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.




Now: to hunt possum.....you will need a pick up truck and a shovel.

-ginny

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.
>
>
>
>
> Now: to hunt possum.....you will need a pick up truck and a shovel.
>
> -ginny
>
>


Aren't they awfully greasy? Stuffing, and basting with butter both seem
like bad ideas.

Bob

"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Now: to hunt possum.....you will need a pick up truck and a shovel.
>>
>> -ginny
>>
>>
>
>
> 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

zxcvbob wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Now: to hunt possum.....you will need a pick up truck and a shovel.
>>
>> -ginny
>>
>>
>
>
> Aren't they awfully greasy? Stuffing, and basting with butter both seem
> like bad ideas.
>
> Bob

Not only that they're carrion feeders. My Mom made us bring them home
live, then she put them in a rabbit cage and fed them rabbit chow for a
month to cleanse them. I still didn't like them, greasy, tough and
unappealing. Besides, I think Ginny was yanking our chain with her
reference to road kill.

Ginny wrote:

> 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.

I bet this would be even better with an armadillo instead of a possum.

Bob

In article >,
"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:

> Ginny wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> I bet this would be even better with an armadillo instead of a possum.
>
> Bob

Or raccoon.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>
>> Ginny wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>> I bet this would be even better with an armadillo instead of a possum.
>>
>> Bob
>
> Or raccoon.

Coon meat is way too sweet for my taste.Plus you have all those !@#$%
glands to get rid of when you clean them. Armadillo is okay but I
haven't eaten any since the gubmint said they carry leprosy.

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
> >
> >> Ginny wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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.
> >> I bet this would be even better with an armadillo instead of a possum.
> >>
> >> Bob
> >
> > Or raccoon.
>
> Coon meat is way too sweet for my taste.Plus you have all those !@#$%
> glands to get rid of when you clean them. Armadillo is okay but I
> haven't eaten any since the gubmint said they carry leprosy.

I won't eat raccoon. Too full worms. Same for possums.

As for Armadillo, only some carry Leprosy...

and humans infected them with it.

I did my Pathogenic Microbiology term paper in College on Hansens
Disease (aka Leprosy) and here is how it happened.

Leprosy is an obligate parasite/organism so won't grow on jell media.
Unlike some other Acid Fast bacteria (such as Tuberculosis which Leprosy
is related to; they are both genus Mycobacterium), it must have living
tissue to grow. So, in order to study it, researchers tried growing it
in different animals to see if they could find a cure for it.

Leprosy likes cooler temperatures which is why Lepers generally lose
peripheral stuff first. Ears, fingers, toes, things that stay cooler.

Turns out that it grew well in the footpads of Armadillos, so several
were infected with it at a Leprosarium in Louisiana. The biggest danger
is in getting scratched by them. There have been documented cases of
people contracting Leprosy from handling them.

They put the infected Armadillos into a dirt bottomed pens and the
Armadillos dug out and escaped. They are excellent diggers.

So, it's now found randomly in the wild population. :-(
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

On Apr 28, 9:01*pm, Omelet > wrote:
> In article >,
> *"Bob Terwilliger" > wrote:
>
> > Ginny wrote:
>
> > > 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.
>
> > I bet this would be even better with an armadillo instead of a possum.
>
> > Bob
>
> Or raccoon.

Possums stink. They are beneficial animals, but they are only eaten
out of desperation. Coons are not as nasty as possums, and are kind
of dangerous.
Neither are very good to eat. I believed that George had eaten such
creatures, though his story about the rabbit chow calls that into
question too. A month's worth of rabbit chow would cost more than any
possum could be worth. I don't believe that any of you want to eat
possum, coon or armadillo. Same for nutria. I don't even like wild
duck. Same goes for city pigeons and squirrels.

What I wonder is whether chickens that are fed hot chilies, end up
laying eggs, the yolks of which contain capsaicin. Interestingly,
according to Wikipedia, "Consumption of red chilis after anal fissure
surgery should be forbidden to avoid postoperative symptoms."
source-- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile_pepper
Duh.

"Well, suture my asshole and feed me chilies," would be a good faux
homespun reply to a surprising revelation.
> --
> Peace! Om
>
--Bryan
Visit Bobo Bonobo's Mortuary and Sausage Emporium
On the web @ http://MySpace.com/BoboBonobo

In article
>,
Bobo Bonobo® > wrote:

> "Well, suture my asshole and feed me chilies," would be a good faux
> homespun reply to a surprising revelation.
>
> --Bryan

Sounds like yet another good song name. <g>
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

Bobo Bonobo® wrote:

>
> "Well, suture my asshole and feed me chilies," would be a good faux
> homespun reply to a surprising revelation.


"Sew up", not "suture". HTH ;-)

Bob

"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in
:

> 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.

Eat 'mo possum!

On Apr 28, 9:03*pm, elaich > wrote:
> "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.
>
> Eat 'mo possum!

>
>
Do you know why the chicken crossed the road?? To show the possum it
can be done.

In article
>,
wrote:

> On Apr 28, 9:03*pm, elaich > wrote:
> > "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.
> >
> > Eat 'mo possum!
>
> >
> >
> Do you know why the chicken crossed the road?? To show the possum it
> can be done.

Around here, that could go for armadillos, and white tail deer.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

On Apr 28, 11:25*pm, wrote:
> On Apr 28, 9:03*pm, elaich > wrote:
>
> > "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.
>
> > Eat 'mo possum!
>
> Do you know why the chicken crossed the road?? *To show the possum it
> can be done.

Below is quoted from a post to alt.punk, July 29, 2000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I would like to find a freshly hit roadkill possum, wrap it in a baby
blanket with its face covered by the blanket, and put it in a
stroller.
Then I would get a female confederate to push the stroller around the
mall,
in the vicinity of a store that had multiple entrances, until she sees
a
good victim. She could look in panic at some stranger--a woman in her
30s
would be best--and say very quickly, "Oh my god! I left my purse in
the
restroom. Could you watch my baby for just a second? Thanks." Not
waiting
for a response, she leaves the stroller and runs into the store, and
out the
other doors, into the parking lot, into her car, and away. The woman
who
was asked to watch the baby would be irritated, but would feel obliged
to
watch the baby anyway. As time passed, she would wonder where the
hell the
mother was. Eventually, she would pull back the baby blanket that was
swaddling the roadkill possun, expecting to see the cute cherubic face
of a
human infant, but instead being confronted by the face of the roadkill
possum. She would very likely scream, and others might well come over
to
try to assist her. Imagine the scene. Her explaining how the woman
asked
her to watch her baby...
Me and my buddies could be sitting on benches nearby, witnessing the
hilarious spectacle.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--Bryan
Visit Bobo Bonobo's Mortuary and Sausage Emporium
On the web @ http://MySpace.com/BoboBonobo

BOBOBOnoBO wrote:
> ..."Oh my god! I left my purse in the restroom. Could you watch my
> baby for just a second? Thanks." Not waiting for a response, she
> leaves the stroller and runs into the store, and out the other doors,
> into the parking lot, into her car, and away. The woman who was
> asked to watch the baby would be irritated, but would feel obliged to
> watch the baby anyway. As time passed, she would wonder where the
> hell the mother was. Eventually, she would pull back the baby
> blanket, expecting to see the cute cherubic face of a human infant,
> but instead being confronted by the face of the roadkill possum. She
> would very likely scream, and others might well come over to try to
> assist her. Imagine the scene. Her explaining how the woman asked
> her to watch her baby... Me and my buddies could be sitting on
> benches nearby, witnessing the hilarious spectacle.


I likes it. I likes it a lot.

Bob