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Actually, possum, if cooked the proper way tastes much like roast pork. Only we didn't have store bought BBQ sauce for it. Raccoon is also good, oven baked with a home made BBQ sauce on it. It used to be regular food but these days it is probably considered survival food. If the crap hits the fan, as many people think it will, these kind of animals will be the first to disappear from the landscape because they are easily trapped. Larger animals like deer are a little harder to get but would also disappear. OAG
,,if i may,, what would my mother say,, if you get hungry enough,, you will eat that Possum,,
You are the real deal sister, enjoyed the video. I chucking at people who go yuck, you going to eat that. I have either eaten or tasted anything and everything that is running in our woods or swimming in our waters here in Southwest Louisiana, and sometimes I ate things and was not told what it was. And yes I am still alive. My favorite 2 cook books are wrote by Chef John Folse is "The Encyclopedia of Cajun & Creole Cuisine", and "After the Hunt" two awesome Cajun cookbooks for dealing with wild game. I purchased the autographed cookbooks for my Wife "that's what I told her" for her birthdays, she loves cookbooks, she a better cook than I which is saying a lot but she is not much on fresh game thou.
Thank you for sharin' today, I appreciate it. "Would I eat that?" Well, no not at this moment but, in a crisis situation and my 5 kiddos where hungry you bet I would change my mind and serve him/her up. 🙂
Give Thanks and be respectful to the animal.
Totally with you on everything you just said. On a day-to-day basis I would never eat a possum. But if I was in a struggle Id do whatever it takes to feed myself and my family. I've tried possum before, definitely not one of the best meals in my opinion but anything can be eatable.
My fear today would be rabies. I can remember relocating wildlife at my Mom's and usually they stayed away. If our survival depends on killing an animal for food, I would not have a problem. God bless!
Hello: Well the people that got their 10 or 20 acre farm thats new to this life of farm living need to learn about Rabies. All these little animals running from the woods to your farm for a meal can scratch or bite you and you can die. Thanks to Google you can learn about Rabies on the net. The internet can save your life.
If people are hungry enough a possum would become dinner…I have no problem dispatching a problem critter to
protect one’s family and homestead. My dogs do a good job with patrolling, as well!
Great video!
Ain't bad on a stick over a wood fire – Too greasy for the pan imho.
I'd eat it. It's not cruel, I wouldn't just eat off its head like it would with my chickens. I'd make sure it had minimal to no stress/pain suffering. I keep trying to tell my kids, this is not real life, with Wi-Fi, AC, power at the push of a button. Real life is striving for your next meal, appreciating your livestock and treating them well because they feed you, saving like crazy so you aren't broke as a joke (and as the next guy). At some point common sense and realism is going to come back…please dear God…
Thanks Patara. A lot of people are still learning. I read it on other Homestead channels, they have a hard time understanding living off the land, completely. So many want the livestock that are talked about to have names & be pets. Most of our livestock are not pets & do not get names.
If it's not a creature I want on my property its either getting eaten or being eliminated, a bag of corn and a couple parboilings will clean out many animals.
OLD COOK BOOK RECIPE FOR OPOSSUM AND HERE IT IS ! I have an old cook book called The American Woman's Cook Book by Ruth Berolzheimer from 1939. On page 302 a recipe for Roast Opossum . Also in this book recipes for Squirrel and other things . So I hope you all look this up on line and it brings a laugh or two but remember way back then it was a way of life . Blessings to you all , Linda
Great perspective and I would add the question, "would you eat that?" to those in Venezuela; they would love to have possum or any meat…or anything. God forbid other people have to face that…but you know someone will have to eventually. That is why there is a homesteading "movement". I wonder what all these people who gasp at eating animals will do in the face of starvation? We all need to prepare ourselves for tougher times.
Yes. I have eaten possum. Not my favorite too greasy to eat often.
I love all of your videos, but I dearly love this one; so very true!!! Born in WV and living in OH now, I'm well aware of Appalachian ways and cultures and means of survival as I've been taught all of my life. History has a way of repeating itself and we all had better do our homework! God Bless You!
Great video!
It's videos like this that make your channel shine. Heartfelt, honest, educational.
In a red hot minute. This girl grew up in the wilds of Mississippi, the oldest of 4 girls to a hunter, gather daddy. Makes some mean pot of dumplings. Squirrl, rabbit, possum, racoon, turtle, deer, etc. We ate it all. Good eating too.
Lol! My grandfather use to go out ever Sunday after church and wouldn't come home until he and 6 squirrels!
Once a year he would go out and find a live possum bring it home and keep it in a cage down in the basement! He would make mixture of cornmeal, oats and things and feed it for 3 months or so!
When I asked why! He said a possum is a scavenger! I feed it to clean it out and fatten it up! Makes sence!
I've had fried possum and it was excellent !
well, you gotta know how to prepare them right, like before you cook them.
already had possum and ground hog stew. lots of vegs and good hard bread……yummy
It seems odd you can't keep a possum legally but you can kill 'em. Having said that I AGREE with you Patara! You make a lot of sense.
Yes I would
What?
Isn't homesteading as self reliant as you can get?
One of my favorite scenes in the movies is the rib scene in “Fried Green Tomatoes”