Possum Stew???

[TVFactFan]

That's what George ate when he was a kid, Glad my family never had that because I would have stared at it on the plate.

[Wawwie]

You might be better off eating out of a dumpster.

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by Wawwie

You might be better off eating out of a dumpster.

Possum stew in NY? Even if you were poor, I always thought possum stew would be more something people in rural areas would eat. Possum's could carry rabies or worse!

[Wawwie]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Possum stew in NY? Even if you were poor, I always thought possum stew would be more something people in rural areas would eat. Possum's could carry rabies or worse!

Exactly.
I would think Possum Stew would be more of a South Carolina or Georgia dish.
NY? What's up with that???

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by Wawwie

Exactly.
I would think Possum Stew would be more of a South Carolina or Georgia dish.
NY? What's up with that???

Eww. Catching a possum off a street in NY and eating it!!!! How common are possums in NY city anyway?

In Los Angeles I've seen one in my life, it got in my neighbors yard, we have no idea where it came from?

[Wawwie]

Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

Eww. Catching a possum off a street in NY and eating it!!!! How common are possums in NY city anyway?

In Los Angeles I've seen one in my life, it got in my neighbors yard, we have no idea where it came from?

I guess you'd have to travel to upstate NY to catch a possum, because I have never, ever, once seen a possum in the city streets of New York. Maybe they could hang out in East Long Island???

[pkripper001]

George lived at 984 W. 124th Street in Harlem when he was a kid.
If you were to see one on the streets of New York,it might be worth more alive then to make stew out of. The fur sells for $100 per kg or 2.2 pounds.
http://www.gorgeouscreatures.co.nz/N...s+Opossum.html
http://www.possumhunters.co.nz/blog

[Coffeecup]

Didn't the Clampetts eat a lot of possum stew?. I do tend to think it was a low end type of meat. But you were hungry, you would eat it. I would rather eat possum than rattlesnake.

[Bonniegirl]

Originally Posted by Coffeecup

Didn't the Clampetts eat a lot of possum stew?. I do tend to think it was a low end type of meat. But you were hungry, you would eat it. I would rather eat possum than rattlesnake.

Yeah they did. They were country people. I guess if you were poor and grew up on it and that is what you knew to eat ? The thought of eating possum or "road kill" makes me think the animal could be rabid and I'd get very sick!

[TVFactFan]

And George was all excited........"Possum stew Whopped DOO!!"

LOL

[waichingliu81]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

And George was all excited........"Possum stew Whopped DOO!!"

LOL

he was so hungry

[Coffeecup]

Not all road kill is rabid, but on the other hand, meat you buy in the supermarkets is checked over by inspectors. You think centuries ago, no inspectors and you ate what you hunted or found. I too would be nervous eating anything off the road or out in the fields.

[Johnny be good!]

My grandfather, who is from Mississippi, use to make it. He would completely gut it before cooking it.

[Lil_Weezy_Is_Back]

Yeah...I think I will have to pass on it....but I did like the little chant they made up for it