Possum and Sweet Potatoes

[Stiles/Akin]

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[Stone in the wall]

A Possum Day Treat. Maybe from the kitchen of "Granny" Daisy May Moses (Irene Ryan).

 

[donna]

Great addition. It sure be hard to eat possum.

 

[Katy]

That's one hardy woman! I buy my meat wrapped in cellophane.

 

[Pollaco]

Looks too much like a big rat, I'm not that hungry yet.

 

[JOHN42768]

Yes, I'll pass for a Big Mac & Fries. Thank you

 

[FedericoFCavada]

I always feel kind of sorry for 'em, since they only ever live for about 7 years maximum. Also, they actually eat ticks, which is a nice feature I suppose, even if repulsive to contemplate. There are some big ones that come out at night where I'm at in Texas. One can smell their skunky odor before you see them. Once my dogs treed one--so I nicknamed my mongrel Dachshund mix a south Texas bat-eared possum hound! Possum (tlacuache in Mexican Spanish/Nahuatl) would not budge, even when I tossed stones at it. Eventually, I lowered the pole he'd run up so he or she could clamber down and amble off. Intrinsically interesting since the critter is a marsupial.

Friends of mine in Carolina used to sport an "Eat more Possum" bumpersticker, but retired it due to the attention it drew from honest to god possum-eating, erm, uh, "gourmands!" Great recipe to post!

 

[TnFed]

I have older relatives who have dined on the possum but I have been denied that pleasure...

 

[JOHN42768]

I have older relatives who have dined on the possum but I have been denied that pleasure...

Let sleeping dogs lie

 

[Mrs. V]

Reminds me of a folk song we performed a number of years ago.."Bile dem possum down"....tis a silly song..

 

[FedericoFCavada]

I have older relatives who have dined on the possum but I have been denied that pleasure...

When I first moved to Texas, a Texan warned me about eating snake. "Doesn't it taste like chicken?" I naively asked? "Naw." He said. "Taste's like snake."

 

[Kurt G]

I've eaten muskrat , which wasn't bad , but I'd never eat possum. The first image is my brother-in-laws place. The second is from a friend's .

 

[JOHN42768]

There was a scene in Crocodile Dundee where the lady is eating some creature he has cooked . He then turns around and is shown eating out of a can instead of the gourmet feast he has cooked

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

My paternal grandmother used to cook woodchucks and everyone thought they were eating chicken. My mother would have NOTHING to do with cooking woodchucks and we have plenty around here.

 

[NH Civil War Gal]

My paternal grandmother used to cook woodchucks and everyone thought they were eating chicken. My mother would have NOTHING to do with cooking woodchucks and we have plenty around here.

Well, here's the deal with my paternal grandmother. My father was part of a large family. They had a huge farm here in NH and were actually prosperous but frugal. The boys hunted A LOT and caught lots of game. They also had HUGE gardens and wherever you have gardens, you have woodchucks. My grandmother had relatives in "The City" (Manchester) who actually probably worked in the textile mills or shoe mills but as my father told me, liked to impress that they were from "The City." They would come up often on Sundays because that's what one did on Sundays - visit family, have Sunday dinners, etc. We did it all through my growing up - Sunday dinner, the Sunday drive, etc. Well, my grandmother's relatives, being from "The City" bragged about how they "would never eat game." They were just that more prosperous than "poor folk" and they were proud that "wild game" never touched their lips, etc. This went on for quite some time according to my father. My grandparents at that time and for a number of years had the largest poultry farm in NH. So these relatives naturally assumed they were eating chicken. My grandmother got quite tired of hearing about how they wouldn't eat game and how much better they were than other folk.

One day, my grandmother played a trick on them. The boys had caught some woodchucks and she made "chicken and dumplings" for Sunday dinner with the relatives from "The City." They never knew. They praised my grandmother for her "wonderful chicken dinner" and left happy. Then she revealed all to the rest of the family and they all had a good laugh.

 

[reading48]

I have seen advertisement to order.... Caned Creamed Possum and Sweet Potatoes garnished with Coon fat..

 

[mofederal]

I've had barbequed Ground hogs, there were smoked first though. It was ok. We used to have a wild game Christmas Dinner on the last day of work. I always brought a deer roast. We also had raccoon, and a few other strange critters. A place in Wickliffe, Kentucky used to advertise jumbo Quail eggs.

 

[Mrs. V]

I've had barbequed Ground hogs, there were smoked first though. It was ok. We used to have a wild game Christmas Dinner on the last day of work. I always brought a deer roast. We also had raccoon, and a few other strange critters. A place in Wickliffe, Kentucky used to advertise jumbo Quail eggs.

I can actually see Ground Hog meat as a faily decent meat. They are mostly herbivores, right? I would imagine having the meat smoked would be good too.