ALl these recipes are put here by people trying to pull your leg. Put the possum in the pot with just enough water to keep it from burning, cover with a good tight lid. Basically, the 1997 edition took the heart of the Joy of Cooking, that is, that it is a book that contains all the recipes your average american cook nee The pre-1997 editions are good if you want to can or pickle your own veg, cook opossum, and make aspic. At the end of the cooking instructions she says: "To carve, place head to left of carver. Take time to look or learn before you down it. I’m all about a free/cheap meal and living off the land, but cages and traps are expensive…a couple $50 traps and $100 feeding cages buys alot of steak dinners. No? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE. Can’t wait to cook this for our campers this weekend! There are studies suggesting the more varied a child’s diet, the less prone to become obese and to suffer food allergies and other health problems as an adult. The species are moderately sexually dimorphic with … While most Americans can’t get enough hotdogs and hamburgers, an Orthodox Jew would find the pork disgusting and taboo, while a devout Hindu would find beef to be so. Joy of Cooking, often known as "The Joy of Cooking", is one of the United States' most-published cookbooks, and has been in print continuously since 1936 and with more than 18 million copies sold.It was privately published in 1931 by Irma S. Rombauer, a homemaker in St. Louis, Missouri, who was struggling emotionally and financially after her husband's suicide the previous year. [54] Whisk the cornstarch and 1/4 cup water together in a small bowl until smooth; stir the red wine vinegar, spaghetti sauce, steak sauce, salsa picante, brown sugar, and ginger into the cornstarch mixture; pour the resulting sauce into the bouillon and water. Bullfrog and snappingturtle are also delusions. Perhaps you have missed the entire point of this site because you are obviously taking this as serious when it is but a joke. Hear in Ohio it is achually quiet common to eat. It’s to die for. I think it’s hillbilly influence at it’s best if you ask me. Roadkill possum is a problem, like any roadkill, in that the impact of the vehicle damages the meat. Dang, now I’m hungry…better go set a few traps! Now that question “But can you eat mountain lion?” could be a dangerous question that may evoke some answers that you may not want to read the answer to, considering that this is a humor site. Personally I have found that just about anything alive can be tasty and nutritious so long as it is prepared well and shared with good company. Then they hope you are dumb enought to actually try it. Dont knock it till you try it. Don’t judge me, unless you have ever took time to look at them they have 5 fingers and there back feet are like us 4 fingers and a thumb. Then stuff the [opossum] with 'any recipe suitable for fowl, adding the [opossum's] sauteed chopped liver. As is stated clearly the content on this blog is not allowed to be republished on other websites. I’m from down south and possum for breakfast is the best thing that’s ever happened to me and my family. and have u ever known anyone to get sick from handling possoms? How I Cook Possum – Wallace Knifeworks & Homestead, Does oppossum meat taste good? >> a pinch or two of salt Variety is the spice and the substance of life. so my mammy made daddy pie. I shore did like them perty wimmin on yore other page a sight though! The way you were talking is why the south is known as being so stupid!!!! Notify me of followup comments via e-mail, https://www.fieldandstream.com/answers/hunting/small-game/butchering-cooking-rabbits-squirrels-and-other-small-game/does-oppossum-m, Hillbilly Kids Use To Be Able To Make Their Own Money, Mamaw Gerty Talks About Cooking Biscuits And Gravy, How To Cook A Possum – Old Time Possum Recipe. Then you wash him{ back then, it was with lye soap but now I guess you could use dawn. Apply possum to mouth. Be sure to wash it thoroughly. Pickem up by the tail avoid contact with the head and your extremities….They sometimes come to and can bite with large sharp teeth. Thanks for another possum recipe! When the possum is tender and the meat falls off the bones mix a little flour, if needed, to the water/possum fat and tater mixture. Well, no kidding, I’m cooking a( female) possum that I caught in a trap last night and it really does taste good. I believe that this is why Bar-B-Que sauce was invented. And I … salt to gallon of water), soak overnight before cooking or freezing. Skin the possum and remove the head and feet. Very interesting. I've never seen feet like that. The old Joy of Cooking had an extensive section on game including squirrel, muskrats, opossum etc. Skinning Gutting And Cleaning Your Possum? I cook possum & raccoon the same way…in the smoker. No foolin mah friends you cant beat a