• dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      THAT’S the one you take issue with? Lol

      In not sure anyone is eating muskrat or opossum outside West Virginia mountain hermits, people born before 1890, and anyone who self identifies as a trapper.

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      Squirrel are fantastic.

      They’re the least “gamey” out of most small game, less so than rabbit, and taste something like leaner dark meat chicken.

      Awesome in a crockpot substituted for chicken in most recipes. Can fancy up squirrel with a Sous vide to make squirrel confit bánh mì tacos, or keep it old school and make squirrel pot pie.

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        Dove, too.

        Knew someone that tried to eat possum once, said it was the nastiest, greasiest thing he’d ever tried.

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          You have to catch the possum first, then corn feed it for about a month or two to get the nasty taste out of the meat before you eat it. So basically, turn it into a pet, then kill and eat it.

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            1 year ago

            Is… is that actually true, or are you having a laugh? I genuinely cant tell.

            but if its true, thats an awful lot of effort to make something nasty taste decent.

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              Its how they did it for the Possum Festival in Florida when I was growing up, so its a thing, But I can’t imagine anyone would do it just cause they like possum though.

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        1 year ago

        “very common” is generous. I grew up in rural GA and never once saw someone actually eat squirrel

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      1 year ago

      Man the size of the of the ones in my neighborhood could replace our thanksgiving turkey if it wasn’t illegal to hunt them (I checked).