Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1885 — A Delicate Dish. [ARTICLE]

A Delicate Dish.

“Beaver.” That was the badge that adorned the empty bosom of a strangelooking animal hanging tail downward in front of a Peachtree meat-shop yesterday. Mr. Bob Pause bought him for $3.50. “That tail,” he remarked, pointing to a plump piece of fat about as big as a man’s two hands, “that tail will make soup for 400 people.” “ What are you going to do with the balance of him ?” “Barbecue him.” “How do you cook beaver?” “Ttfke off all the surplus fat, baste him with tomatoes, put oh a small amount Of salt, pepper—red pepper—cook him by an easy fire until he is well done. Serve him cold with celery salad. ” “Is it good?” “This one is good. Beaver is good only when you can get two days of cold weather on him. When that is the case and the cold has taken out the animal heat and the wild taste that accompanies it the beaver meat tastes very much like the meat of a young bear.” The beaver was caught in Murray County, and is the only one that has come to Atlanta this season.— Atlanta Constitution.