Possum And Sweet Taters - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 possum
sweet taters
water
salt
lard

Preparation

Pour
a
large\tkettleful
of hot water in a convenient vessel,
add
a
small shovel of ashes, then put the possum in this.
Do
not have the water as hot as for scalding chickens. Turn the possum around until the skin is loosened and you will have no trouble in skinning him perfectly clean.
Remove head, feet
and
entrails.
Wash\tthoroughly in cold water.
Salt in and outside and let hang overnight.