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

(PossumPieGuy) wrote:

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

Have you been to www.possumsRus.com


Check with the county extension agent in middle south Georgia.

> 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

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.
>
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Steve Wertz muttered....

> On 6 Mar 2004 12:37:50 -0800,
> (PossumPieGuy) wrote:
>
>>Is there a restaurant in ChicagoLand that serves Possum Meat - is
>>Possum Meat legal - does it taste good?
>
> No, Yes, and no.
>
> Unless you were raised eating possum meat, then chances are you'd
> be better of with another kind of meat.
>
> Possums are ugly, smelly, and parasite-ridden animals. There is
> no market for possum farming.
>
In the US rural South, primarilty among the very poor and mostly African
American, cooked with sweet taters, greasy, somewhat porkish in color,
unappealing, not near as good as Hoover Hog (armadillo) which comes in its
own baking dish, but carries the Hansen's virus, enough to make you throw
in your hand while playing bridge - no, not the cards, the hand, Hansen's
being Leprosy (curable by today's antibiotics from the Streptomycin line,
IIRC).

TMO

says...

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

> Have you been to www.possumsRus.com
> Check with the county extension agent in middle south Georgia.


URL fails.


Paul...


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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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"Olivers" > wrote in message
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>
> In the US rural South, primarilty among the very poor and mostly African
> American, cooked with sweet taters, greasy, somewhat porkish in color,
> unappealing, not near as good as Hoover Hog (armadillo) which comes in its
> own baking dish, but carries the Hansen's virus, enough to make you throw
> in your hand while playing bridge - no, not the cards, the hand, Hansen's
> being Leprosy (curable by today's antibiotics from the Streptomycin line,
> IIRC).


If Hansen's is a virus, how can it be effectively treated with antibiotics?


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>> [possum is] not near as good as Hoover Hog (armadillo) which comes
>> in its own baking dish, but carries the Hansen's virus, enough to
>> make you throw in your hand while playing bridge - no, not the cards,
>> the hand, Hansen's being Leprosy (curable by today's antibiotics from
>> the Streptomycin line, IIRC).
> If Hansen's is a virus, how can it be effectively treated with
> antibiotics?

It isn't a virus, it's a bacterium closely related to the one that
causes TB.

It's very difficult to catch; usually takes years of contact with
an infected person before you get it. (Unlike TB from infected milk,
which is a serious hazard).

Both TB and leprosy need treatment by multiple antibiotics for some
time - the TB protocol was developed in Edinburgh in the 1950s,
but it took twenty years for an analogous regimen to be adopted for
leprosy.

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"bogus address" > wrote in message
...
>
> >> [possum is] not near as good as Hoover Hog (armadillo) which comes
> >> in its own baking dish, but carries the Hansen's virus, enough to
> >> make you throw in your hand while playing bridge - no, not the cards,
> >> the hand, Hansen's being Leprosy (curable by today's antibiotics from
> >> the Streptomycin line, IIRC).
> > If Hansen's is a virus, how can it be effectively treated with
> > antibiotics?
>
> It isn't a virus, it's a bacterium closely related to the one that
> causes TB.

I know. I was just calling him on his error.

> It's very difficult to catch; usually takes years of contact with
> an infected person before you get it. (Unlike TB from infected milk,
> which is a serious hazard).
>
> Both TB and leprosy need treatment by multiple antibiotics for some
> time - the TB protocol was developed in Edinburgh in the 1950s,
> but it took twenty years for an analogous regimen to be adopted for
> leprosy.


Q. What did the leper say to the prostitute?


A. "Keep the tip."



Sorry, I couldn't resist . . .

>> Both TB and leprosy need treatment by multiple antibiotics for some
>> time - the TB protocol was developed in Edinburgh in the 1950s,
>> but it took twenty years for an analogous regimen to be adopted for
>> leprosy.
> Q. What did the leper say to the prostitute?
> A. "Keep the tip."

Q: What happened to the prostitute afterwards?
A: Her business fell off.