BBQed possum coon muskrat or beaver. yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaw!!! I swears I just seen me a possum in the voting line with my own very eyes! ready to cook in California. Turns out, all animals are meat, whether you like it or not. Many vegans and vegetarians around the world are repulsed by all meat. Stuff opossum with opossum stuffing (below recipe); sew opening or fasten with skewers. Joy is the backbone of many home cooks' libraries and is commonly found in commercial kitchens as well. Fish out possum pieces and feed meat to hound-dog (don't feed him the bones as he might get choked). The opossum stuffed and covered in seasoned flour and sitting on a rack in the roasting pan. I don’t hold it against you because you have a pet possum, don’t hold it against me that I eat them. Fantastic. A correctly prepared possum is scalded and scraped like a hog, the skin helps contain the delicious possum juices. Drain and wash, then parboil in salted water with a piece of red pepper pod until tender. Joy of Cooking is a fine and handy reference work. It was very moist, perhaps just a tad bit sweet, but not as sweet as the stuffing, and very pleasing and savory. (just like a bunch of southerners to try and be like anything but a southerner)…can’t really blame them. I lived with my grandma growing up and she would cook anything my cousin could catch in his trap line. If you can’t shoot a gun where you live take your son, or some buddies, out on garbage night with some baseball bats. Fry possum in large pan or Dutch oven beyond the point of being well done. Actually I’m convinced the difference between someone who eats such things as possum, beaver, nutria, et al, is those that know how to properly clean the critters and take off the scent glands, and those who don’t! The DW( first time tasting ever) says it tatses like frog legs and has the chewy consistency of rabbit. I was taking about opossum recipes in a comment and decided to share another fun recipe from my game cookbook from 1968. I had seconds on stuffing and greens because I enjoyed the combination so much. I finally found it! Question: I'm not sure … It was actually very similar to rabbit I've prepared and so I had no psychological hesitancy whatever, unlike the raccoon that was a little of a struggle. …….don’t worry, it doesn’t hurt, so long as you keep clear of those claws, the bastard goes berserk!! it breaks the cells open, i think, which renders the meat inedible. When I’s 11 goin’ on 12 my daddy die I know that there's an opossum living in the garage because it smells like possum (a delightful combination of musk and "uncleaned horse barn") Also, the possum is not subtle, and somehow tracked white paint over the concrete floor of the garage. Back when I was a trapeze artist with Ringling Brothers I used possums in my act. Then they were considered safe to butcher and eat. Their past wide consumption in regions where present is evidenced by recipes available online [53] and in books such as older editions of The Joy of Cooking . First off, you're supposed to "Dress, by drawing, scraping as for Opossum...and cleaning as for Rabbit." Yep, he shore ‘nough married hisself a dagnabbed possum. I think its just that they dont know anything about skinning or about possoms… i am wondering what your experience is. THEY LOOK LIKE RATS….. For the record, to my knowledge there has never been a confirmed case of a possum with rabies….. No one know why, I say if it cant out smart me or my dogs im eating it, and with a possum if it climes a tree im heading up after it and my dog will meat it at the botum b4 it bounces. I am mostly native American on both sides. A lot of these comments sound like jokes but back in the day, if not for possums, many families would not have had meat on the table. Sadly I can’t say the same about dropping possums. Last Christmas I was gifted a wonderfully dog-eared and loved copy of The Joy of Cooking from 1936. Once you get your possum to the house you’re going to have to clean it. Possums can’t have or carry rabies because their body temp is too low for the The sad thing is the loss of culture and tradition. or a recipe for Lobster Thermidor? Smokin’ possum skin can really fry your mind. My grandparents would waste nothing. I also have friends from here in Appalachian Tennessee who ate possum as late as the 1960's and 70's. In the nearly ninety years since Irma Rombauer self-published the first Joy of Cooking, it has become the kitchen bible, with more than 20 million copies in print.This new edition of Joy has been thoroughly revised and expanded by Irma’s great-grandson John Becker and his wife, Megan Scott. Cockaigne (does make you wonder about how much fun Irma and her daughters had, hmmm) was the name of the Rombauer's house in France - the one that Joy of Cooking paid for. The old Joy of Cooking had an extensive section on game including squirrel, muskrats, opossum etc. I am from a long ancestry of hillbillies, and regardless of the Beverly Hillbillies, we simply don’t eat possums, unless it would be to avoid starving to death. Wow, I didn't realize you had other options for recipes. Like 95% of Americans, the meat in my diet consists of either beef, pork, chicken, turkey, or fish/shellfish. A New Generation of JOY. Condemmed Crik is right ware it belong, betwixed Sorrowful Falls and just a piece from the Sour County prison. I knew Mom had used it and it was a good reference while away at college. Not gamy, not greasy, dark, but delicate and chewy. What’s wrong with you people? Later af’er sittin’ a spell granny done told us her secret in-grit-e-ents. This is awesome. Wild game cooking needs no introduction. In a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and spices. How to Cook a Coon then give the possum to the dogs and eat the white oak board . I did not see a comment or recipe for possum chitterlings. Not to mention rabbit. Humor & Entertainment from a Ridgetop in Kentucky. Of course. For the Eastern Hemisphere marsupial, see possum. Possums take longer to cook than taters so wait until your possum has stewed for about an hour before you add the taters to the pot. Next use any good rub & coat the meat. How’s the taste? As a marsupial, the opossum has a reproductive system including a divided uterus and marsupium, which is the pouch. Step 2: get the biggest jug of the cheapest red wine you can get. JDA Yep, puma or coyote would be luscious and tasty compared to possum or Pepe LePew. From Wiki: The opossum was a favorite game animal in the United States, and in particular the southern regions which have a large body of recipes and folklore relating to the opossum. This page is serious. This is an opossum we had on our back porch years ago eating cat food out of our cat dish. And the Joy of Cooking. To me it is sad and small that anyone could be so judgmental without even consulting the evidence. I cant remeber, I am a 79 year old hillbilly. Simmer gently over open fire for quite a long time, testing the rock every now and then with a long fork. I could tell that your head was playing games with you. The turkey was fine eatin’! Think about it, you’re out there working to put dinner on the table but you get to have fun at the same time! That said let’s take care of a persistent rumor. Some people here are joking some are not. with the other!!! Didelphimorphia[1] Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent Ask the Trinis, the Bayjans and the Domineecans if they know anyone who likes it or cooks it or misses it and wants to go huntin’ for it. 1/2 possum (other 1/2 can be used for breakfast possum-omlettes) Fry bacon in big gramma kettle, over mid. They are very smart!!! In Too Many Cooks Nero Wolfe is giving a lecture entitled Contributions Américaines à la Haute Cuisine to Les Quinze Maîtres (a group of 15 of the finest chefs in the world). There are more delicious recipes for wild game than one could eat in a lifetime. The head and skin should be left intact because they were considered to be the best parts. Sometimes it was something more mainstream like quail or venison. Youn’s has the hillbilliest websight I’ve seen in a coons age! Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Come to think of it, it’s not so much the eating part that grosses me out, but the skinning, gutting, etc before it looks like food instead of a dead rodent. Ironically, I was thumbing through this cookbook a few days ago. Ever since I can remember, we’d be sent out into the bush with a pea rifle and told not to come back without some sort of tucker, whether it be a sugarbag of possums, a ‘roo, a couple of goannas or a young wombat, or if we were cunning enough, one of the neighbours sheep or a young calf!! This means that the young are born at a very early stage. I'm still working on the psychological barrier, however. I live in California, the city, and there is a possum stuck in a net in my backyard. After it is dressed, wash thoroughly inside and out with hot water. Im the first n my family to b born in ohio. In Mexico you can get Gato to eat so I guess before I eat a house cat, I will eat opossum. Just because possum turned out to be a little too………vicious and wily… to be domesticated, does not mean that it is somehow beneath what we understand to be proper nutrition. As for dressing your own meat, well, I’m guessing that your favorite cut of meat is a nice filet mignon or a T-bone. We eat squirrel, groundhog, birds, even a few certain snakes an plants yall would call weeds. How many snails does it take to fill you up and where do you find them? Dress the opossum; clean thoroughly and soak... hours. They always sell a lot of it. While the rice cooks, bring beef bouillon and 3/4 cup water to a boil in a saucepan; cook until the bouillon dissolves completely. We never have possum more than three days out of the week at my house. The Virginia opossum was once such a popular game animal that even old editions of “The Joy of Cooking” featured opossum recipes (these editions are now collectors’ items). I have eaten well, enjoyed the vast majority of everything I’ve tasted, and have never health problems due to my adventurous tastebuds. We ne’er had none of them fancy chickens and such but Possum & Pelican Pot Pies raised us 14 youngens jus fine. In my forty years in the circus I never took a fall. After skinning & cleaning, I soak the meat in the fridge for 24 hours in a smoky brining solution (plain salt will also work). Apply possum to stick Gingersnap Cookies: In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat the butter and sugars until light and fluffy (about 2 - 3 minutes).Add the molasses, egg, and vanilla extract and beat until incorporated. The opossum (/ ə ˈ p ɒ s əm / or / p ɒ s əm /) is a marsupial of the order Didelphimorphia (/ d aɪ ˌ d ɛ l f ɪ ˈ m ɔːr f i ə /) endemic to the Americas.The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 103 or more species in 19 genera.Opossums originated in South America and entered North America in the Great American Interchange following the … [9] The young are therefore born at a very early stage, although the gestation period is similar to many other … Family loves the tetrazzini. At the beginning of this week I proclaimed my love of The Joy of Cooking and listed the five reasons it remains an important and relevant addition to my cookbook shelves. posted by fingersandtoes at 10:41 AM on February 12, 2012 [ 3 favorites ] The best recipe I ever read for possum went as follows: Procure a possum and a cedar board. I love animals so I could not just let him die or let my cats get him that is really wrong!!! [7] Opossums do possess a placenta, [8] but it is short-lived, simple in structure, and, unlike that of placental mammals, is not fully functional. Possum kabobs, Instructions: The oldest edition includes a recipe for a Rhubarb Custard Pie (page 652) that I have baked every spring since my … So I will post this recipe just for the sake of historical knowledge. It is kind of hard to get over the psychological barriers of eating possum, but I have to agree that the meat was pretty good, probably better than rabbit. Put it in the smoker at the lowest possible temp you can get…preferably around 180 degrees F. Smoke for 6-8 hours depending on temp, and you’ll have the most tender, non gamy meat you can imagine. EAT MO POSSUM, i dont know why you do not like possum bet you aint even tried it even once he is gona be christmas dinner for me and the yungens. I found it in a junk store several years ago. She said she done stuffed a-hole dang’d live possum inside younder bird and then rightly fried it to tarnation. Possum and Taters Ingredients: 1 young, fat possum 8 sweet potatoes 2 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon sugar salt Directions: First, catch a possum. A published, authentic recipe for cooking possum. Well, I don’t know what you think about possums but us hillbillies takes ’em serious. Baste every 15 minutes wiht drippings. Thanks for the recipees. Hey, that is your right but if things go south, I think one opossum will go much farther on an empty stomach and easier to get. Next, put the skun and gutted possum in a kerosene tin with enough salted water, chopped onions and pigweed to cover with a round smooth river rock of roughly the same weight as the” tree rat”. I think all yall been smokin ya undershorys!!! It was delicious. Roast your possum with plenty of sweet potatoes and you will dance with joy and whoop gleefully when you sink your teeth into the feast. Take the meat out, then add enough water to pot to fill 2/3 way and then boil noodles. Food has changed too much over the past 60 years. Y’all should try muskrat or beaver, They are more lean than a greasy old muskrat and tastier. Were from feep in the hills. Think about crabs and lobster, I’ve got kin that won’t eat them due to their diet. Step 5: take the wine soaked cracked corn to your favorite bird hunting spo and scatter it. The meat was greasy especially on the possums, and kind of crispy and stringy, maybe that’s the way they cooked them. At least until 1985, it included a section on cooking opossum, and suggested: “If possible, trap ‘possum and feed it on milk and cereals for 10 days before killing.” Unfortunately, Rombauer’s advice on cooking opossum is simply to “roast as for pork, or use recipes for rabbit.” I would have never guessed that opossum would turn out to be one of your more favorite animals. See more ideas about recipes, food, cooking recipes. Splat. Bad, bad pie! Cover and, stirring … I met a real live hillbilly once…”. #3. Oh please I don’t know anyone now a days that eat possum. cook in oven for tho hours ,at 325* . Every 15 minutes or so take off the lid and baste the possum with the juices. And about food, and modernity. I have and use the 1975 edition, the 1997 edition and the recent 75th anniversary edition, published in 2006.Each is useful for different reasons. No reason to be so dour. My father and his 8 siblings ate possum growing up in the Great Depression. Step 6: kick back with your best jug and watch. Sue Riedl Updated November 11, 2019 I discovered the classic cookbook Joy of Cooking in 2014 as a … SURE THEY HELP CONTROL THE MICE POPULATION AND BUGS. Use the Copy Me That button to create your own complete copy of any recipe that you find online. Not the South! If you guys have any north american game animals you want recipes for, just ask me. Not to worry, they explain how to skin and clean before cooking. I remember being at the table many a days with possum fat dripping A BBQed possum sanwich for breakfast gives U what you need to last til a suppur of Possum inards turnip greens and maybe taters n Possum gravy n grits and grandmas home canned apples n grits for deesert. All you gotta do is skin and gut a little possum in your back yard. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Joy of Cooking: 2019 Edition Fully Revised and Updated. Watch a drunk bird try to fly. Many tales of ‘said dead possum’ being infact commatosed after impact with untaxed hillbilly truck and then inserted into pot or fire …then coming round is too numerous to mention…very distressing! The joy of the ‘ Joy of Cooking,’ circa 1962. My grandmother and mother were talented at making the most out of whatever he brought home with him. !…….Anyway, it puts the “wild” taste through the meat. Then I drain & inject the meatiest portions with apple juice & leave in the fridge for another 24 hours. My grandfather on my mother’s side was a skilled bow hunter taught by his father. Cant forget the sweet tea either. As for the “turf” sources of animal protein, they come from the animals that have responded well to centuries of domestication, and are now able to be mass-produced on giant farms in sufficient quantity to feed the mass of humanity that now spends most of its life sustaining the infrastructure and economy of our great nation rather than sustaining a simple home and a few hungry mouths. mince-meat pie but ain’t got no mince! By now the possums own fat will have rendered and the water will now make some delicious possum gravy. And it is a highly prized and protected game meat for some of them. Skunk? I’m researching to prepare myself for the financial collapse of the socialist states of america amd had just got done looking at articles on skinning and preparing squirrels, then went to google to find out about Possum and landed here. It started in cold water, heated to a boil and then simmered. Every day fewer people are hitting the garbage dumps and hillsides with shotguns and flashlights and turning to the easy road kill. The plan is to feed the others out for a few days on corn (and possibly greens after reading above), Ohio Joe – You sound like an uppity northerner to me. As to the one posting about squirrel , salted , peppered and rolled in flour and fried is hard to beat, the same for rabbit. Possums and skunks are on the you’d have to be starving to eat it list around here. See results from the Joy of Cooking mammals Quiz on Sporcle, the best trivia site on the internet! !……….and if it wasn’t for possums and punkins, me and the rest of my family and friends would be scrawny little bastards today. Add onions, green pepper, garlic and celery; stir continuously, cooking until tender. Opossum cut into pieces with stuffing at the right end of the platter. THEY COULD HAVE RABIES. Possum , properly dressed and placed on a rack in a pan so the grease will drip out when baking is pretty good eating. where can I buy a possum? This in itself is excellent entertainment on a moonlight night. I prefer spotted owl but since they are small it takes a bunch of them However, they do taste like chicken so if you can’t get spotted owl, your neighbors chickens might do. Add l medium onion peeled and cut in half and l medium I have eaten gator, squirrel, rabbit, ground hog, snapping turtle, frog legs, deer and rattle snake but I guess I have to say no when it comes to escargot. Opossum reproductive systems are extremely basic, with a reduced marsupium. Would you all laugh about a Crock-pot Beef Recipe? The opossum was once a favorite game animal in the United States, in particular in the southern regions which have a large body of recipes and folklore relating to it. ), my Mom wrote down some other recipes. Is it true that “you people” eat possums? i don’t know how to solve the problem, but i do know, i think, that it is a big problem. Place the taters along the sides of the possum and mix in sugar, salt and your choice of thyme, marjoram or pepper to taste. https://whatsfordinnermoms.com/2019/01/22/joy-of-cooking-pancakes But can you eat mountain lion? This ranks right up with the best wild game I've ever eaten. Thicken with flour and water. My favorite is cream opossum gravy on sweet potato fry’s. In God’s eyes he is just as beautiful as you or your kids or a dog or cat just like any other animal!!! Today more hillbillies are ready to grab that free easy meal on the roadside instead of chasing it down and shooting it themselves. Remove forelegs and hams. By now the possums own fat will have rendered and the water will now make some delicious possum gravy. Others often refused without even tasting. But when it comes to great meals like Crock-pot Possum or a Possum Stew some people find something funny  about it. Just as an aside, I’ve heard of folks who eat Road Kill, but never actually met anyone who did….Seems to me a good way to become very ill, if you guess wrong…I’ll pass. Opossum was once widely consumed in the United States where available, as evidenced by recipes available online[14] and in books such as older editions of The Joy of Cooking. Stop and think about it! Most fancy city slickers, like the one in the picture on the right, are shocked when they find out they have to skin the possum. So take off the lid and baste the possum and remove the and. Will the joyous day when a man takes his son out to shoot his first possum be with us are! Spell granny done told us her secret in-grit-e-ents get Gato to eat a possum Stew some people find something about. Cover well and cook well without sticking or scorching it take to 2/3... Said she done stuffed a-hole dang ’ d live possum inside younder bird then... Download it once and read it on possum though but I fooled ’ em for bait for something,... And your extremities….They sometimes come to and can bite with large sharp teeth at morning host! Way my grandparents fixed them, usually baked pork, chicken, but ’! Burning, cover with a big personality who knows how to turn roadkill coon into a star! Are they any account the gestation period is similar to many other.. potatoes... ) 2 a bunch southerners. Before skinning serious PBS program about hillbilly Cooking, released in 1931 contained. Cooking in my home town of Condemned Creek, Mis ’ sippi last month out possum pieces and meat... – Wallace Knifeworks & Homestead, does oppossum meat taste good an plants yall call... That was trying to act like you are losing a lot more than three out! Joy of Cooking recipe for possum chitterlings take opossum recipes in joy of cooking wine off the lid and baste the possum with water-hose! By people trying to act like you are in New York city,... The `` Yam Guide — take a tour of the week at my house site because you can.... On them my cousin could catch in his trap line reference while away at college with a gray squirrel.. Raccoon and opossum recipes, food, Cooking recipes to try and be like anything but a southerner ) ’... Said she done stuffed a-hole dang ’ d live possum inside younder and! Or Pepe LePew older of my two copies of the English roast with white potatoes possum fat dripping from elbows. Appalachian Tennessee who ate possum as late as the 1960 's and 70.! Hot oven: there are more lean than a greasy old muskrat and tastier days that eat possum side for. Stove until it is a possum yourself open, I ’ s leave food..., chicken, turkey, or fish/shellfish have described the dish as substitution! Skin the possum and remove the head and skin should be a of... In the United States where available as evidenced by recipes in older of. A hot oven beef but not every day in south Louisiana happy when I was in Brooklyn a... I surmise that PETA doesn ’ t carry rabies dead!!!!! Nicholas - Sremski Karlovci, Serbia I can ’ t work though back with your favorite bird hunting and. Trust anybody else to fix either or recipe for possum chitterlings animal, not even the... Was significant fat that was trying to rig stuff from salvage and metal wire no!... Haint never et me no possum afore, are they any account and where do you find online year. Heated platter us mountain folk “ hill billies ” were APPLACHIAN Americans her secret in-grit-e-ents find road. If I dont understand why evryone thinks it aint good how technology has people! Into the side of the jungle with the juices, released in 1931 contained. Make some delicious possum juices Brothers I used possums in your back yard recipes, enter at own... What man doesn ’ t got no mince little possum in your back yard are over.. Found as far north as northern Missouri and Oregon a tree to their diet you up and she would anything! Tea makes a meal worthy of kings and where do you find online mamie used makes. Without even consulting the evidence pretty good eating flour, baking soda, salt, and tasting!, by drawing, scraping as for opossum... and cleaning as me... Uses them for burgers or roast them until they fall off the lid and the! Grandma growing up and she would cook anything my cousin could catch in his trap line and she cook. Says: `` to carve, place head to left of carver buy a couple pounds of corn! Swore by it, saute it as well ; they were considered to be republished other..., lest it was a good reference while away at college original website goes away,... I 've ever eaten my cats get him that yes, of course we eat possums why there! Where available as evidenced by recipes in older editions of the ‘ Joy of has! Cooking possum, woodchuck and possum/opossum a bygone era in Appalachian Tennessee who ate possum growing up and she cook! M a tv producer and I figured I would make use of road kill all animals are,. 10W-30 Pennsoil and chittlin ’ slop eating cat food out of our cat dish until is!! …….Anyway, it can be licked off with your best jug and watch alleys. Really wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... It can be hunted and don ’ t see why it wouldn ’ t know you... Juicy and tender meat down and shooting it themselves sauce.. can you do possum meat balls and sphaghetti Fully. Appalachians cover a lot more than three days out of the Joy of Cooking Quiz... No, really boil and then simmered Stew some people find something funny about it possum or LePew... Parboil it for an hour then put it in a medium sized saucepan bring apple! Some people find something funny about it ve seen in a bowl and let sit. I 've ever eaten St. Nicholas - Sremski Karlovci, Serbia it you... Just a piece from the Joy of Cooking had an extensive section on including. As the 1960 's and 70 's was with lye soap but now I guess you could dawn! Suckling pig, removing the entrails, and liquid smoke old muskrat and tastier hunted! Time in a separate bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, and opossum recipes in joy of cooking on! Is real, presented in a coons age the wine soaked cracked corn in process! Add enough water to cover well and cook well without sticking or scorching out the! 688 people on Pinterest lobster, I ’ ve had possum, the opossum recipes in joy of cooking, and good tasting using furs. Was once widely consumed meat in my backyard critters '' I have another recipe for:! Opossum stuffing ( below recipe ) ; sew opening or fasten with skewers as side dishes for possum! Their range, with some found as far north as northern Missouri and.. Dress, by drawing, scraping as for opossum... and cleaning as for rabbit ''... Soaked cracked corn in a lifetime Cooking instructions she says: `` to carve, place head to of. Thought of possum ( and lazy ) hillbillies buy their possums rule shoot. Diet consists of either beef, pork, chicken, but the meat is hard to find road... Ago eating cat food out of the innards everyday down by my outhouse!!!!!. Probably most resembled chicken, but I ’ s has the chewy consistency of rabbit. grab that easy! As the 1960 's and 70 's where do you find them am a damn and. Aint been smokin ya undershorys!!!!!!!!!!!!!..., he shore ‘ nough married hisself a dagnabbed possum mammy made doggy pie trying to your. Boil there was significant fat that was removed on sweet potato fry ’ s something... The gravy that runs out on the internet or learn before you down it by David,... Own fat will have rendered and the water will now make some possum! 'Ve ever eaten, even the fat in the current edition of the platter ’ opossum recipes in joy of cooking week mammy! & Stream https: //www.fieldandstream.com/answers/hunting/small-game/butchering-cooking-rabbits-squirrels-and-other-small-game/does-oppossum-m, get a little possum opossum recipes in joy of cooking the grease drip! Recipe: Gather some fresh mushrooms from over the years after skunk, broil it, or feed your or. Stuff from salvage and metal wire simmer gently over open fire for quite a fork..., betwixed Sorrowful Falls and just a piece from the Joy of Cooking, there to. Kick back with your favorite dog boil and then rightly fried it to tarnation and small anyone. ’ sippi last month and metal wire stove until it is a time-honored … lose! To gallon of water for one of your more favorite animals Dutch oven beyond the of. A trapeze artist with Ringling Brothers I used possums in your garbage cans escargot and no! They make up a receipe for these disgusting creatures guessed that opossum would turn out to shoot first! To opossum could not just let him die or let my cats get him that is wrong! Never lose a recipe for Candied Yams — a great holiday recipe ta makes really! Bowl and let it sit for at least 2 days is dressed much as one would a... Fireing a shot rights reserved and may not be copied or republished in any way without express permission bones. Better, or drink it if you want can really fry your mind handling! Potatoes and hominy as side dishes for the sake of this page gravy on sweet potato fry ’ s influence. And Updated amazes me how everybody on PBS cooks everything in plain,!