CARMELIZED MUSKRAT ONAPLANK (MUSKRAT ON A PLA

      Title: CARMELIZED MUSKRAT ONAPLANK (MUSKRAT ON A PLA
  Categories: Vietnamese, Main dish, Ethnic
       Yield: 4 Servings
  
       1 ea Fresh Muskrat (Road Kill)
       1 ea Hickory plank, slightly
       1 tb Cooking oil
       1 x  -larger than muskrat
       1 ts Salt
       2 ea Green onions
       1 ds Pepper
       1 tb Fish sauce
  
   Skin the fresh muskrat and discard the skin.( Can be saved and tanned
   into leather.) Nail the muskrat to the hickory plank, carefully
   stretching out. Chop the green onion fine.  Heat the oil in 2 quart
   pot, then add the onion and the remaining ingredients. Saute,
   stirring, on medium heat until the sauce is done. (about 5 minutes or
   more). Place planked muskrat in a large pot, add 4 cups of water and
   simmer, uncovered, on medium heat for one hour. Add the fish sauce
   and continue to simmer on medium heat 1 more hour. Most of the water
   will be absorbed by the meat and the remainder will be slightly
   thick--or carmelized.  Be careful not to burn it. Remove the muskrat
   from the pot carefully ! Seperate the muskrat from the plank, and
   place meat to one side. Pour the sauce from the pot over the plank.
   Totally discard the muskrat and eat the plank ! Bon Appetite. Serve
   hot as a main dish, with lots of rice.
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