Nutria
Was wondering if there are any restaurants that serve nutria. If not restaurants, then who uses nutria as food nowadays?
Thanks, all!
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cook.p.everett
Mar 18, 2009 05:59 PM
Andrew Zimmern did a segment on nutria on his program Bizarre Foods airing on the Travel Channel. He went out with a gentleman who clubbed a couple of nutria over the head. The gent then took Mr. Zimmern back to his place for a nutria feast. The Gulf Coast episode is available for download on iTunes:
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Caroline1
Mar 13, 2009 02:49 PM
It seems to me there is at least one country in South America where they are a fairly common entree, but I can't remember where. Maybe Sam knows and will chime in.
If you Google "nutria recipes" that will bring up a slew of them. And there was a time (mid 20th century) when the fur industry tried to interest the chic in wearing them as coats. Didn't catch on.
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re: Caroline1
If you want a 'culture' reference, the TV show designing women referenced nutria coats. Jean Smart (I forget her character's name) bought a nutria coat and caught hell for wearing fur. (As written).
I tried to do a one woman write-in campaign praising her choice of fur as ecologically excellent, but I didn't get a single letter back. So much for the THomassons being enviro-friendly.Think of the thousands of acres of marshland we might have saved.
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Thanks shallots & AreBe. I guess the nutria will thrive pretty unmolested by diners of the human persuasion. If anyone, happens to know more, I'd love the info. I'm putting together a weird food book for a major travel publisher.
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