You gotta marinate them... Possum is actually pretty good. Just ask any good ol' boy from Tennessee. You got to marinate them for at least 48 hrs and then slow cook them because they are high in fat! Zesty Italian dressing is the best I've found to date. Just make sure that you get all of the paintball paint off of them first or it will have a distinct vinegar taste to them!
I've been marinating mine in vinegar based paint for a week now. Don't plan on eating it though. I knew from my true tennessee friend (Ken) would bring up something about eating it. The guy that works beside of me actually told me if I kill it then bring it in. He wanted it for "good eatin'". The other guy beside of me deer hunts and had pictures of the deer he killed with him holding the antlers. I told him I was gonna kill this possum and let Tab take a picture of me holding it's ears like he was holding the antlers. So if it comes back and I kill it I'll post that picture for you guys.
What no possum's across the pond. You don't know what you're missing. They put up a pretty nasty fight when you have them backed in a corner. Maybe that's why Max (my lab puppy) is scared to death of him. He sits on his dog house and barks down at him.
Eatin' possum Shucks, I eat'um all the time. The hardest part to eatin' a possum is gettin' out the way of the cars in time. Why, on a high traffic day it'll take nearly an hour to eat one.
You guy's are losing it. Focus People Focus. Kevin 48 next time just try dragging the road kill to the road side like we do with the deer here in PA. Then you can munch as you desire without the traffic getting in the way.
The secret with that is SPEED. The faster you drag it, the more friction you create. The more friction, the more heat. If you drag one fast across a four lane, it's damn near "cooked" by the time you get there. Mmmmm, warm, roadside possum! Now that's good eats! '
If you find a mama possum, those babies are like those 100 calorie snack packs you can get now'days. "Course you burn a bunch of calories dodging cars, but that's another story.
The Road Kill Cafe All country Yankees know to carry a coal shovel in the truck (that's why there's pockets in the bed corners , DUH !) as the square tip of it allows one to quickly scoop up the Opossum and flip it into the bed before you get hit by that passing Semi.... I just had to try eating it , once it was hands down the greasiest thing I've ever eaten and I've traveled extensively in Centro America , home of more grease than Georgia ~ I just couldn't shake the image of a big old pissed off RAT as I was trying to choke it down I've killed a few of these things with a shovel and believe me , they're incredibly hard to kill . (tip : use a GUN ) My dear departed Wiener dog ' Bumper ' wasn't afraid of them at all and attacked several 35 pounders that foolishly entered my back yard BTW : the trophy picture ? you're supposed to hold the Opossum by it's tail... Bambi , OTOH , is super tasty so if you happen to hit one in your bosses truck , toss it in the back and immediately take it to have it dressed at your local butcher , they'll usually do it for free if you give them the sweet meats . Bambi tacos , Bambi stew , Bambi burgers , man I'm drooling just thinking about it .
Thanks for the kind words guys, old man passed away wed night peacefully, your messages mean a lot to me as does your humour, the old boy liked a good laugh just as much as me, talking to the undertaker with my mom and two brothers and sister my mother commented that dad hated going to funerals to which my brother said "Well he's got no choice with this one, hes goin like it or not!" we all laughed and got some strange looks from the undertaker, twisted Brit humour eh! Anyway, will be back after the holidays hopefully a bit happier, ________ Bmw M44
Neil, I'm very sad to hear that your father passed! How well i know that feeling. If there's anything i can do for you, let me know.
Sorry Neil, there's never a "good time" to have this happen, but I think there is a worst time. My prayers go out to you and your family. God is with you.
Well ; at least you had some good times with your pop , I guess I'll never experiance that . My son and I are -very- tight tho' so that's a plus . Your pops will always be with you Neil .
Sorry Neil to hear about your loss. I don't know what I'd ever do without dad around. If their is anything any of us could do for you then let us know.
Enough of the sad stuff, keep the critter stories up, made me larf out loud! ________ Iolite Vaporizer Review
Well, this ain't as funny as the others but it is fresh on my mind. I bought two full blooded Nubian nannies in late July. Two weeks later they made the great escape. Since I had invested $75 each (they were this years crop) I went looking but couldn't find them. Then, this morning I got a call from a neighbor that lives on the other side of the cliff from me. In other words about 300 yards away but at about 600 feet higher with trees and rocks between us. So, they had apparently been there for four months but had been elusive. So I laid the trap. I have an old trailer with a cage and I backed it up near the house where the goats had been poopin' and laid out some more sections of cage to make a funnel to catch them. I went up there several times today. It is about 2 miles as the dog trots. Well, at sunset tonight I snuck up beside the house and looked around the corner. There stood one of them and she saw me. I jumped back and looked slowly around the corner again to see one of them in the cage. I made my move. The one that saw me first sprouted a set of wings and cleared the tops of the red oaks on the cliff. At least that is what it looked like. The one in the cage leaped at me and by the time she got to me she had folded her legs under, stuck her horns out and was gaining speed right toward my manhood. I sidestepped her and tackled her as she went by. So, here I am, a 50 year old man laying in goat poop pinning a nanny to the muddy ground. But, by golly she didn't get the best of me. So, I drug her into the trailer and let go. Mistake. When I went to shut the trailer door it got hung and, having bent down to unhook it I looked up to see the second leap of the night this time heading toward a spot where my glasses rest on my nose. She tackled me this time but I was able to hold on. I finally got her subdued. I have a huge tear in my jeans at the knee. I knocked two pieces of bark off my right hand but that old gal is locked up tighter than Dick's hatband. Anyone want to buy a goat. She is real gentle.
Man, I've got a great recipe for Nubian Nannies! It's even better than my possum recipe! If anyone wants it, send me a "PM" and i'll give it to you! I think they made a movie one time about Nubian Nannies. No wait, that was Naughty Nannies. Oh, that's different, never mind!
