Possum And Potatoes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 possum, skinned and gutted
salt and pepper
2 c. bread crumbs
1 c. applesauce
1/2 c. chestnuts
3 medium sweet potatoes, cut up
1/2 c. lemon juice
water
4 Tbsp. butter

Preparation

Scrape, skin, clean and scald in boiling water the possum. Salt and pepper inside and out to taste.
Make a mixture of the bread crumbs, applesauce and chestnuts; stuff the mixture inside the possum.
Cover with sweet potatoes, 1 cup of water and lemon juice.
Bake in butter and baste often.
Bake until tender, about 2 hours.