Is there a restaurant in ChicagoLand that serves Possum Meat - is
Possum Meat legal - does it taste good?

> Is there a restaurant in ChicagoLand that serves Possum Meat -
> is Possum Meat legal - does it taste good?

I grew up in New Zealand where possums are a pest and a LOT of people
go out hunting. Folklore said they weren't worth bothering with (tough
and tasteless), and that was so ingrained that I have never met anybody
who's tried to eat one.

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Possum is generally considered a pest in most places. However, they are
edible and not too bad if that's all that's available. Granny used to
cook them - parboiled first with ramps and a little vinegar; then, she'd
put them in a roaster with sweet potatoes, more ramps, and whatever
seasonings she had on hand. Tasted ok the way she made them but not
something I'd cook.

Kacey

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>>Is there a restaurant in ChicagoLand that serves Possum Meat -
>>is Possum Meat legal - does it taste good?
>
>
> I grew up in New Zealand where possums are a pest and a LOT of people
> go out hunting. Folklore said they weren't worth bothering with (tough
> and tasteless), and that was so ingrained that I have never met anybody
> who's tried to eat one.
>
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On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 21:33:47 -0600, Kacey Barriss >
wrote:

>Possum is generally considered a pest in most places. However, they are
>edible and not too bad if that's all that's available. Granny used to
>cook them - parboiled first with ramps and a little vinegar; then, she'd
>put them in a roaster with sweet potatoes, more ramps, and whatever
>seasonings she had on hand. Tasted ok the way she made them but not
>something I'd cook.
>
Ramps redeem a lot of things. Somehow, I don't think you are writing
from New Zealand.

I am eagerly anticipating the first ramps of spring, as well as the
first shad roe.

yum



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<VBG> No, I'm not in N. Zealand, although I'd love to be able to travel
there someday. Ramps grew wild were I lived as a child. IIRC, there
are still a couple of smallish towns in the Appalachian mountains that
still hold ramp festivals.

Kacey

Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
> On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 21:33:47 -0600, Kacey Barriss >
> wrote:
>
>
>>Possum is generally considered a pest in most places. However, they are
>>edible and not too bad if that's all that's available. Granny used to
>>cook them - parboiled first with ramps and a little vinegar; then, she'd
>>put them in a roaster with sweet potatoes, more ramps, and whatever
>>seasonings she had on hand. Tasted ok the way she made them but not
>>something I'd cook.
>>
>
> Ramps redeem a lot of things. Somehow, I don't think you are writing
> from New Zealand.
>
> I am eagerly anticipating the first ramps of spring, as well as the
> first shad roe.
>
> yum
>
>
>
> Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a
>
> "Happy is he that taketh thy little ones and dasheth them upon the stones." __Psalm 137

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What are ramps?...

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"Kacey Barriss" > wrote in message
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> <VBG> No, I'm not in N. Zealand, although I'd love to be able to travel
> there someday. Ramps grew wild were I lived as a child. IIRC, there
> are still a couple of smallish towns in the Appalachian mountains that
> still hold ramp festivals.
>
> Kacey
>
> Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
> > On Sat, 06 Mar 2004 21:33:47 -0600, Kacey Barriss >
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Possum is generally considered a pest in most places. However, they are
> >>edible and not too bad if that's all that's available. Granny used to
> >>cook them - parboiled first with ramps and a little vinegar; then, she'd
> >>put them in a roaster with sweet potatoes, more ramps, and whatever
> >>seasonings she had on hand. Tasted ok the way she made them but not
> >>something I'd cook.
> >>
> >
> > Ramps redeem a lot of things. Somehow, I don't think you are writing
> > from New Zealand.
> >
> > I am eagerly anticipating the first ramps of spring, as well as the
> > first shad roe.
> >
> > yum
> >
> >
> >
> > Rodney Myrvaagnes NYC J36 Gjo/a
> >
> > "Happy is he that taketh thy little ones and dasheth them upon the
stones." __Psalm 137
>
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> Possum is generally considered a pest in most places. However, they are
> edible and not too bad if that's all that's available. Granny used to
> cook them - parboiled first with ramps and a little vinegar; then, she'd
> put them in a roaster with sweet potatoes, more ramps, and whatever
> seasonings she had on hand. Tasted ok the way she made them but not
> something I'd cook.


What are ramps?


Paul...


> Kacey


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(bogus address) wrote:

>
>> Is there a restaurant in ChicagoLand that serves Possum Meat -
>> is Possum Meat legal - does it taste good?
>
>I grew up in New Zealand where possums are a pest and a LOT of people
>go out hunting. Folklore said they weren't worth bothering with (tough
>and tasteless), and that was so ingrained that I have never met anybody
>who's tried to eat one.

New Zealand possum isn't the same as US opossum. They're both
marsupials, but iirc that's their only similarity.

jenn
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How could you possibly eat "Pogo"?????

"We have met the enemy, and he is us"........Pogo..........by the most
brilliant cartoonist of the century, (in my opinion) Walt Kelly.

If you really think Doonesbury, Kelvin & Hobbes.....etc..... are brilliant &
funny.......Look at the Walt Kelly Books (he also did a Syndicated Cartoon
strip for many years) on EBay & buy one.....most being created in the 50's &
60's....he was truly brilliant, if not genius.

Now.....if you live in Beverly Hills, in a big mansion.....you might have
possum served to you quite often.....




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> Is there a restaurant in ChicagoLand that serves Possum Meat - is
> Possum Meat legal - does it taste good?