law dog that possum is like a free meal sittin there lol

Eating Marsupiols is the unpardonable sin.

I've never been that hungry.

Oh (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) no.
Even the crows won’t touch one dead on side of the road.
Yuck.
Jim

yeah i know im ashamed lol

I will probably, no maybe have it again just cook it different

Not possum related but If your steaks need sauce you have problems. It should not need them.

nope does not need sauce i just need a fork and a knife

just salt and pepper cooked med-rare

Apparently from reading the goose enchilada thread, enchiladas are the way to go when you are hungry and down on your luck.

Dr. Elliot Zieman, a research biologist I know, found these in opossums from Ohio and Illinois:

"Mycoplasma spp. (likely hemotropic mycoplasmas) — highest prevalence at 83.95%

Rickettsia spp. (spotted fever group rickettsiae or similar) — 44.44%, more common in Illinois samples

Trypanosoma cruzi (causative agent of Chagas disease) — 43.21%, more likely in residential areas and spleen samples

Apicomplexan pathogens (protozoans such as Sarcocystis, Toxoplasma, or Besnoitia spp.) — 37.04%, more prevalent in Ohio samples

Borrelia burgdorferi (causative agent of Lyme disease) — lowest at 16.05%

These infections were generally subclinical in the opossums, highlighting their role as reservoirs for potentially zoonotic pathogens.

In separate work, Zieman investigated opossums as intermediate hosts for Sarcocystis neurona (the primary cause of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis, with zoonotic relevance), and his lab has documented macroparasites like cestodes (tapeworms) and the trematode Rhopalis sp. in opossums."

I donated a lot of opossums to the study, while he was working at Wilmington College with one of my best friends, who is also my partner in the new nursery business.

Years ago, my friend Gus cooked 2 November caught opossums I gave him. They had all their fat reserves still. The fat coated the meat and made it too greasy for him to enjoy eating. He did say cooked opossum smelled good.

I have no real desire to try opossum meat. They smell terrible to me, sort of sickly sweet, when I'm skinning one. The green gunk that comes out, when you kill one is unappetizing too. I may try one, as it's getting harder to find new meats for New Year's Day. If I do eat opossum, it's going to be thoroughly cooked.

Keith

yes, pressure cook them first for 15 minutes, then flour and season cook in a frying pan [brown], cover with mushroom soup, server over rice, I posted this last year

mmm tasty disease lol

If a hungry coyote won't eat one I think we should be smarter.

only the vultures eat them (I guess I'm one of them)

When I was a pup and we lived in southern Florida I kilt one with my Wrist Rocket (original Columbus, NE model). My mother roasted it up with carrots, onions, and taters. It was as good as any 'coon I ever ate..........

that sounds good

I had to eat that crap when I was between 5-10 years old.

I don't have to eat it now, and won't eat it ever again.

I still don't like crockpot surprise meals. I know what's dead in the crockpot or I won't eat it.

lol