it. you know, when you eat beaver, you understand that it's beaver. >> anthony: martin, along with an encyclopedic knowledge of fine wines and an inexplicable attachment to the music of celine dion, is a big believer in honoring history and tradition. if you still trap beavers, you should, if at all possible, cook them and eat them, not just strip them of their pelts. and as incredible as it might seem, you can cook beaver really, really well. beaver tail, on the other hand, is not actually beaver at all, rather a quick spoon bread-type thing that in our case goes somewhat awry during an inadvertent inferno. [ laughter ] with the sauce, it almost looks like chocolate. it's so rich-looking, huh? >> martin: i love it when it's like that. some people don't put too much blood, but i like when it's very thick.