Baked Possum

JeffMeehan
JeffMeehan Posts: 1,014 Member
edited November 8 in Recipes
1 large possum, skinned, dressed, and washed
1 quart beer
4 tablespoons Tabasco sauce
1 1/2 tablespoon salt
2 onions, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
4 sweet potatoes
2 ribs celery, chopped
1 ounce whiskey

directions

Mix the beer, whiskey, salt, Tabasco sauce, and Worcestershire sauce together. Place possum in a large roasting pan. Sprinkle the celery, onions, and the garlic all over the possum. Pour the liquid mixture over the possum as well. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the sweet potatoes around the possum. Bake covered for 1 1/2 hours. Baste once or twice with the marinade from the pan as the possum cooks.

4 servings,567 calories, 14 grams fat, 48 grams carbohydrates, 43 grams protein per serving.
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  • Pupslice
    Pupslice Posts: 213 Member
    lololol

    I've actually eaten possum once before and it was stringy/tough and didn't taste very good [old river bottom catfish are more preferable, and they taste like old river bottoms, ha]. something tells me that even with all the marinade in the universe it would still taste like it ate out of the dumpster every day...
  • JazzFischer1989
    JazzFischer1989 Posts: 531 Member
    Can this be done with a steak or pot roast or is the possum essential? lol
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    Interesting. I've never heard of anyone eating possum.

    Won't lie though… I just lost my appetite.
  • WillLift4Tats
    WillLift4Tats Posts: 1,699 Member
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  • JeffMeehan
    JeffMeehan Posts: 1,014 Member
    JazzFischer1989 wrote: »
    Can this be done with a steak or pot roast or is the possum essential? lol

    The possum was a joke, but I have used this recipe with chicken.
  • kaseyr1505
    kaseyr1505 Posts: 624 Member
    I think I'd need more than an ounce of whiskey to eat possum.
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    JeffMeehan wrote: »
    JazzFischer1989 wrote: »
    Can this be done with a steak or pot roast or is the possum essential? lol

    The possum was a joke, but I have used this recipe with chicken.

    Oh thank God.
  • MaxPower0102
    MaxPower0102 Posts: 2,654 Member
    edited November 2014
    Becky Sue is gonna have a elegant weddin' feast!

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  • JeffMeehan
    JeffMeehan Posts: 1,014 Member
    Lmao good one MaxPower
  • sk8trchk
    sk8trchk Posts: 44 Member
    I'm from Delaware and they serve it in restaurants here. Just the thought makes me shudder though.
  • willnorton
    willnorton Posts: 995 Member
    tastes like chicken to me....
  • jstout365
    jstout365 Posts: 1,686 Member
    Would probably work with ground hog and raccoon.....
  • JazzFischer1989
    JazzFischer1989 Posts: 531 Member
    JeffMeehan wrote: »
    JazzFischer1989 wrote: »
    Can this be done with a steak or pot roast or is the possum essential? lol

    The possum was a joke, but I have used this recipe with chicken.

    I know, I figured you knew most folks don't have access to fresh possum
  • darrellhenderson
    darrellhenderson Posts: 21
    My grandmother grew up during the Depression and she used to eat possum.
  • CarrieCans
    CarrieCans Posts: 381 Member
    I'd try it with possum. The worst thing i ever had was groundhog. It's greasy.
    Where i live strange foods are normal and normal foods are strange...
  • redfisher1974
    redfisher1974 Posts: 614 Member
    I ate a squirrel once...Lots of BBQ sauce.
  • mcspiffy88
    mcspiffy88 Posts: 90 Member
    lol.

    well I agree that you can eat anything with a combination of tabasco garlic beer and/or whiskey.
  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
    WillLift4Tats wrote: »
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    Exactly...
  • Joanjett88
    Joanjett88 Posts: 87 Member
    Darn, had one rooting through the trash out on my front porch this morning. I should have grabbed him...
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    JeffMeehan wrote: »
    1 large possum, skinned, dressed, and washed
    1 quart beer
    4 tablespoons Tabasco sauce
    1 1/2 tablespoon salt
    2 onions, chopped
    1 clove garlic, minced
    2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
    4 sweet potatoes
    2 ribs celery, chopped
    1 ounce whiskey

    directions

    Mix the beer, whiskey, salt, Tabasco sauce, and Worcestershire sauce together. Place possum in a large roasting pan. Sprinkle the celery, onions, and the garlic all over the possum. Pour the liquid mixture over the possum as well. Cover and refrigerate overnight.

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place the sweet potatoes around the possum. Bake covered for 1 1/2 hours. Baste once or twice with the marinade from the pan as the possum cooks.

    4 servings,567 calories, 14 grams fat, 48 grams carbohydrates, 43 grams protein per serving.

    I think I would need 4 times that much alcohol to get over the fact I'd be eating possum.
  • ViolaLeeBlueberry
    ViolaLeeBlueberry Posts: 182 Member
    JeffMeehan wrote: »
    JazzFischer1989 wrote: »
    Can this be done with a steak or pot roast or is the possum essential? lol

    The possum was a joke, but I have used this recipe with chicken.

    Darn. I thought, "Hey, someone else with an unusual kitchen!"

    Wouldn't object to possum, but don't have access to it. Or celery. Or an hour and a half's worth of reliable electricity for an oven, LOL. I'm pretty good at substitutions, though.

    Chicken, meh. Which do you suppose would work better as a possum substitute: goat, water buffalo, ostrich or mountain goat?

  • feralkitten1010
    feralkitten1010 Posts: 219 Member
    I think we have a "road-kill" law in Tennessee that states you can take home anything you hit. This made me think of that! :p
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Lol!
  • cosmiqrust
    cosmiqrust Posts: 214 Member
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  • longtimeterp
    longtimeterp Posts: 614 Member
    edited November 2014
    okay everyone, actually had this discussion last night as i learned something new...

    Opossums are what north american are familiar with...
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    Possums come from the land down under...
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    ...ain't nobody gonna steal their thunder.


  • longtimeterp
    longtimeterp Posts: 614 Member
    However, for those more culinarily inclined...it should look something like this...

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  • skinnybythanksgiving
    skinnybythanksgiving Posts: 159 Member
    Ummm......Happy Thanksgiving?
  • pizzagirl007
    pizzagirl007 Posts: 13 Member
    Oh..thats the same recipe I use for road kill. :s
  • CarrieCans
    CarrieCans Posts: 381 Member
    redfisher1974 wrote: »
    I ate a squirrel once...Lots of BBQ sauce.

    Squirrel is best stewed. I'm 100% serious, delicious!

  • MaxPower0102
    MaxPower0102 Posts: 2,654 Member
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