Comments on: How To Catch And Cook A Possum

By: shannoncoffee

shannoncoffee — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 03:52:58 +0000

Texas Pussums are best if put in a microwave whole , Set it on high power for 45 minutes , It will let you know when its done ( toy will hear it ) ,Place a large towl at the door of the microwave and open the door , Scrape and spoon the pussum gravy off the door walls and top dont worry about some hail , it just helps make the gravy thicker . make inchee ladas , and toe mollies out of the innards . Dice up yhe meat and put it iinqa pie shell with some jallapinos , freeze then slice with a chop saw suck and chew on the slices as they thaw . oh the gravy that runs out on the powell can be licked off with your favorite dog.

By: Michael Benson

Michael Benson — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:33:12 +0000

I lived with my grandma growing up and she would cook anything my cousin could catch in his trap line. I’ve had possum, coon, ground hog, skunk, squirrel, and turtle and it was all good. I think grandma had sweet potatoes and hominy as side dishes for the possum, but I’m not sure. Anyone recommend any side dishes for possum?

By: Nelson_from_maine

Nelson_from_maine — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:18:17 +0000

I don’t think it is all a joke. I am a damn yankee and I have eaten possum, woodchuck, squirrel, snapping turtle, beaver, and many other meats. The recipe is real, presented in a light hearted way. I am sure that somewhere someone has made a pet of almost every animal, including the standard ones like cows and chickens, etc. Please don’t think that because you have a pet of something, that it means everyone else in the world has to treat it as a pet too. I don’t hold it against you because you have a pet possum, don’t hold it against me that I eat them. I know I can’t convince you, don’t try to convince me Jeannie, Cool?

By: rosterpooter

rosterpooter — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:59:19 +0000

Try pickled possum tails we use in place of chicken in our dumplings we fry the ears with Tatars we always feed em corn for 2wks before we dress em u can debone possum and use or prepare like any other meat possums love to eat other dead animals and usually have a varied taste

By: The Crazy Hillbilly

The Crazy Hillbilly — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:16:38 +0000

Hello Jeannie – You may have missed the part about this website being humor and satire, It’s a joke )

By: j

Fri, 20 May 2011 00:50:27 +0000

Thank you!!!!

By: Jeannie

Jeannie — Fri, 20 May 2011 00:46:50 +0000

Oh please I don’t know anyone now a days that eat possum. I live in the south. And anyone who would is really sick!! You that was trying to act like you are hillbillies try again please!!! The way you were talking is why the south is known as being so stupid!!!! That is why l really try hard not to talk like I am from the south. I know some of you will get mad and some will think it’s funny but it’s not!!!!! Yes possums have a very low temp.so they don’t carry rabies. I have a baby possum I am trying to raise. They are very smart!!! They are really easy to love. I love animals so I could not just let him die or let my cats get him that is really wrong!!! In God’s eyes he is just as beautiful as you or your kids or a dog or cat just like any other animal!!! Don’t judge me, unless you have ever took time to look at them they have 5 fingers and there back feet are like us 4 fingers and a thumb. Take time to look or learn before you down it.

By: pete

pete — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:09:15 +0000

muskrat,possum,squrrel,rabbit,raccone,rattlesnake,snapping turtle,bear,deer and some
I cant remeber, I am a 79 year old hillbilly. and you can add sea food

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:15:01 +0000

The only way to eat a possum is to get a white oak board the same size of the possum .lay possum on board ,salt & pepper .and a little corn mash on it
cook in oven for tho hours ,at 325* . take out let cool for ten min. then give the possum to the dogs and eat the white oak board . Kinda grease but got a lot of fiber in it

By: alex

alex — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 07:56:35 +0000

I trap tons of possums, but I apply the SSS rule, Shoot, Shovel, Shut-Up. They go under a fruit tree, those delicious apricots, walnuts, pears, apples, etc, indirectly are …. possum!

Possums and skunks are on the you’d have to be starving to eat it list around here. There’s better eating, and yer possum or skunk can be fed to the chickens, or used as bait for something better. Yep, puma or coyote would be luscious and tasty compared to possum or Pepe LePew.

Skunks CAN carry rabies, I dunno about the low body temperature thing with possums, I’d have to check it out, but word is from those who have eaten them, they’re greasy and kinda blah. As I said, use ‘em for bait for something better, or feed your chickens or feed a tree.

By: mike

mike — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:12:17 +0000

thanks for this, i have a possum under my deck… tomorrow it is gonna be dinner.