I wonder if jokes like that ever really go away with changing
fashions, or whether one generation of 15-year-olds tells them
to the next? I think I must have heard that one in 1964. There
was an epidemic of leper jokes at the time.

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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.....




"PossumPieGuy" > wrote in message
om...
> Is there a restaurant in ChicagoLand that serves Possum Meat - is
> Possum Meat legal - does it taste good?

They serve possum at "wild game feeds" that hunters have around here in
Central Illinois. Although I've never tried it, people who frequent those
events say that it's good only if the person cooking it knows what they're
doing. I'm sure it's one of those things that people learned to make
somewhat tasty out of necessity - or starve! By the way, if you've ever come
face to face with a possum, they look exactly like a giant ugly rat. Also,
I've never heard of possum hunting season - I think it's probably free game.
.... One other thing - they also eat raccoon, which has to be cooked over
several hours in broth, all the while occasionally skimming off the excess
fat that floats to the top.... bon a petit!


"Olivers" > wrote in message
...
> Steve Wertz muttered....
>
> > On 6 Mar 2004 12:37:50 -0800,
> > (PossumPieGuy) wrote:
> >
> >>Is there a restaurant in ChicagoLand that serves Possum Meat - is
> >>Possum Meat legal - does it taste good?
> >
> > No, Yes, and no.
> >
> > Unless you were raised eating possum meat, then chances are you'd
> > be better of with another kind of meat.
> >
> > Possums are ugly, smelly, and parasite-ridden animals. There is
> > no market for possum farming.
> >
> In the US rural South, primarilty among the very poor and mostly African
> American, cooked with sweet taters, greasy, somewhat porkish in color,
> unappealing, not near as good as Hoover Hog (armadillo) which comes in its
> own baking dish, but carries the Hansen's virus, enough to make you throw
> in your hand while playing bridge - no, not the cards, the hand, Hansen's
> being Leprosy (curable by today's antibiotics from the Streptomycin line,
> IIRC).
>
> TMO

I have had a possum and coon taco in Texas, and the trick is long
marination, slow cooking and fat skimming to tenderize the meat.
Although it may look like a rat the opossum is not related in anyway. On
the tasty rodent list is definitely nutria, very much like rabbit when
cooked.

JJ

Peggy wrote:
>
> They serve possum at "wild game feeds" that hunters have around here in
> Central Illinois. Although I've never tried it, people who frequent those
> events say that it's good only if the person cooking it knows what they're
> doing. I'm sure it's one of those things that people learned to make
> somewhat tasty out of necessity - or starve! By the way, if you've ever come
> face to face with a possum, they look exactly like a giant ugly rat. Also,
> I've never heard of possum hunting season - I think it's probably free game.
> ... One other thing - they also eat raccoon, which has to be cooked over
> several hours in broth, all the while occasionally skimming off the excess
> fat that floats to the top.... bon a petit!
>
> "Olivers" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Steve Wertz muttered....
> >
> > > On 6 Mar 2004 12:37:50 -0800,
> > > (PossumPieGuy) wrote:
> > >
> > >>Is there a restaurant in ChicagoLand that serves Possum Meat - is
> > >>Possum Meat legal - does it taste good?
> > >
> > > No, Yes, and no.
> > >
> > > Unless you were raised eating possum meat, then chances are you'd
> > > be better of with another kind of meat.
> > >
> > > Possums are ugly, smelly, and parasite-ridden animals. There is
> > > no market for possum farming.
> > >
> > In the US rural South, primarilty among the very poor and mostly African
> > American, cooked with sweet taters, greasy, somewhat porkish in color,
> > unappealing, not near as good as Hoover Hog (armadillo) which comes in its
> > own baking dish, but carries the Hansen's virus, enough to make you throw
> > in your hand while playing bridge - no, not the cards, the hand, Hansen's
> > being Leprosy (curable by today's antibiotics from the Streptomycin line,
> > IIRC).
> >
> > TMO