Post by: Dustin07 on February 02, 2009, 11:01:58 AM
with all the things that I 'should' eat, I don't know if I believe it. Is there any reason not to eat a possum?
Post by: Gobble on February 02, 2009, 11:05:06 AM
Post by: Huntbear on February 02, 2009, 11:08:27 AM
Possums are possums, whether here or in Alabama!
Post by: Dustin07 on February 02, 2009, 12:16:33 PM
I knew someone that ate them and loved it.... would live trap em, then feed them rice and vegetable scraps for about 2 weeks to clean their system out. Then would butcher and eat them.....
Possums are possums, whether here or in Alabama!
I actually just finished reading an article that recommended feeding them table scraps to get the carrion out of the system before killing them, funny!
Post by: Machias on February 02, 2009, 12:50:29 PM
Post by: blindpig on February 02, 2009, 01:16:29 PM
Now that is funny :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Post by: atomicjoe23 on February 02, 2009, 03:34:05 PM
Post by: shoot-em-dead on February 02, 2009, 05:47:43 PM
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on February 02, 2009, 05:51:53 PM
I'd try it. Why not I doubt it will kill you. :dunno: They probably do carry diseases and such but so does every other species of animal. I'd give them a bath befor I skinned them. :chuckle:
Post by: bow4elk on February 02, 2009, 06:00:10 PM
I was reading that they taste like pork
Then go buy some pork...I'd have to be starving to even consider eating one of those rats.
Post by: huntnphool on February 02, 2009, 06:07:52 PM
Post by: runamuk on February 02, 2009, 06:12:00 PM
... :chuckle: :chuckle: cuz in my opinion opossum eating qualifies
Post by: IBspoiled on February 02, 2009, 06:17:53 PM
Post by: rasbo on February 02, 2009, 06:33:01 PM
Post by: ICEMAN on February 02, 2009, 08:28:19 PM
Post by: Red Dawg on February 02, 2009, 08:30:56 PM
Post by: GEARHEAD on February 02, 2009, 08:31:57 PM
Post by: bow4elk on February 02, 2009, 08:32:28 PM
I would eat my hunting buddies arm first :yike:
I would eat my hunting buddy's armPIT first :yike:
Post by: shoot-em-dead on February 02, 2009, 08:32:59 PM
Post by: ICEMAN on February 02, 2009, 08:34:12 PM
Post by: shoot-em-dead on February 02, 2009, 08:37:05 PM
Post by: Red Dawg on February 02, 2009, 08:37:47 PM
Post by: shoot-em-dead on February 02, 2009, 08:43:46 PM
Post by: PolarBear on February 02, 2009, 08:46:46 PM
Post by: bow4elk on February 02, 2009, 08:50:28 PM
tastes like really greasy and musty pork.
:puke:
Post by: ICEMAN on February 02, 2009, 09:00:22 PM
tastes like really greasy and musty pork.
:puke:
:puke: :puke: :puke:
Post by: runamuk on February 02, 2009, 09:07:59 PM
Post by: PolarBear on February 02, 2009, 09:29:44 PM
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv103%2FPolrbear%2FDSCN0096.jpg&hash=78eb1802712917ecd2d86ca588653d076e57c4f5)
Post by: logger on February 02, 2009, 09:31:51 PM
Post by: 509er on February 02, 2009, 09:35:49 PM
Post by: runamuk on February 02, 2009, 09:37:15 PM
The treasury of White trash cooking :chuckle: :chuckle:
for instance here are some recipe names from the book
Smoked mullet dip :dunno:
Cooter kebabs...Iceman might like that recipe :chuckle:
baked possum and sweet potatoes
Glennie nells roast christmas possum
hogs head cheese :yike:
The book even tells you how to butcher some of the critters right in the recipe :o
Post by: MuleySniper on February 02, 2009, 09:38:17 PM
Post by: ICEMAN on February 02, 2009, 09:38:57 PM
Post by: 509er on February 02, 2009, 09:40:07 PM
Post by: MuleySniper on February 02, 2009, 09:40:58 PM
Post by: 509er on February 02, 2009, 09:41:45 PM
Post by: Michelle_Nelson on February 02, 2009, 09:48:27 PM
Possums are kinda cute as long as they don't smile at you.
(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi126.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fp115%2Fmichellestaxidermy%2FSANY0036.jpg&hash=8a4f7e7ff353b19f7a29c4908e6c2957789039c9)
Post by: bow4elk on February 02, 2009, 09:50:53 PM
Post by: logger on February 02, 2009, 09:51:48 PM
Post by: MuleySniper on February 02, 2009, 09:54:32 PM
MS
Post by: atomicjoe23 on February 02, 2009, 10:25:50 PM
Post by: bowhunterforever on February 03, 2009, 01:24:52 AM
Post by: rasbo on February 03, 2009, 04:48:15 AM
:chuckle: :chuckle:I would eat my hunting buddies arm first :yike:
I would eat my hunting buddy's armPIT first :yike:
Post by: bowhuntin on February 03, 2009, 05:50:13 AM
Post by: ICEMAN on February 03, 2009, 05:53:48 AM
Plus, I used to have the only kill what you intend to eat philosophy....then I started hunting coyote and whacking the occasional problem opossum... my philosophy has changed...
Post by: Airnip on February 03, 2009, 07:59:58 AM
"[edit] As food
The opossum was once a favorite game animal in the United States, and in particular the southern regions which have a large body of recipes and folklore relating to the opossum. Opossum was once widely consumed in the United States where available as evidenced by recipes available online[12] and in books such as older editions of The Joy of Cooking. A traditional method of preparation is baking, sometimes in a pie or pasty[1], though at present "possum pie" most often refers to a sweet confection containing no meat of any kind. In Dominica and Trinidad opossum or "manicou" is popular and can only be hunted during certain times of the year due to over-hunting; the meat is traditionally prepared by smoking then stewing. The meat is light and fine grained, but the musk glands must be removed as part of preparation. The meat can be used in place of rabbit and chicken in recipes. The cousin of the opossum, the possum, found in Australia (and introduced to New Zealand) is consumed in a similar manner. [13]
Historically, hunters in the Caribbean would place a barrel with fresh or rotten fruit to attract opossums who would feed on the fruit or insects. Cubans growing up in the mid-twentieth century tell of brushing the maggots out of the mouths of "manicou" caught in this manner to prepare them for consumption. It is said also that the gaminess of the meat causes gas.[citation needed]
In Mexico, opossums are known as "tlacuache" or "tlaquatzin". Their tails are eaten as a folk remedy to improve fertility.
Opossum oil (Possum grease) is high in essential fatty acids and has been used as a chest rub and a carrier for arthritis remedies given as topical salves."
Evidently one of the first things is to cut off the legs and toss in order to remove the musk glands. Read up on them while back. After live trapping some in my urban back yard. Most interesting opposum fact was that they actively hunt kill and eat norway rats. They die of old age in only about two years.
There was a rabbit breed to fake their fur. Opossum rex. Extinct now. Never bothered to skin a opossum out for lunch. Apparently once they were considered a fur bearing good eating game animal here in the United States.
Post by: shoot-em-dead on February 03, 2009, 08:52:32 AM
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