[Sca-cooks] Not Dormice but muskrats

[Terry Decker]

> <<< And apparently the meat tastes like turkey, and not chicken!
> From the Detroit News March 2, 2013
> Annual Monroe dinner offers a taste of history: Muskrat
>
> Event celebrates rodent that has a flavor 'like a strong, dark turkey 
> meat' >>>
>
> But for those thinking that this would be just the meat for your next SCA 
> feast, they are native to North America and weren't introduced to Europe 
> until the 20th century, according to Wikapedia.
>
> Stefan

I have no idea of the taste, but the muskrat niche in Europe was that of the 
European water vole (Arvicola amphibius).  It is roughly 1/8 to 1/4 of the 
size of a muskrat.

Bear