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