• Dubious_Fart
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      11 months ago

      Dove, too.

      Knew someone that tried to eat possum once, said it was the nastiest, greasiest thing he’d ever tried.

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        11 months ago

        You have to catch the possum first, then corn feed it for about a month or two to get the nasty taste out of the meat before you eat it. So basically, turn it into a pet, then kill and eat it.

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          11 months ago

          Is… is that actually true, or are you having a laugh? I genuinely cant tell.

          but if its true, thats an awful lot of effort to make something nasty taste decent.

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            11 months ago

            Its how they did it for the Possum Festival in Florida when I was growing up, so its a thing, But I can’t imagine anyone would do it just cause they like possum though.

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      11 months ago

      “very common” is generous. I grew up in rural GA and never once saw someone actually eat squirrel