Coon?

[navajo]

you got to boil it first or else it's tough.
then you can throw him on the grill.
the meat aint as good to me as squirrel, but it's a white
meat and i like dark.
not as white as possum though...
i was on my way home from the neighbors yesterday and got a
fresh squirrel off the road. only hit on his head too.
made a good quick meal.

[Pig Ninja]

Delicious with brown gravy and onions.

[mr surveyor]

I remember back in the early 70's that a buddy and I shot quite a few coons (rabbits, squirrels, etc) and always put them on the plate. We knew then that whether you planned to bake, grill or smoke them (like Navajo said) they need a bit of boiling first. I always prepped the meat, bagged or wrapped it, then put it in the refrigerator for a day or so. Then washed it again before dropping it in the pot of water with a quartered onion, a bit of salt and black pepper, and let it "condition" for about half an hour before final prep. A good bacon wrap and brown sugar rub (with cayenne pepper, black pepper, salt, garlic powder, etc.) will turn it into a real delicacy.

Coon ...... The Other Red Meat

jd

[OLSKOOL]

when I was a kid we ate some every now and then at my grand mamas . she would bake them in the oven real slow covered in tinfoil. they were tender enough without boiling. but they were greasy. my brother cooked one about 5 years ago, he couldn't eat it! yea now nays about as wild as I get is deer meat,,,,,,,,,,

[Marlinjunkie]

I was born and grew up in Missouri. We always had coon dogs and most Fall and winter nights we'd be out hunting. At a ton of coon, possum, ground hogs, whatever. That was back in the 50's and early 60's. What Olskool said; you can bake 'em slow or BBQ them and they aren't that tough. you can also fix them up like pulled pork. They're a bit greasy but pretty good eatin' if you're hungry.

I haven't had coon for years, possum either. The last possum I had was on my Grandfather's 100th birthday. I asked him what he wanted for his birthday and he said he'd like to cook up a possum and some cabbage. I went out and got him one and at 0300 in the morning him and I were eating possum and cabbage. He said it was the best he ever had. That was 35 years ago so I can't swear to how good it was now, but I remember it was good eating it with my Grandfather!

[turbobug]

ive eaten several coon ,I think they are good .I have baked them and put them in a stew , the next one I get will be barbecued .chicken of the tree.

[Boobarzo]

Years ago,hunting w/dad and his ol buddies.They would make buscuits w.squirrel gravy in the morning.It was ok.I guess coon or possum wouldn’t be much worse.You’d eat it if you were starving!

[slownsteady22]

Clean off the fat and glands. Then boil with some vegetables, separate the meat from the bones, put in a slower cooker with liquid smoke and some BBQ sause.


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[256WinMag]

I can only remember eating coon once about 45 years ago when working on a tow boat in Louisiana. It wasn't bad, fixed by Mr. Eddie, the Cajun cook, but I never acquired a taste for it enough to go to the work to prepare one myself.

[.DIRTY-.THIRTY]

I have enjoyed many coons. If you have a smoker then you're in business! Brown sugar and kosher salt brine for soaking or injecting and soaking, with whatever else you like in that brine then slap him on the smoker for 3 hours. You be picking up every coon you see kilt. Like said above lots of slow cooking or they tough.