Slippery, the famous proprietor of the namesake Slippery’s Bar in Wabasha used to roast a beaver every year for the opening day of duck season. He would slow roast it, shred it, and set it out in a warmer at the end of the bar with buns, BBQ sauce, etc and with a help yourself sign.
It would all disappear. Several times, my dad was there and out-of-towner sports would ask Slippery what it was. He’d always tell them it was beaver and they’d laugh it off and not believe him and just keep on eating it. “That’s a good one Slippery, you really had me going for a second there!”