Roast Opossum - cooking recipe
Ingredients
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1 medium or large carcass (for 4 persons)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. baking soda
1/4 lb. fatback or salt pork, sliced thin
2 medium onions
1 lemon or 1 large tomato (ripe or green)
4 medium sweet potatoes or yams (about the size of a man's fist)
butter
few raisins
brown sugar
Preparation
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Clean the 'possum by scalding and scraping.
Chill overnight. Parboil in a large vessel in a large quantity of water to which has been added 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
Cook until tender. This does two things, cooks out much of the fat grease and makes the meat tender.
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