Fun fact: Catholics are allowed to eat muskrat meat on days they are only allowed to eat fish because muskrats swim in the water. Muskrat restaurant business plan: fry ‘em up as the Friday dinner special, sell the fur in a restaurant gift shop and use the glands to catch fish for the more discerning Friday night Catholic diners.
I had to google this as it was just too random. Apparently, hunters use the glands to make some kind of lure to get more muskrats. What do people do with muskrats? Get the fur? Doesn’t seem like there is much meat on them.
And there were several different discussions that came up on google of people looking for muskrat glands. Seriously.
Eating muskrat is a thing here among old people and people who are especially, shall we say, down home. It stinks and looks almost as disgusting as it smells.
Just up the road from Lake Wobegon, where all the children are above average, and where the jewel in the crown of Main Street is Billy Bob’s Roadkill Cafe and Auto Body Repair. Realistically, the seller’s probably located in Glencoe, Minnesota, the setting for Louis Malle’s 1985 movie, “God’s Country.” Those of us within driving distance of Glencoe think Mr. Malle may have inhaled too many muskrat glands, but there you go.
Perfume? Yes, I think smelling of muskrat gland will attract everything furry within a 5 mile radius of me. This will work wonders for my nosy neighbor. Now to buy a bucket and dump them on him from a high branch.
well at least you’re not the poor soul expressing anal glands. have to do that to my dog. Not very pleasant, but it beats her rubbing her butt on the carpet.
Oh my god, look at the faucet behind them. It’s covered in blood… and it appears to be a residential sink, not any commercial facility. Who is doing this in their home? I may not sleep tonight.
That’s rust on the faucet, not blood, and plenty of folks clean game in their “residential” sinks. Probably not the one in the kitchen – more likely in a barn or other outbuilding. Y’all don’t get out of the city much, do you?
The Postal Service, FedEx and UPS have combined for the first-time-ever denial of service to a town. God’s Country, MN is completely cut off until that bucket is dumped into any one of 10,000 lakes. Video evidence is required.
*shudder* “Organic perfume industry”… from now on, I think I’ll wear cheap imitation stuff… that’s revolting! Because I was curious (*headdesk*) I googled it to see if I could learn something. I did, sadly, and I want my ignorance back.
From trapperman.com, graphic photos at the bottom of the thread.
Dammit! I was thinking this was a helluva bargain, but then I read the listing. It’s not $80 for a 5 gallon bucket full of gladular tissue, it’s $80 a QUART. And he only has about a gallon left, so..
I went to that site, cameragrrl, and this is now a phrase that I will use whenever an occasion arises, such as birthdays, Christmas, Bar Mitzvahs, tractor pulls, etc.: “My rats have good glands in em’ right now…”, ”
Second favorite comment: “I had 3 rats today that had nice glands in them.They were all cought under the ice.”
A vendor I know was trying to convince me to do a Muskrat Skinning Contest he thought was highly lucrative. Yes, you heard me. I SHIT YOU NOT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GnU9iUXV0
The bucket looks a whole lot like the bucket for the only certified-for-organic-farms rodenticide on the market. The potential irony is so …. mind-numbing.
Once upon a time, my first date with a new boyfriend included walking his trap-lines and watching him skin muskrats in his garage. I wore a pair of freshly turned muskrat “mittens” to keep my hands warm while watching him. Eastern muskrat is/was highly desirable, and he was making a fortune selling the skins. (The pelt is much more like mink than rat.) I have no idea what became of the guts. Or the boyfriend, for that matter.
It’s a rip-off. Only the top layer is really Muskrat Glands. The bottom layers are nothing more that woodchuck testicles. And everyone knows that you can make a “Mother-Earth-Love-Goddess-Potion-of-Love” with woodchuck testicles.
For flying shit’s sake…why do I even click on this shit? I have a nice house, with clean toilets and mostly-working appliances…my kids say ‘yes, please’ and no, thank you’…I change my fucking oil every whatevers-miles so I don’t pollute the fucking environment..and then I click on this shit…and I want to pour bleach in my eyes just for looking. I don’t feel like a productive member of society anymore, because I saw a goddamn bucket of critter innards. Fuck!
I did an image search on “muskrat” because I couldn’t remember what they are. Did you know there’s a web site called ROADKILLREPORTER dot COM? With photos.
