Interesting recipes

[raro]

Since I've gotten more into the self-sufficient lifestyle, my sister ordered a book for me, called "Country Wisdom and Know-how...Everything you know to live off the land." It's a very large (the size of a newspaper) paperback, and it's full of all the self-sufficient stuff anyone could ask for. I've been browsing through it a lot.

I got to the "meat and game" section. Although I'm no hunter, I was fascinated by the recipes for preparing and serving not only deer and squirrel, but muskrat, opossum, porcupine, racoon, and woodchuck. I dunno...has anyone ever eaten porcupine?! Apparently woodchuck needs to be parboiled because it's got a very strong flavor, but muskrat "has a sweet flavor."

It sure is nice to know that I have a resource if things get really tough. But somehow I don't think I'll be trying opossum very soon...

 

[Henrietta23]

Since I've gotten more into the self-sufficient lifestyle, my sister ordered a book for me, called "Country Wisdom and Know-how...Everything you know to live off the land." It's a very large (the size of a newspaper) paperback, and it's full of all the self-sufficient stuff anyone could ask for. I've been browsing through it a lot.

I got to the "meat and game" section. Although I'm no hunter, I was fascinated by the recipes for preparing and serving not only deer and squirrel, but muskrat, opossum, porcupine, racoon, and woodchuck. I dunno...has anyone ever eaten porcupine?! Apparently woodchuck needs to be parboiled because it's got a very strong flavor, but muskrat "has a sweet flavor."

It sure is nice to know that I have a resource if things get really tough. But somehow I don't think I'll be trying opossum very soon...

My MIL gave me a copy of the Joy of Cooking when we got married. It also has some of those more interesting recipes. I'm not sure if it's newer editions but I swear I've seen a recipe for skunk in one of the older ones.

 

[2dream]

Skunk.....ummmmm....You are gonna know things are really bad when you catch me sittin around the campfire scarfing down skunk. LOL

 

[Henrietta23]

Skunk.....ummmmm....You are gonna know things are really bad when you catch me sittin around the campfire scarfing down skunk. LOL

zackly!

 

[freemotion]

My dad has a friend who ate a porcupine last year and now goes looking for them. He said it was amazing. We had one in our paddock during Mya's kidding (pic on my thread of the porcupine in a tree) and had we known it was delish...well.....

 

[~gd]

Since I've gotten more into the self-sufficient lifestyle, my sister ordered a book for me, called "Country Wisdom and Know-how...Everything you know to live off the land." It's a very large (the size of a newspaper) paperback, and it's full of all the self-sufficient stuff anyone could ask for. I've been browsing through it a lot.

I got to the "meat and game" section. Although I'm no hunter, I was fascinated by the recipes for preparing and serving not only deer and squirrel, but muskrat, opossum, porcupine, racoon, and woodchuck. I dunno...has anyone ever eaten porcupine?! Apparently woodchuck needs to be parboiled because it's got a very strong flavor, but muskrat "has a sweet flavor."

It sure is nice to know that I have a resource if things get really tough. But somehow I don't think I'll be trying opossum very soon...

My MIL gave me a copy of the Joy of Cooking when we got married. It also has some of those more interesting recipes. I'm not sure if it's newer editions but I swear I've seen a recipe for skunk in one of the older ones.

I have eaten all the animals in the original post except the porcupine, I quess I have never seen a porcupine in the wild. Coon used to be my favorite but rabies put the end to that. Swamp Rabbit is what we called muskrat, sounds much better that way,but either name it is still good eats.