To urban hunter, next meal is scampering by

[Essex]

They're $12 each and I assume he doesn't take food stamps. Sounds like an extravagence to buy racoon for dinner to me. You can get a nice size chicken, spinach, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce for less than that.

[Denninmi]

Hello, all.

I saw a local tv news report and interview with this gentleman last night. Let me clarify a few things:

1) No one is doing this because they are so destitute they can only eat racoons. It's a cultural thing -- the hunter explicitly said that he grew up eating racoon as a boy in Arkansas, and that his customers are predominantly individuals of a similar background who fondly recall eating racoon, too. To them, it's a "gourmet" item.

2) NOT legal in Michigan to sell fish or game meat. So, I'm sure he'll be shut down by the DNR or the health department. The pelts, from the research I did today, are apparently legal to sell, with certain restrictions and limitations.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Denninmi

Hello, all.

I saw a local tv news report and interview with this gentleman last night. Let me clarify a few things:

1) No one is doing this because they are so destitute they can only eat racoons. It's a cultural thing -- the hunter explicitly said that he grew up eating racoon as a boy in Arkansas, and that his customers are predominantly individuals of a similar background who fondly recall eating racoon, too. To them, it's a "gourmet" item.

2) NOT legal in Michigan to sell fish or game meat. So, I'm sure he'll be shut down by the DNR or the health department. The pelts, from the research I did today, are apparently legal to sell, with certain restrictions and limitations.

Geez, Gourmet road kill . Iv'e heard everything now. Kevin

[Jackie-T]

Originally Posted by G. Gordon Gumbo

Guinnea pigs are cheap, easy to raise, multiply like rats, and right tasty. Yum yum.

GGG

Actualy guineapigs have a long gestation period,normaly have 2 or 3 to a litter and they take a long time to get up to 2 pounds. They have a poor dress out percentage also.I have spoken with people who have eaten them and they think they taste good but Ill take rabbit everytime if I am raising my meat. A good sized raccoon around here will dress out 15 pounds and like I said it tasts just like roast beef.

Hey FAADAN Cat is all dark meat. A chinese lady told me when I suggested rabbit being all white meat could substitute

[Jackie-T]

Originally Posted by Kevin

Do you honestly think that any one hungry enough to be buying a dead racoon carcasse for food

Just a question do you buy a dead chicken carcase No you buy chicken meat how about a dead turkey carcasse? The thing is that raccoon once it is dressed correctly is meat the same as the chicken or turkey or the piece of dead pig carcasse. Your refering to it the way you have just shows that you where not brought up close to the earth. Living on a farm you get to realize that the carcasse you are speaking of is pure and simply...... meat.Anyone buying meat of any sort is buying a dead animal. Once you get over it many animals you haden't thought of as meat become supper. not all of course but many. Like raccoon,pheasant,turtle,frog,,rabbit,deer,moose,sq uirrel and I have seen it refered to that opossum is also good to eat but certainly don't know that first hand any more than I know about cat or dog ,and I don't want to know about cat or dog either

[Imp]

I haven't tried raccoon meat- it tastes like beef, Jackie?

That makes it sound like a possible "What's for dinner?" thing in that case.

I was thinking it might be a bit greasy as I have been told 'possum is ( never ate that yet either, but life is not ended yet, either!) by a friend who had parents that fixed it. I'm not sure how the parents cooked it.

I am pretty sure I have had dog meat before, I pretty much figured it out after eating, LOL, but then I was in an area with a different culture than mine. It didn't taste bad, sort of blah actually and not a lot of it in the dish.

People who buy meat are buying a part of the carcass. It's a fact, get over it already. I used to have an friend who would just get alllll bent out of shape over roast suckling pig, but ate pork chops and ham and bacon- go figure?!

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Jackie-T

Just a question do you buy a dead chicken carcase No you buy chicken meat how about a dead turkey carcasse? The thing is that raccoon once it is dressed correctly is meat the same as the chicken or turkey or the piece of dead pig carcasse. Your refering to it the way you have just shows that you where not brought up close to the earth. Living on a farm you get to realize that the carcasse you are speaking of is pure and simply...... meat.Anyone buying meat of any sort is buying a dead animal. Once you get over it many animals you haden't thought of as meat become supper. not all of course but many. Like raccoon,pheasant,turtle,frog,,rabbit,deer,moose,sq uirrel and I have seen it refered to that opossum is also good to eat but certainly don't know that first hand any more than I know about cat or dog ,and I don't want to know about cat or dog either

Hey Jackie T, I have eaten quite a few critters in my time (genuine Florida Redneck ) And I have been down and out to the point of eating coon and possom. Neither would be my first choice of cuisine . O'possum because of the smell , and coon cause of that dang blue color of the raw meat. Now rabbit , tree rat or river chicken, bring em on.

[Imp]

Gator is very good, too.

Doesn't taste like chicken, though, LOL! Mild taste, but good -deep fried gator tail, yummy!

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Imp

Gator is very good, too.

Doesn't taste like chicken, though, LOL! Mild taste, but good -deep fried gator tail, yummy!

Yep, Taste more like pork to me ( with a slight fishy taste). Heck , I grew up on gator tail and cabbage palm.

[Imp]

I didn't think it tasted anything at all like pork, but maybe it is how it is prepared.