Possum Pot Pie
• 1 c Glazed huckleberries
• 3 Shots gin or moonshine
• 1 Possum
• 1 Pie crust with top
•
Sliced carrots & cabbage to taste
Cover a pan (or any implement you can put in a fire) with the
bottom of your pie crust and place the possum in it.
Add the huckleberries
and carrots, and shred the cabbage over it. Close up
the pie and bake until the neighbors' dogs come sniffing
around
to
see what
the wonderful smell is, or until the fire department
arrives (whichever comes first). Remove from fire/oven,
slice and
enjoy.
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Opossum Roast
• 1 opossum
• Salt and pepper for rub
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 tbsp. fat
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 hard boiled egg
• 1 tsp. salt
• Water
Clean opossum according to OPOSSUM INFORMATION.
Rub opossum with salt and pepper. Brown onion in fat. Add opossum
liver and cook until tender. Add bread crumbs, Worcestershire
sauce, egg, salt, and water. Mix thoroughly and stuff opossum.
Truss like
a fowl. Put in roasting pan with bacon across back and pour
1 qt. water into pan. Roast uncovered in moderate oven at 350
degrees
until tender (about 2 1/2 hrs.). Baste every 15 minutes. Serve
with sweet potatoes.
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White Trash Roast Possum
Possum should be cleaned as soon as possible after shooting.
It should be hung for 48 hours and then it can be skinned
and cooked.
The meat is light colored and tender. Excess fat may be
removed, but there is not strong flavor or odor contained in
the fat.
1 possum 1 onion, chopped 1 tbsp fat possum liver, diced
1/4 tsp
Worcestershire sauce 1 cup breadcrumbs 1 hard boiled egg,
chopped 1 tsp salt water bacon
Clean possum and rub inside and out with salt and pepper.
Sauté the
onions, then add to the remaining ingredients except
for the water and bacon. Combine together and stuff the
possum. Place
stuffed
possum in a large roasting pan, add water to the pan,
and lay bacon strips across the back of the possum. Roast
uncovered in
a 350F
oven for about 2-1/2 hours, or until tender. Possum is
best eaten in the winter time, and should be served with
sweet potatoes.
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Stuffed Opossum
• 1 opossum, skinned and cleaned
• Salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup fat
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• 6 cups bread cubes
• 1 tsp. salt
• Dash pepper
• 1 1/4 tsp. poultry seasoning
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 sweet potato per person
Clean opossum according to OPOSSUM INFORMATION.
Rub opossum with salt and pepper. Melt fat in skillet; add
onion and celery and cook until tender. Combine bread cubes,
salt, pepper, and poultry seasonings with onions and celery. Add
water
and mix
thoroughly. Fill the body cavity. Close by
sewing the skin together with a heavy string or by skewering
the skin together
and lacing
with a heavy string.
Place, underside down, on rack in shallow roasting
pan. Roast at 300-350 degrees F. 2 to 2 1/2
hours or until well
done,
basting
occasionally with drippings and sprinkling
lightly with flour after each basting for
a crisp, crackly
crust.
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Barbecued Opossum
• 1 opossum, skinned and cleaned
• Prepared barbecue sauce
Clean opossum according to OPOSSUM INFORMATION.
Cut opossum in half; place on rack and roast at 300 degrees
F. about 2 hours. Baste frequently with
barbecue sauce.
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Opossum and Sweet Potatoes
• 1 opossum (about 2 1/2 pounds)
• 2 1/2 tsp. salt
• Pepper to taste
• Flour
• 1/2 cup water
• 4 medium sweet potatoes
• 2 tbsp. sugar
Clean opossum according to OPOSSUM INFORMATION.
Trim excess fat from opossum and discard. Wash quickly inside
and out with warm water; drain thoroughly.
Rub salt and pepper well into the opossum inside and out. Sprinkle
inside and out with
flour. Lay the opossum on its back in a roasting
pan.
Add water, cover and bake in 350 degree F. oven until
about half done (45 -
60 minutes). Split peeled potatoes in half
lengthwise
and place in pan around
opossum. Add more water if needed. Cover sliced
potatoes and
opossum and cook
30 more minutes.
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Stewed Opossum
• 1 young, fat opossum
• 8 sweet potatoes
• 2 tbsp. butter
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• Salt
First, catch a 'possum. This in itself is excellent entertainment
on a moonlight night.
Clean opossum according to OPOSSUM INFORMATION.
Be sure to wash 'possum thoroughly. Freeze overnight either
outside or in a refrigerator. When ready to cook, peel the
potatoes and boil them
tender in
lightly salted water along with the butter and sugar. At the same time,
stew the 'possum tender in a tightly covered pan with a little water.
Arrange the
taters around the 'possum, strip with pacon, sprinkle with thyme or
marjoram, or pepper, and brown in the oven. Baste often
with the drippings.
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