August 13, 2012 at 12:58 pm
Please please please tell me that it’s some sort of bait and not a food item meant for human consumption.
Wow, glad I haven’t had lunch yet.
August 13, 2012 at 12:59 pm
I’ll even accept “arts and crafts”
August 13, 2012 at 1:07 pm
Well, there’s a lot of ambiguity in the definition of “chitlins”.
August 13, 2012 at 1:23 pm
A quick internet search finds that they’re used as bait when setting traps for other animals; considered almost a “universal lure.”
In other news, ick.
August 14, 2012 at 4:54 pm
What in the world do you use these for?
August 13, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Finally – all the musk, none of the rat!
August 13, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Looks like plenty of rat to me…
August 13, 2012 at 3:37 pm
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August 13, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Uh, yeah. Hence the title of the post, I’m guessing.
August 13, 2012 at 12:59 pm
Deep-fry them bastards, and serve with a liberal amount of chipotle ranch dip. YUM.
August 13, 2012 at 1:00 pm
A bucket of offal, and for less than $100! What more could you want?
August 13, 2012 at 1:02 pm
Two buckets for less than $200, of course!
August 13, 2012 at 1:17 pm
And maybe a case of beer.
August 13, 2012 at 1:20 pm
And a big deep-fryer!
August 13, 2012 at 1:36 pm
I think I like where this is heading. I only have one question: Tempura, or beer batter?
August 13, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Why must you choose?
August 13, 2012 at 5:13 pm
No muskrat sushi for me, thanks.
Come to think of it, no muskrat anything, thanks.
August 13, 2012 at 2:59 pm
I think you spelled that wrong. It’s a bucket of awful.
August 13, 2012 at 1:00 pm
I’m awestruck again… That’s a lot of dead muskrats; is there a real need for muskrat parts? This is very disturbing, confusing, and a little bit sad.
August 13, 2012 at 1:14 pm
That is a lot; how do so many end up in parts? Do companies make fur coats or baby food or motor oil out of them or something?
August 13, 2012 at 3:23 pm
Is there anything Alibaba doesn’t make?
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/536854609/BG20007_Genuine_Muskrat_Fur_Coat_OEM.html
August 13, 2012 at 1:26 pm
there’s not a need for them, but i know a lot of people around where i live that trap them for fur. takes a lot of muskrat to get enough to sell.
August 13, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Fun fact: Catholics are allowed to eat muskrat meat on days they are only allowed to eat fish because muskrats swim in the water. Muskrat restaurant business plan: fry ‘em up as the Friday dinner special, sell the fur in a restaurant gift shop and use the glands to catch fish for the more discerning Friday night Catholic diners.
August 13, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Wow. A closed eco-loop. How much will it cost to have you design marketing strategies for all of us who are not 5Star sellers?
August 13, 2012 at 1:46 pm
In the world of wearing fur, Muskrat = River Otter. Marketing!
August 13, 2012 at 1:01 pm
That’ll be perfect for that hunter/trapper-themed wedding I’ve been planning.
August 13, 2012 at 1:10 pm
I think they’d prefer you threw rice. Or even gravel.
August 13, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Or even live muskrats!
August 13, 2012 at 1:05 pm
I refuse to accept the existence of this item.
August 14, 2012 at 12:48 am
Acceptance takes guts, I suppose.
August 14, 2012 at 7:12 am
Yep, you’ve definitely got to have the stomach for it, the intestinal fortitude, so to speak.
August 13, 2012 at 1:09 pm
I’m screaming on the inside.
August 13, 2012 at 1:11 pm
So were the muskrats.
August 13, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Pretty sure they were screaming on the outside, too.
August 14, 2012 at 2:14 pm
So am I.
August 13, 2012 at 1:10 pm
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August 13, 2012 at 1:10 pm
I had to google this as it was just too random. Apparently, hunters use the glands to make some kind of lure to get more muskrats. What do people do with muskrats? Get the fur? Doesn’t seem like there is much meat on them.
And there were several different discussions that came up on google of people looking for muskrat glands. Seriously.
August 13, 2012 at 1:42 pm
What do people do with muskrats? Harvest their glands, of course. And what do they do with the glands? Attract more muskrats! It’s self-perpetuating.
