removing the hair. The used motor oil is a great idea. You should mention that to the Blue Goat. Seems their wood fired stove is the bottleneck. They fire it up & then cook off of the residual heat which probably means it takes longer and longer to cook as the hours pass. A burst of 2-155 oil & some peanuts might be just what they need.
ReplyDeleteMMMM,, nutria!. Seriously I guess they might be ok to eat but just look too much like a rat. I incinerated 4 racoons a few years ago while burning flax straw in the field and I had to admit that if I didn't know what it was, it almost smelled like something edible. And I do hear they eat raccoons down south.
ReplyDeleteI admit that I have myself used the Blue Goat as a comic foil but you do realize that one of the owners of said restaurant is a follower of this blog... I am going to have to eat there again just to pay them back for all the humor I have gotten at their expense. I feel kind of bad.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Nutria may have had some GMO corn last year so probably could not be certified Organic. Perhaps we could go for the sustainable certification from Oregon Tilth.
Although, now that there is only four restaurants in a town with a three block er two block business section perhaps I could fill the vacuum with a restaurant of my own. Perhaps I would call it the green Nutria and focus on my own flame broiler, but then I would have to call it Ashes Cafe where everything is charred in motor oil. Only that name is taken. Perhaps El Camino, or Ranchero, or Dodge Dart or The Blow Torch and I would cook everything with gasoline fumes.
Just so the owners of said restaurant know: The food is great, but you need to increase portions, and or lower prices. Especially during lunch. That is, if you wish to have more "local" business. PS: The wine snobs have been complaining about the wine prices. Thus the increase of "corkage" revenue in your establishment. For the rest of us, something red that goes well with nutria or opossum (a new main course suggestion) would be appreciated. Some of Evergreen's wines, might be in order. Their chardonnay might make a good nutria hair remover, although the Spruce Goose Pinot Noir was actually pretty good for $6.00/bottle and would be a natural for migratory fare this time of year.
ReplyDeleteActually, Ralph, young coon are good; they taste just like groundhog! (You didn't REALLY expect me to say "chicken", did you?)
ReplyDeleteCoon, possum, nutria, down south here, we eat all kinds of stuff. Most of it good, especially if you can get it while it is still warm before the second car gets it.
ReplyDeleteSail cat! MMMMMMMmmmmmmm jerky!
ReplyDeleteHow about possum on the half shell and a glass of homo milk. :)
ReplyDelete