How did the Mountain Men cook beaver tails? Vaughn Cosand Flagstaff, Arizona While the main diet of the Mountain Man was meat, it usually wasn’t beaver. Still, roasted beaver tail was considered a delicacy. Not so the rest of the beaver; the cook threw the rest of the carcass to the animals. Fried Beaver Tail 2 Beaver tails 1⁄4 t. Garlic Powder 1⁄2 c. Vinegar 1⁄4 c. Butter 1 T. Salt 1⁄4 c. Sherry or cooking wine 2 t. Soda 1 t. Dry mustard 1⁄4 c. Flour 1 t. Sugar 1⁄

July 2010
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