August 13, 2012 at 2:06 pm
Dinner of course:
http://www.monroeboatclub.org/Muskrat%20Dinner/muskrat_dinner2005.htm
August 13, 2012 at 6:36 pm
Eating muskrat is a thing here among old people and people who are especially, shall we say, down home. It stinks and looks almost as disgusting as it smells.
August 13, 2012 at 1:13 pm
Step 1) Bucket ‘o glands
Step 2) ——
Step 3) Clever marketing campaign
Step 4) PROFIT!
August 13, 2012 at 2:35 pm
“Bucket ‘o glands,” is that KFC’s newest promotion?
August 13, 2012 at 3:24 pm
I dare say you figured out Step 2! It’ll take more than 11 herbs and spices, though. Wait, is crack a spice?
August 13, 2012 at 5:42 pm
It is, if you store it in a jar with a shaker top.
August 13, 2012 at 7:33 pm
and charge 2 dollars more for extra crispy bucket o’glands
August 13, 2012 at 1:15 pm
Please tell me “God’s Country, Minnesota” is a real place that is real.
August 13, 2012 at 1:19 pm
It will be once they ship off that shitload of stinking glands.
August 13, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Just up the road from Lake Wobegon, where all the children are above average, and where the jewel in the crown of Main Street is Billy Bob’s Roadkill Cafe and Auto Body Repair. Realistically, the seller’s probably located in Glencoe, Minnesota, the setting for Louis Malle’s 1985 movie, “God’s Country.” Those of us within driving distance of Glencoe think Mr. Malle may have inhaled too many muskrat glands, but there you go.
August 13, 2012 at 1:39 pm
August 13, 2012 at 1:16 pm
When I saw this picture on Facebook as a thumbnail, I thought it was a bucket of delicious chili.
I will never again eat chili.
August 13, 2012 at 3:27 pm
I just had pizza, need I say more? Helen should post food warnings “NSWE” (not safe when eating)!
August 13, 2012 at 4:51 pm
you must be new – thats a standard Regretsy warning
August 13, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Are they various glands or all the same type?
I need to know for a friend.
August 13, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Perfume? Yes, I think smelling of muskrat gland will attract everything furry within a 5 mile radius of me. This will work wonders for my nosy neighbor. Now to buy a bucket and dump them on him from a high branch.
August 13, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Is it legal to sell this kind of shite on ebay?
August 13, 2012 at 1:20 pm
I’ve been looking for a new treat to give to the cats.
August 13, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Mmmmmm, anal glands!
August 13, 2012 at 7:36 pm
well at least you’re not the poor soul expressing anal glands. have to do that to my dog. Not very pleasant, but it beats her rubbing her butt on the carpet.
August 13, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Oh my god, look at the faucet behind them. It’s covered in blood… and it appears to be a residential sink, not any commercial facility. Who is doing this in their home? I may not sleep tonight.
August 13, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Even worse, there’s a yucky wooden cutting board propped up behind the faucet. My imagination cannot take this kind of strain, I’m telling you!
August 13, 2012 at 3:08 pm
That’s rust on the faucet, not blood, and plenty of folks clean game in their “residential” sinks. Probably not the one in the kitchen – more likely in a barn or other outbuilding. Y’all don’t get out of the city much, do you?
August 13, 2012 at 1:22 pm
I didn’t notice that. Eeeeeeeek! Someone does a lot of hunting, and not much cleaning.
August 13, 2012 at 1:24 pm
The Postal Service, FedEx and UPS have combined for the first-time-ever denial of service to a town. God’s Country, MN is completely cut off until that bucket is dumped into any one of 10,000 lakes. Video evidence is required.
August 13, 2012 at 1:34 pm
*shudder* “Organic perfume industry”… from now on, I think I’ll wear cheap imitation stuff… that’s revolting! Because I was curious (*headdesk*) I googled it to see if I could learn something. I did, sadly, and I want my ignorance back.
From trapperman.com, graphic photos at the bottom of the thread.
August 13, 2012 at 1:43 pm
Dammit! I was thinking this was a helluva bargain, but then I read the listing. It’s not $80 for a 5 gallon bucket full of gladular tissue, it’s $80 a QUART. And he only has about a gallon left, so..
August 13, 2012 at 1:56 pm
What a ripoff. My neighbor sells me a whole gallon for $80 as long as I keep on referring him to all the meth junkies I know.
