Hey Jack, The Muskrat Dinner is where Tom and I should go to eat with you and Dona for our Spring get -together!That would be quite a "Down Jersey" experience! If they get enough rats this year get us tickets before they sell out. :-) Jerilyn > Oh, > Jack, it is called Swamp Rabbit. this sounds better. > Robin > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Jack Allen > Date: 01/27/04 20:28:45 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NJ-Memories] Muskrat > > > Robin. > > It's all dark meat and non-greasy. Parboil it with onions and then did in > flour and fry. It is extremely good. I've eaten it for years. Since you are > from Salem County, do you know where Lower Alloways Creek is? My daughter > teachs there and their mascot is the muskrat. Every year over there they > have a muskrat dinner and it's conctantly sold out. Unfortunately this year > there wern't enough rats so they didn't have the dnner. > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Robin M. Stinson > Date: 1/27/2004 7:12:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NJ-Memories] Muskrat > > Hi, > Lately I have heard my mom speak of her mom or my grandmom frying up > Muskrat (swamp rabbit). Has anyone on our site here tried it? The story > goes that my gr-gr. grandmom used to fix it for people but would not eat it > herself. Remember I am from Salem County (which is surrounded with swamp) > so this may just be a local thing. In my Salem County Cookbook I found a > recipe for it but it is entitled: "Muskrat a la Maryland" > > Love, > Robin > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >