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James Emanuel
 
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Default Anybody got a good old-time recipe for coon


"Twangdaddy" > wrote in message
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> I have some coon-huntin' backwoods cousins
> from the hills & hollers and was wondering if
> anybody here had any especially interesting
> recipes for either squirrel, coon or possum?
>
> No, this is not a joke and please,
> no road kill remarks. I know it might seem
> odd nowadays, but way back when, folks actually
> ate all three of the above and considered them
> downright tasty when done right.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions, stories or legends.
>
> Bon vittles, SBW


The L.L. Bean Game & Fish Cookbook, Angus Cameron and Judith Jones
My copy was published in 1983, 450 pages

Has about 10 recipes for squirrel, three each for raccoon and opossum.
Also, rabbit, muskrat, beaver, woodchuck. 31 pages total on small furred
game.

James Emanuel