By: marlene

marlene — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 22:21:37 +0000

i dont know why you do not like possum bet you aint even tried it even once he is gona be christmas dinner for me and the yungens

By: widowsson

widowsson — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 20:31:08 +0000

I’m from SW Georgia and Possums were a main stay in our diet back in the old days. A lot of these comments sound like jokes but back in the day, if not for possums, many families would not have had meat on the table. I can cook a possum like a work of art, I can cook the P out of possum, when I get through with it, it’s ossum {a little pun} get it?
Older heads did not skin possums, they burned the fur off of them a little at a time in a process called swenging. They burn a little, scrape with a knife, burn a little, scrape with a knife until you get him clean down to the skin. Then you wash him{ back then, it was with lye soap but now I guess you could use dawn. The head and skin should be left intact because they were considered to be the best parts. The possum was oven roasted with sweet potatoes after being par boiled about an hour and sprinkled heavy with black pepper. I remember being at the table many a days with possum fat dripping
from both elbows. EAT MO POSSUM

By: moto826

moto826 — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:30:10 +0000

i can cook any thing and i am a hill billy too so pick me ill do your fancy tv show

By: Matto

Matto — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:47:37 +0000

I’m a tv producer and I’m looking for the ultimate hillbilly chef for a new tv show. Someone with a big personality who knows how to turn roadkill coon into a four star meal.

Would any of you happen to know someone like that?

By: JDA

JDA — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:42:11 +0000

I did not see a comment or recipe for possum chitterlings. This may be something I don’t want to prepare myself and don’t trust anybody else to fix either. Maybe I will burn the intestines so the dogs don’t make a nasty mess or perhaps put them up a tree for the puma (possibly bait for a trap). But can you eat mountain lion?

By: inthesouth

inthesouth — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:24:20 +0000

i live in the south and trust me, if you want to eat possum, you need to catch it live then feed it greens for a week or so to clean it out.

By: Benihana

Benihana — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:31:43 +0000

Oh, if you’re after skunk, I suggest you brush up on your sharpshooting and use a varmint rifle. Errant buckshot can potentially…umm…
Well, like I said, that’s why they invented Bar-B-Que sauce.

By: Benihana

Benihana — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:33:28 +0000

Like 95% of Americans, the meat in my diet consists of either beef, pork, chicken, turkey, or fish/shellfish. For the sake of this conversation, let’s leave aquatic food sources aside. As for the “turf” sources of animal protein, they come from the animals that have responded well to centuries of domestication, and are now able to be mass-produced on giant farms in sufficient quantity to feed the mass of humanity that now spends most of its life sustaining the infrastructure and economy of our great nation rather than sustaining a simple home and a few hungry mouths.

Turns out, all animals are meat, whether you like it or not. Just because possum turned out to be a little too………vicious and wily… to be domesticated, does not mean that it is somehow beneath what we understand to be proper nutrition. The thing is, just as each domestic meat that we are used to eating requires different cooking methods according to their particular flavors and safe doneness temperatures, so goes the preparation of game meat. I believe that this is why Bar-B-Que sauce was invented.

As for dressing your own meat, well, I’m guessing that your favorite cut of meat is a nice filet mignon or a T-bone.
All you gotta do is skin and gut a little possum in your back yard.

By: J.D.

J.D. — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:25:06 +0000

I am mostly native American on both sides. My grandfather on my mother’s side was a skilled bow hunter taught by his father. My grandmother and mother were talented at making the most out of whatever he brought home with him. Sometimes it was something more mainstream like quail or venison. Usually it was more traditionally ‘hillbilly’ fare like squirrel, raccoon, snake, or groundhog. Consequently I ate stewed opossum as a child. It was delicious.

Since then I’ve traveled extensively and have tried dragonfly curry, pickled eel, stuffed bull’s testicles, fried earthworms, boiled termites, grilled scorpions and all sorts of other local foods that people have been kind enough to want to share with me. Others often refused without even tasting. To me it is sad and small that anyone could be so judgmental without even consulting the evidence. I have eaten well, enjoyed the vast majority of everything I’ve tasted, and have never health problems due to my adventurous tastebuds.

Variety is the spice and the substance of life. There are studies suggesting the more varied a child’s diet, the less prone to become obese and to suffer food allergies and other health problems as an adult.

Consider too that there is no universally acceptable meat. While most Americans can’t get enough hotdogs and hamburgers, an Orthodox Jew would find the pork disgusting and taboo, while a devout Hindu would find beef to be so. Many vegans and vegetarians around the world are repulsed by all meat. There is certainly no consistancy as to why one species is an acceptable food while another is a pet, or is deified or otherwise exalted, or is treated as vermin. Personally I have found that just about anything alive can be tasty and nutritious so long as it is prepared well and shared with good company.