Cooking Wild Game - cooking recipe

Ingredients

opossum
raccoon
ground hog

Preparation

Clean, wash and cut meat in serving size pieces.
Place meat in heavy saucepan, covering with cold water and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Soak for 30 minutes.
After soaking, place saucepan and its contents on medium-high heat and boil for 30 minutes.
After boiling, drain liquid from meat.
Return to burner and cover the meat with water again, adding 1 to 2 bay leaves and 2 tablespoons of lard or a small piece of salt pork.
Cook until tender.
Remove meat from cooker and place in baking dish.
Sprinkle with salt and black pepper and bake at 400\u00b0 until brown.