Racoon anyone ever eat it?

[.356luger]

Uncle Sam says, "If it is warm blooded, and fur bearing, it is fit to eat."

If it was me, I'd soak it a couple of days in salt water or the cider vinegar mix....then I'd bone it. Boil the meat for an hour or so, until tender. Roll that in some Andy's Cajun breading and fry it in peanut oil like a fish filet. Serve it with mashed tates and some kind of gravy and maybe a pile of green beans and corn.

see i thought about making a couple country fried steak style things with it smothered in white gravey and then run the rest in BBQ roasted in the oven

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

find an old copy of "the joy of cooking." it used to have wild game recipes, including raccoon, possum, and woodchuck.

 

[Vamptepes]

Vamptepes Coon sausage? Never head of that. I think I will stick to pork.

Its not to bad just greasy. and the recipe for that we got from a friend who lives in the backwoods of teneesee

 

[trophyhunter]

The absolute best way to prepare coon is on a charcoal grill using indirect cooking. Try and keep the grill temperature about 275-300 and let it cook for at least an hour and half using a garlic salt and paprika dry rub, as much of it as you can get to stick to it.

 

[.356luger]

ill try and update this thread next week when i cook it up i have a hecktic life right now and ill be in a tree all weekend.

 

[Mgderf]

I've heard they're best if caught alive, cleaned out inside by a strict diet of corn for a few weeks, then butcher as usual.

The process takes a lot if not all of the greasiness out of it.

Of course catching them alive, and keeping them that way presents challenges all it's own.

 

[Max Volume]

I've caught them live in a Havaheart trap with squirrel corn tied to the pan as bait. Keeping them alive could be a challenge.

 

[churchmouse]

I've heard they're best if caught alive, cleaned out inside by a strict diet of corn for a few weeks, then butcher as usual.

The process takes a lot if not all of the greasiness out of it.

Of course catching them alive, and keeping them that way presents challenges all it's own.

Ya think..............

 

[davedolli]

I have eaten it fixed like pulled pork and it was not bad at all.

Dave

 

[TiminMishawaka]

Raccoon is very popular down here in Florida. A buddy of mine actually sells it to guys who take it to the homeless camps and roast it over an open fire. People pay him $25 for a full grown raccoon.

 

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