"Northern Cookbook'' (1967): Steamed Stuffed Boiled Fried Over an open fire -- "the best lunch,'' the Northern Cookbook says, "when one is out shooting muskrats.'' On the coals of a campfire, which gives the muskrat a "good smoked taste.'' Dried In a soup Roasted Tails alone -- "...tails,'' according to the cookbook, "are very sticky to eat.''