Thursday, August 23, 2007

"StINkY dAmN pOsSuM" this is post #100!


OK, I have had way too many critters under my house this summer. I have lattice around the base of the house and about a 12-16" crawl space in certain areas... so many living things can break through the lattice and LURK.
My friend Truvey lent me a TRAP the other day. I set it 2 nights ago and trapped what turned out to be a very pissed off local stray cat.
Last night I trapped a POSSUM! This is one of the weirdest creatures I've seen. Its rather like a hybrid of all rodents rolled into one grinning, gnashing, gruesome, and forboding little beast.
This morning I had to rush to work so I put the possum in my hutch so that he could have water for the day, and tonight I am releasing him to the wild. If only I knew someone who cooked "coon ass" food. I have heard possum meat is OK, kinda greasy.
So this evening I e mailed Lynn about my experience and she emailed me this recipe. I am hungry as I write this but not too-too hungry :)
Life is never dull at 109.
By the way, the possum doesn't have a mustache. On his nose you see what is actually a chicken feather.
Uncle daddy's southern possum stew

Yield: 1 servings
Possum
Dumplings
Sweet potatoes
Onions
Salt
After hunting with a lantern in your hand all night, take the possum you have bagged and break his neck by putting your foot on the possum's head and pulling up on his tail. Use boiling water to scald Brother Possum. In a large pan, dress the animal by pulling out those hairs on him. When all is well done, cut Brother Possum into four parts. Add salt and boil the meat until tender. Make your dumplings and add them slowly to the boiling meat. After the possum has boiled about an hour, put the parts into a baking dish. Peel sweet potatoes and slice them thick. Place the slices in the pan around the pieces of possum. Add onions if desired. Bake for 1 hour. This is a Sunday dinner for 12 people with the dumplings.


6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Uh, I fix coonass food. Possum tastes like greasy dark meat turkey. Really pretty good. -- Truv

Anonymous said...

Oh, something else that I forgot to say. It is good you caught the SOB. He would have wiped out your chickens if he got the chance. --Truv

Anonymous said...

That is the ugliest mother frickin' thing I've ever seen lol. Don't think we've ever had possum..venison, goose, duck, dove, buffalo and el..nope, no possum. Gonna have to ask E to kill one hah.
Lis

Anonymous said...

What's up kindred,

Growing up, my cousin J.G. used to kill and cook possums back in New Orleans area and we would eat them with some snappin' turtles my momma caught in the back yard. I remember the nutgagging smell that would come from scrubbing them damn possums out and even worse from the turtles. Possums are some nasty bastards..eat worse things than goats and gators. Take a pass on that roadkill option and call someone with a net or bag to run his moochin-azz outta there.

Christian

Pat Paulk said...

Nina, ain't ever et no possum. I'll pass, cause I don't believe it taste like chicken...

Anonymous said...

Is that a chicken feather on its snout?