If any one has cured coon, I'm tossing around the notion and just curious about results.
Thanks Rich.

Curing? I'd be too nervous about diseases not being killed.

That's understandable, I've been given cured wild hog meat. Ham and bacon, we always cooked it well as a precaution . The hams I thought were exceptional. Guess l may have to just give it a wirl.

Ive never cured it, but we eat mini bear on the daily. I dont think the process is any different, as long as you cook the meat to 165 cured or uncured.

When i lived in central Florida years ago there were a few country folk i knew that ate coon often. The glands in the back legs were taken out. They even talked about eating opossum.

Thanks for the replies guys, I've eaten plenty of raccoon just never cured it. Just thinking of a substitute for bacon end pieces wich I can't hardly find or afford.

Never cured
My dad made a sausage .
Parboiled and ( highly stressed) all fat removed.
Separated the muscles to do that.

Here is a link to the recipes like his that I posted
10-12 yrs ago

https://trapperman.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/2726082/raccoon-sausage-recipies#Post2726082

What is mini bear?

Coon

Thanks for the sausage recipes that last one would make a good Italian sausage with some coriander.

In Germany many folks call coon washbear.

Sage I have done it with bear meat and works just fine I doubt it would be much different cured meat just preserves it and will kill bacteria still needs to be cooked I have done country hams and kept them for 2 years in a cool place. Gives the meat a better flavor just need to soak it for 48 hours and change the water if fully cured or it will be to salty. Im thinking any cure recipe that works for ham would work for beaver or coon.

Thanks, danvee I'll give it a try in a couple of weeks when the coon are ready

I have done it with Morten’s tenderquick for around 3 days
In heavy brown sugar/Morten’s blend then smoked it.
Was pretty good

Why????? Of all the critters I have skinned, raccoon would be near the bottom, possibly tied with coyote. Hopefully, times aren’t that rough for us all soon to have to resort to a coon diet. Deer are much more plentiful, and way better table fare…. Good luck though, better cook it well, lots of parasites in the dumpster pandas.

Get in touch with Muddadg. He is our resident wild meat expert in NC. He cooked up some beaver tail and bobcat at our last convention. The beaver tail was as good as fatback with no castor taste. The bobcat tasted just like pork with the same consistency. Both very good.

He had some of the prettiest and clearest rendered coon fat I have ever seen. As clear and yellow as vegetable oil.

Thanks NE ,
TC1 I've eaten both coon and coyote. I can assure you raccoon meat is more palatable than coyote, in my opinion that is. I'm not trying to convince anyone to try any thing . I would prefer deer but CWD has hit our deer so hard we practically have them named around hear. I think I would actually feel better about eating raccoon sausage that I made than a Mc nugget or hot dog. lol

yes giant sage I agree with you ,

My parents held a wild game feed for a lot of years at there restaurant, raccoon and krout was always
One of the preferred wild game dishes that people ate. Usually beaver was the #1

Yes the thigh region has been #1 for me also.

Ok your making me hungry.

Yeah mini bear tastes amazing. Its just like bear, same amount of grease and it also makes excellent jerky. Raccoon has no more parasites than any other animal, and is one of the primary animals because of how much fat it has.

I'm thinking about putting a few beaver sets out just to eat them. Fur I can't seem to get put up well so not going to bother.
Other than that I'm only trapping to get rid of the farm pest. Going to try a tire set in my bee yard for the culprit that keeps pulling my jar feeders off my hives. Never tired a tire set before. I figured peanut butter fish marsh mellows and some sugar water since it wants the sugar water in the feeders