"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
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> Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
>> Here's the recipe I promised when I first posted about the
>> freebies.........FYI a link on the Today Show's website has a whole list
>> of 'free' sites that you can get 'stuff' from.
>>
>>
>>
>> No real proportions given. You are to eyeball the size of the possum and
>> go with the flow. I added in parenthesis what I 'thought' might be an
>> ideal.
>>
>>
>> Skin a possum, clean, removing entrails and glands. Scrape and scald in
>> boiling water. Salt and pepper inside and out. Make a mixture of bread
>> crumbs, chestnuts and applesauce (1/2 cup each?) in equal amounts. Stuff
>> this mixture in the possum. Cover with sweet potatoes (3 pounds, peeled
>> and diced), 1 cup water and 1/2 cup of lemon juice. Bake in butter and
>> baste often. Bake until tender.
>>
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>>
>> Now: to hunt possum.....you will need a pick up truck and a shovel.
>>
>> -ginny
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>>
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> Aren't they awfully greasy? Stuffing, and basting with butter both seem
> like bad ideas.
>
> Bob

I think the scalding is supposed to sort of parboil them, eliminating a bit
of grease. My auntie, Myrt, loved these things. Always said you have to
have sweet potatoes with them. Never understood why. I preferred squirrel
or rabbit if we were eating out of the 'critter cabinet' when I was younger.
-ginny