They serve possum at "wild game feeds" that hunters have around here in
Central Illinois. Although I've never tried it, people who frequent those
events say that it's good only if the person cooking it knows what they're
doing. I'm sure it's one of those things that people learned to make
somewhat tasty out of necessity - or starve! By the way, if you've ever come
face to face with a possum, they look exactly like a giant ugly rat. Also,
I've never heard of possum hunting season - I think it's probably free game.
.... One other thing - they also eat raccoon, which has to be cooked over
several hours in broth, all the while occasionally skimming off the excess
fat that floats to the top.... bon a petit!


"Olivers" > wrote in message
...
> Steve Wertz muttered....
>
> > On 6 Mar 2004 12:37:50 -0800,
> > (PossumPieGuy) wrote:
> >
> >>Is there a restaurant in ChicagoLand that serves Possum Meat - is
> >>Possum Meat legal - does it taste good?
> >
> > No, Yes, and no.
> >
> > Unless you were raised eating possum meat, then chances are you'd
> > be better of with another kind of meat.
> >
> > Possums are ugly, smelly, and parasite-ridden animals. There is
> > no market for possum farming.
> >
> In the US rural South, primarilty among the very poor and mostly African
> American, cooked with sweet taters, greasy, somewhat porkish in color,
> unappealing, not near as good as Hoover Hog (armadillo) which comes in its
> own baking dish, but carries the Hansen's virus, enough to make you throw
> in your hand while playing bridge - no, not the cards, the hand, Hansen's
> being Leprosy (curable by today's antibiotics from the Streptomycin line,
> IIRC).
>
> TMO

I have had a possum and coon taco in Texas, and the trick is long
marination, slow cooking and fat skimming to tenderize the meat.
Although it may look like a rat the opossum is not related in anyway. On
the tasty rodent list is definitely nutria, very much like rabbit when
cooked.

JJ

Peggy wrote:
>
> They serve possum at "wild game feeds" that hunters have around here in
> Central Illinois. Although I've never tried it, people who frequent those
> events say that it's good only if the person cooking it knows what they're
> doing. I'm sure it's one of those things that people learned to make
> somewhat tasty out of necessity - or starve! By the way, if you've ever come
> face to face with a possum, they look exactly like a giant ugly rat. Also,
> I've never heard of possum hunting season - I think it's probably free game.
> ... One other thing - they also eat raccoon, which has to be cooked over
> several hours in broth, all the while occasionally skimming off the excess
> fat that floats to the top.... bon a petit!
>
> "Olivers" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Steve Wertz muttered....
> >
> > > On 6 Mar 2004 12:37:50 -0800,
> > > (PossumPieGuy) wrote:
> > >
> > >>Is there a restaurant in ChicagoLand that serves Possum Meat - is
> > >>Possum Meat legal - does it taste good?
> > >
> > > No, Yes, and no.
> > >
> > > Unless you were raised eating possum meat, then chances are you'd
> > > be better of with another kind of meat.
> > >
> > > Possums are ugly, smelly, and parasite-ridden animals. There is
> > > no market for possum farming.
> > >
> > In the US rural South, primarilty among the very poor and mostly African
> > American, cooked with sweet taters, greasy, somewhat porkish in color,
> > unappealing, not near as good as Hoover Hog (armadillo) which comes in its
> > own baking dish, but carries the Hansen's virus, enough to make you throw
> > in your hand while playing bridge - no, not the cards, the hand, Hansen's
> > being Leprosy (curable by today's antibiotics from the Streptomycin line,
> > IIRC).
> >
> > TMO