I've eaten a lot of fur bearing animals over the years. They've all got their good points and bad points. The trick on anything like that is to only eat the smaller ones. Big coons, big possums, big anything with hair on it, are usually a little rough.
Downriver Southeast Michigan Michigan, Port Clinton Ohio area, and around Mitchells Bay Ontario all have big muskrat suppers in the fall. The catholic folks have a special dispensation from Rome, they can eat muskrat on Friday because it's an animal that lives in the water like a fish.
A memorable meal for me was the time Roger Giles got a big bait of muskrat meat from an old timer down in Port Clinton. He, his wife, Apple Jack, and I all made a good meal on it. He stewed it in creamed corn, then discarded the corn, and it was as good as anything like that I've had.
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I was as virtuously given as a gentleman need to be; virtuous enough; swore little; diced not above seven times a week; went to a bawdy-house once in a quarter--of an hour; paid money that I borrowed, three of four times; lived well and in good compass: and now I live out of all order, out of all compass. Falstaff - Henry IV
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