Remember My Beaver Inconvenience?

You know.  It's the continuing saga of how a pair of beavers were eating my pussy willow bush and  they almost killed it with their vivacious appetite.

(If you missed the story, you can read it here: https://steemit.com/homesteading/@rebeccaryan/becca-s-beaver-update-chapter-2 )

You can image my complete surprise when I found a tool that might actually come in handy.

Haupy's Beaver Rub!

It's a rub that promises no more bland boiled beaver! (I couldn't make this up if I tried.)

Rumour has it, that beaver steaks sustained the Voyageurs but, allegedly, beaver tastes bland and boring and this is why the rub was originally created.

(Voyageurs were early European explorers, involved in the fur trade who eventually made Canada their home.)

Haupy's Beaver Rub contains a proprietary blend of spices that includes: paprika, garlic, dill, basil, Cayenne pepper, black pepper, cumin, cinnamon,  fennel, turmeric and coriander.

Note to self: (If these spices can make boiled beaver taste good, they probably can make lots of other bland and boring food taste great, too.)

For more fun beaver facts you can read the full story straight from Haupy Beaver Rub's website:   https://www.haupysbeaverrub.ca/about_haupys.html

Now I do have to take some issue with Haupy's.

They failed to mention that very close to a beaver's anal gland is something called a castor gland and that gland produces a brown-coloured, slimy oil that smell exactly like rich vanilla. 

I'm not joking.

This substance is called castoreum and it's used to flavour ice cream, puddings, chewing gum and to make other food flavourings like raspberry and strawberry flavours. The next time you tuck into your favourite ice cream or candy, read the label and see if it contains beaver butt juice. (Yeah, you're welcome. wink, wink.)

In the meantime, I am convinced that I am armed with the best damn beaver rub my money can buy!

I plan to shake the jar very aggressively and threaten Donald and Hillary with the rub if they don't leave my pussy willow bush... unmolested.

If that fails, I'll up the ante and threaten them with a trip to the ice cream factory.

(I am joking about this part. No beavers will be harmed.)

I welcome your comments and I invite you to follow me on my journey...occasionally food labels will be deciphered so that you can make an informed choice about whether you want to lick beaver butt juice in your ice cream.

(Again, you are welcome. I will always put your best interests first, dear reader.)

~ Rebecca Ryan