August 13, 2012 at 2:19 pm
A description of this stuff in a quart now makes me want puke.
August 13, 2012 at 1:44 pm
I went to that site, cameragrrl, and this is now a phrase that I will use whenever an occasion arises, such as birthdays, Christmas, Bar Mitzvahs, tractor pulls, etc.: “My rats have good glands in em’ right now…”, ”
Second favorite comment: “I had 3 rats today that had nice glands in them.They were all cought under the ice.”
I wonder if they coughed when they were cought.
August 13, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Only when they turned their little heads.
August 13, 2012 at 2:09 pm
Just add ketchup!
August 13, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Now you know why Chik-Fil-a deliberately misspelled “CHIKIN”.
August 13, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Hmmm.. I think I’ll pass, then. Besides, the Oreos are calling to me.
August 13, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Dang it, mah linky bustededed.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/106755282/eat-mor-cookeez-button
August 13, 2012 at 2:35 pm
A vendor I know was trying to convince me to do a Muskrat Skinning Contest he thought was highly lucrative. Yes, you heard me. I SHIT YOU NOT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2GnU9iUXV0
August 13, 2012 at 2:50 pm
The bucket looks a whole lot like the bucket for the only certified-for-organic-farms rodenticide on the market. The potential irony is so …. mind-numbing.
August 13, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Well, that’s certainly one way to kill the ‘rats without damaging the glands..
August 13, 2012 at 2:55 pm
Kinda TMI, but here, plenty of people use ointment made of these for skin problems.
August 13, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Mo’ muskrats – mo’ problems. I will not budge from this stance.
August 13, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Annnd – less muskrats … what? What? What? WHAT? Come ON, the rest of the story.
August 13, 2012 at 5:20 pm
I never hated a recording of hot, hot, muskrat love more than I do that song.
August 13, 2012 at 5:28 pm
I learn new things on Regretsy all the time. Whether I want to or not.
August 13, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Once upon a time, my first date with a new boyfriend included walking his trap-lines and watching him skin muskrats in his garage. I wore a pair of freshly turned muskrat “mittens” to keep my hands warm while watching him. Eastern muskrat is/was highly desirable, and he was making a fortune selling the skins. (The pelt is much more like mink than rat.) I have no idea what became of the guts. Or the boyfriend, for that matter.
August 14, 2012 at 8:25 am
That’s a pretty big bucket…
August 13, 2012 at 5:42 pm
It’s a rip-off. Only the top layer is really Muskrat Glands. The bottom layers are nothing more that woodchuck testicles. And everyone knows that you can make a “Mother-Earth-Love-Goddess-Potion-of-Love” with woodchuck testicles.
August 14, 2012 at 12:46 am
If anyone did that for me, I certainly would chuck.
August 13, 2012 at 6:28 pm
then I don’t even want to tell you about the sperm whale vomit they put in high end perfumes…
August 13, 2012 at 7:24 pm
Want!
August 13, 2012 at 8:24 pm
Looks like the item’s been removed, but fortunately eBay was able to show me similar items.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINK-GLANDS-1-2-GALLON-Trap-Lure-Ingredient-Fresh-Natural-Scent-/390440958239?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ae818391f
August 14, 2012 at 1:16 am
“They are whole for you to FIX as you desire.”
That makes all the difference, I’m sure.
August 13, 2012 at 8:58 pm
Dammit, I just fixed my plate of pizza. *tosses out window*
August 13, 2012 at 10:54 pm
For flying shit’s sake…why do I even click on this shit? I have a nice house, with clean toilets and mostly-working appliances…my kids say ‘yes, please’ and no, thank you’…I change my fucking oil every whatevers-miles so I don’t pollute the fucking environment..and then I click on this shit…and I want to pour bleach in my eyes just for looking. I don’t feel like a productive member of society anymore, because I saw a goddamn bucket of critter innards. Fuck!
August 13, 2012 at 11:21 pm
New here?
August 14, 2012 at 1:13 am
I did an image search on “muskrat” because I couldn’t remember what they are. Did you know there’s a web site called ROADKILLREPORTER dot COM? With photos.
I won’t be sleeping tonight.
August 14, 2012 at 3:27 am
I smell a rat.
August 14, 2012 at 7:31 pm
Oh what I wouldn’t give right now to achieve the superpower that allows one to “un-see” things