It's all a matter of finding that killer recipe (pun intended) for nutria, and getting Americans excited to try something new ...

Cooking up the swamp rats could be ... pointing to a recipe from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Alligator & Fur Division. Per TPWD, nutria are considered nuisance fur-bearing ...

Adult nutria are about two feet long and have a long, rat-like tail that can reach up ... They even have some recipes on their website. Upon advice from my editor, I will not include any recipes ...

and the author of “Can’t Beat ’Em, Eat ’Em,” a cookbook with recipes for 40 invasive species, including nutrias. “It was crockpot nutria,” Mr. Parola said. “You get the hind and ...

Although I had seen dozens of nutria in the past in these very same places while fishing for reds, I’m completely taken aback by the swamp rat’s size. It’s far larger than I remember—and speedier as ...