Who eats coons .....

[Derrik]

Passed this in Louisiana a couple years ago..

[JonW]

My kids trap them, we've been eating them regularly. I haven't had one yet that wasn't good.

I'm starting to believe that the "greasy" is a wive's tale that gets passed on by people who don't eat it but need an excuse-or it's possible it was prepared without removing the glands? I'm very confident in a blind taste test I could serve it where most people couldn't tell it apart from a deer roast cooked similarly. Nothing like chicken IMO.

I've fed it to a lot of people and have yet to have one say they didn't like it. Most recently was a pretty large boar that fed eight adults two weeks ago. I made it simple barbacoa style-garlic and salt served with cilantro, onions, etc on tortillas. Nothing left but a pile of bones and most of these had never eaten it before.

[slicktree]

I skinned one out once and have no desired to do that again. If you eat it be very careful to cook thoroughly or you can get trichinosis. Same with beaver.

I've never got trichinosis from eating beaver

[bpa556]

We smoke them, but like others have said be careful not to dry them out. Once the meat is failing off the bones I take it and cut it up small and mix with Mushroom gravy and serve over white rice. Have also done the same with dirty rice and its very good.

It’s also good as the “chicken” in chicken and dumplings


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[Geezy Rider]

We smoke them, but like others have said be careful not to dry them out. Once the meat is failing off the bones I take it and cut it up small and mix with Mushroom gravy and serve over white rice. Have also done the same with dirty rice and its very good.

So invite me next time, I'd be willing to try some.

[JonW]

It’s also good as the “chicken” in chicken and dumplings


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My kids wanted one in a pot pie a few weeks ago. How can you say no to a four year-old's request like that? They ate every bit of it.

[cva34]

Eats

I've eat coon/poss/dilla... Poss is greasy...coon ok...dilla is best, close to pork BBQ...All were years ago and I would do again if need be...

[txwhitetail]

Havent been hungry enough to eat it again after the first time.

[Traildust]

House cat......the other white meat.

Mmmmm, mmmm mmmmeoww, good!

[mjhaverkamp]

I have seen buzzards eating it, they seemed to enjoy it.

[125Dad]

Nope.

[coon007]

this guy I knew, cooked a raccoon and an armadillo when we were younger he fried them like chicharones in the disco they were ok

[Ellen]

I tried it several years ago at a wild game dinner in Junction. It was BBQ'd and not too awful bad. They served all kinds of stuff including deer, axis, fallow, sika, hog, possum, armadillo, alligator, rattlesnake, gar etc. We tasted everything. Very interesting event.

Best part was we won an antique duck decoy, a pallet load of fireplace starter logs and a case of beer in the raffle.

[HC Sniper]

Never even thought about eating one. Why???