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wintergreen48 · #1 Post by **wintergreen48** » Thu May 15, 2008 12:59 pm

The Commonwealth sponsors an annual Virginia Food and Beverage Expo, which of course highlights all the gourmet delights that Virginia has to offer.

We are big on barbecue hereabouts, and the Best New Product Award went to [drum roll] Road Kill Barbecue Sauce. They were helped to first place by their slogan: Makes Raccoon Taste Almost As Good As Possum.

Actually, even without Road Kill Barbecue Sauce, raccoon tastes every bit as good as possum: the problem with raccoon is that the meat is kind of stringy, and to enjoy it properly you should first marinate it (you can use Road Kill Barbecue Sauce as part of the marinade, but it is not necessary) for a few hours, then braise it in a nice sherry ragout. Then you just slap that critter on the grill and you are good to go.

Ritterskoop · #2 Post by **Ritterskoop** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:01 pm

I hear possum is way greasy. You have to blot it with a paper towel.

AnnieCamaro · #3 Post by **AnnieCamaro** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:03 pm

You reminded me of another complaint I have about evil squirrels.

They have little bitty drumsticks.

MarleysGh0st · #4 Post by **MarleysGh0st** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:06 pm

Ooooooowee!

JoeBobBillyWayneTucker is going to want a case of that!

andrewjackson · #5 Post by **andrewjackson** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:19 pm

Raccoon is one of the few things that I have never eaten.

Possum is, in fact, greasy. Not too bad in stew.

Squirrel is all right. My granddad used to grill up some squirrel and it was pretty tasty. He would boil the squirrel for a while with spices before cooking it. That probably helped.

ulysses5019 · #6 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:26 pm

andrewjackson wrote:Raccoon is one of the few things that I have never eaten.

Possum is, in fact, greasy. Not too bad in stew.

Squirrel is all right. My granddad used to grill up some squirrel and it was pretty tasty. He would boil the squirrel for a while with spices before cooking it. That probably helped.

Yeah, it's hard to tell the racoons from bandit cats.

PlacentiaSoccerMom · #7 Post by **PlacentiaSoccerMom** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:33 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
andrewjackson wrote:Raccoon is one of the few things that I have never eaten.

Possum is, in fact, greasy. Not too bad in stew.

Squirrel is all right. My granddad used to grill up some squirrel and it was pretty tasty. He would boil the squirrel for a while with spices before cooking it. That probably helped.

Yeah, it's hard to tell the racoons from bandit cats.

I love your avatar!

ulysses5019 · #8 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu May 15, 2008 1:51 pm

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
andrewjackson wrote:Raccoon is one of the few things that I have never eaten.

Possum is, in fact, greasy. Not too bad in stew.

Squirrel is all right. My granddad used to grill up some squirrel and it was pretty tasty. He would boil the squirrel for a while with spices before cooking it. That probably helped.

Yeah, it's hard to tell the racoons from bandit cats.
I love your avatar!

Don't worry, it'll change soon enough.

jaybee · #9 Post by **jaybee** » Thu May 15, 2008 3:31 pm

ulysses5019 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
Yeah, it's hard to tell the racoons from bandit cats.
I love your avatar!
Don't worry, it'll change soon enough.

I'm bracing myself for the 'Raccoon in stiletto heels" avatar.

ne1410s · #10 Post by **ne1410s** » Thu May 15, 2008 7:15 pm

Squirrel is all right. My granddad used to grill up some squirrel and it was pretty tasty.

My mom could shuck out a squirrel faster than anyone I knew. We always had it fried...of course, we had everything fried.

kayrharris · #11 Post by **kayrharris** » Thu May 15, 2008 8:55 pm

NE1410S

My mom could shuck out a squirrel faster than anyone I knew. We always had it fried...of course, we had everything fried.

Ummm, you "shuck out" squirrels. That is not a pretty picture in my mind. Don't think I'll be eating any squirrel any time soon.

ulysses5019 · #12 Post by **ulysses5019** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:14 pm

jaybee wrote:
ulysses5019 wrote:
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote: I love your avatar!

Don't worry, it'll change soon enough.
I'm bracing myself for the 'Raccoon in stiletto heels" avatar.

We couldn't find a raccoon to model the shoes.

Tocqueville3 · #13 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:20 pm

This thread is making me ill.