Beaver Tail - where can we buy one ?

[pooh2001]

Is there anywhere in the World Showcase (Canada most likely) a place where we can buy a Beaver Tail snack?

Does anyone have the recipe for Beaver Tail snacks ?

Possibly sold at the WL resort ?

Thanks!

 

[2forMe]

I am pretty sure that they are no longer sold anywhere in WDW

 

[mountdew1]

Head across the border to our Neighbor to the north. WDW doesn't sell them on property anymore. Can't say that they have sold them for a few years now.

 

[Cheshire Figment]

They used to sell them until Disney decided to be politically correct. They stopped based on complaints from PETA that they were mistreating and mutilating beavers.

 

[TDC Nala]

Sorry - these are no longer sold anywhere at WDW. Used to be available in the Canada pavilion, but they were discontinued about three or four years ago.

 

[purple figment]

They used to sell them until Disney decided to be politically correct. They stopped based on complaints from PETA that they were mistreating and mutilating beavers.

 

[JenKatt]

Sorry - these are no longer sold anywhere at WDW. Used to be available in the Canada pavilion, but they were discontinued about three or four years ago.

It was longer than that. Before I had DS... and they took out the real beaver tails a year or so before they stopped selling a poor substitute for them...

 

[CAJUNWDWFAN]

I think the last time I had a Beaver Tail at Epcot was either 2003 or 2005, can't remember but it's been a long time.

 

[Polydweller]

Before the thread gets too far, WDW did not remove them, the BeaverTail company left. It is a company based mostly in Quebec and Eastern Ontario and very popular up here. However, they could not make the business financially viable at Epcot.

 

[Babbletrish]

Me throughout this thread so far:

But seriously, I am aware that Beaver is a delicacy/traditional food* in parts of Canada (fun fact: it was considered okay to eat during Lent thanks to the very strange "any animal that lives in the water might as well be a fish" loophole). But would anyone really ever want to eat the tail? It looks like all the "meat" would be more in the base, near the butt, and the paddle looks too boney and gristly and scaly to be appetizing. Any Canadians want to clear this up?

* - By the way...

They used to sell them until Disney decided to be politically correct.

How in the hell would banning the traditional foods of native Canadians even be within the same galaxy of Political Correctness?

 

[JenKatt]

Me throughout this thread so far:

But seriously, I am aware that Beaver is a delicacy/traditional food* in parts of Canada (fun fact: it was considered okay to eat during Lent thanks to the very strange "any animal that lives in the water might as well be a fish" loophole). But would anyone really ever want to eat the tail? It looks like all the "meat" would be more in the base, near the butt, and the paddle looks too boney and gristly and scaly to be appetizing. Any Canadians want to clear this up?

* - By the way...



How in the hell would banning the traditional foods of native Canadians even be within the same galaxy of Political Correctness?

It's not the tail of an actual beaver. It looked like one (vaguely) but was akin to a funnel cake or crepe. It came in different flavors like cinnamon sugar, strawberry sauce (?), chocolate soemthing or other, etc. In other words, it's was fried pastry goodness.

 

[AJKMOM]

It's not the tail of an actual beaver. It looked like one (vaguely) but was akin to a funnel cake or crepe. It came in different flavors like cinnamon sugar, strawberry sauce (?), chocolate soemthing or other, etc. In other words, it's was fried pastry goodness.

What she said. Not the tail of a beaver. You can find someting similar at your local county fair.

 

[jaceraden]

OMG I about died laughing when I realized that some people think us Canucks are eating actual beaver tails.

Mmmmm. Now I want a "real" fake beaver tail. It's a pity they aren't popular in the part of Canada I am from.

 

[PatsMom]

OMG I about died laughing when I realized that some people think us Canucks are eating actual beaver tails.

Mmmmm. Now I want a "real" fake beaver tail. It's a pity they aren't popular in the part of Canada I am from.

As a Canuck who's family moved south, I still visit lots of relatives in Quebec. You can get Beaver Tails in that area. After reading this though, I think I will stick to maple snow candy - I'll laugh too hard if I start eating a Beaver Tail!

With that said, I haven't seen them at Epcot in years. I miss them.

 

[Snurk71]

They're called elephant ears here in the midwest.

 

[lizabu]

haha...that was awesome. I love beaver tails/elephant ears...delicious...especially cinnamon sugar ones. I don't know why they have to have a special company making them. You can buy them at any fair and it's not like they're some trademarked super secret things that no one else can make. I'm still at the idea of us Canadians knawing on real beaver tails....mmmm...chewy

 

[4orm]

They're called elephant ears here in the midwest.

You guys eat elephant ears?!?!?!

 

[lizabu]

You guys eat elephant ears?!?!?!

An elephant ear or a beaver tail is a round fried piece of dough that puffs up a bit when fried. After cooking they sprinkle it with powdered sugar or cinnamon/sugar or some places will put chocolate syrup or cherries or apples simular to the toppings you get for funnel cakes.

^Beaver tail

^ elephant ear

 

[AJKMOM]

An elephant ear or a beaver tail is a round fried piece of dough that puffs up a bit when fried. After cooking they sprinkle it with powdered sugar or cinnamon/sugar or some places will put chocolate syrup or cherries or apples simular to the toppings you get for funnel cakes.

^Beaver tail

^ elephant ear

Wow, you are an amazing source of pastry trivia, way to go!!!

 

[Cheshire Figment]

You guys eat elephant ears?!?!?!

What do you do with the rest of the elephant?