Re: [CH] Scratch One Ground Hawg...
Lipant1@aol.com
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 00:34:21 EDT
Here you go......how different can a possum be????? This is not my recipe,
FYI, just to clarify!
Linda
In the deep south we all are used to eatin' strange food like opossum
and most of us learned how to cook 'possum on a wood cook stove. Just
one of my great grannys recipes. This dish is right up there with fried
chicken. ya'll eat up now.
Opossum meat is light-colored and tender. Excess fat may be removed,
but it contains no strong flavor or odor.
ROAST OPOSSUM
1 'possum, skinned and cleaned
1 teaspoon each: salt, pepper,
1 onion, chopped
1 teaspoon fat
1 'possum liver, chopped
1 cup breadcrumbs
1/4 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
1 hard boiled egg, chopped
salt and pepper
4 strips bacon
Rub 'possum with salt and pepper. Brown onion in fat, add 'possum liver
with and cook until tender. Add breadcrumbs, worcestershire sauce, egg,
seasonings, and water to moisten. Stuff 'possum with this mixture and
truss. Place in pan belly down. Put bacon strips across back. Roast
uncovered in 350 oven until tender, basting every 15 minutes. It will b
done in about 2 1/2 hours. Serves 2 to 4.
About 1/2 hour before the 'possum is done, surround with cooked, halved
sweet potatoes; sprinkle potatoes heavily with brown sugar and dot with
butter.