Cooking Wild OPOSSUM & Sweet Potatoes!

[@moomoo9611]

Eating what god provides, that’s a skill and a blessing Thank you for sharing Love your work

[@c0mputer]

Best cooking channel on KZbin. Cheers from Sweden.

[@wreckanchor]

How is the weather in Sweden today?

[@c0mputer]

@@wreckanchor Windy, sunny and a mild 11ºF

[@Jml416]

Last family reunion I told everyone I was bringing roasted possum and they all thought I was joking. Half of them nearly crapped themselves when I really did show up with it. I can tell you that every bit of it was eaten there! Almost all wanted to just "try" it to say they ate some and not one didn't end getting a full serving. The other side of my family grew up on stuff like that, but not this side, so it was pretty funny to me. I've never done it with sweet taters, usually just regular spuds, but I love sweet taters, so will give it a go next time!

[@greatriffishere]

LMAO, i can imagine their faces when you said you were bringing roasted possum. Good stuff. Cheers from Texas !!

[@donaldadams9998]

I always heard you had to cage them and feed em acorns and corn for about a week to clean them out then butcher them

[@Jml416]

@@greatriffishere I'm in Texas also, but thanks!

[@Jml416]

@@donaldadams9998 I would if they were city possums, but the ones I eat are from the the deep woods and probably never seen a house, much less a town or city.

[@jamescarter7752]

My grandma would get them alive, and put them in a coop. She would feed them corn for about a week before she butchered it. She said that would clean out their system.

[@Sword-Shield]

Ha. That 🌽 corn will clean out anybodys system 👍🤣😋

[@bdwillis8284]

That’s what I do for a mega colin blow. Corn and watermelon soup! Lol

[@joeysweet9045]

My grandmaw feed them apples and stuff she said it got the wild taste out of them but they did taste good best I can remember that was probably 43yrs ago!

[@tedhicks5431]

I've heard my grandpa say that

[@mitchellgardner2193]

Same with wild hogs, it's true

[@moneyctmn]

He’s a magician at cooking the wild! Why you might ask! Well…. Nut’n up his sleeves!

[@ARTWV]

Your the man my brother. You can do anything. I like the cabins you’ve built. God Bless

[@ronaldcarter9860]

Country cooking at its finest....great video Jeff

[@jameswilson8731]

I grew up eating possum, squirrel, Raccoon and just about anything else we could get out of the woods.

[@gilbertlane4522]

When my wife and I married (42 years ago) I was on second shift at Lee Brass in Anniston, AL. Every now and then, one of my buddies would tell my crew not to bring dinner on a particular night. When our break would roll around. The guard would page him and his wife would meet him at the gate. She would bring us a barbecue possum, sweet potatoes, and a big plate of biscuits. Lord we did eat. It has been many many years since I have eaten that good. We preciate you and Hannah ❤️

[@jillroberts4031]

Love sweet potatoes but no possum for me !

[@malcolmpayne9517]

The only way to eat them. I like my coons done the exact same way. I own coon hounds and hunt here in South Alabama, so I know about this southern traditional dish. A lot people are probably gagging just by reading the title. They just don't know what they're missing!!! Love the channel.... keep up the great work!!! GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!!

[@jhart7451]

Back in the 1960's my uncle caught a possum and put it in a big wooden barrel where he fed it corn for a couple of weeks. Then he killed and dressed it before giving it to my aunt to cook. She put in in a deep roasting pan with an onion and a bunch of sweet potatoes and baked it in her wood cook stove oven. About every hour, Aunt Fonnie would pull that pan out and pour off all the grease. It took 4-5 times of doing that until there was no grease left. When she served it up, that was the sweetest and most tender meat I ever tasted. The trick to making it edible is to cook all the fat out of it.

[@inthejcurve7968]

It’s a brave man, who cooks opossum without a recipe. Never tried opossum, but now I might have to.

[@joeysweet9045]

It's best to catch them in a trap and feed them apples for a week or so to flush them out and get the wild taste out or corn would work I've read on here.

[@jefferybraswell2295]

I had friends who said they’d never eat any old nasty possum but my Mom fixed one and I didn’t tell my friends what it was they loved it after I told them what it was a possum couldn’t run across the road good before they’d be out tryin to catch him 😂🤙🏻😁

[@RobB-cy5gu]

Nice Video Jeff! Great content!

[@rolandpinette9946]

100K by Christmas. You've come a long way in a short time, my friend!

[@Robb-jf7vg]

Sir, you need to put your Grand Mums recipes down on paper! This is traditional, old time "Country" knowledge that NEEDS TO BE PRESERVED! It is so sad when things like this get lost. An Elder of the family passes on, and before long folks recall all that was also lost. Get out your note book and WRITE ! Please 🙏

[@arthurledezma9003]

I tell you, freestylin’ in Alabama is professional elsewhere! That looked so good, I’m tempted to try some of that ugly rat. There’s lots of them in and around Fresno. Wherever there’s tall, eucalyptus trees, there’s possums. I’m thinking of what red potatoes and carrots do for beef stew and wonder what sweet potatoes does for possum. Won’t know til I try it! Thank you for sharing sir. God bless!

[@jefferybraswell2295]

Uncle Jack would catch a possum and feed it sweet corn fer two weeks then call us to Sunday Dinner Aunt Assie would cook it in the oven surrounded with sweet taters with lots of black pepper no gravy the possum is naturally greasy so it made it’s own gravy I think I could eat a whole possum by myself😂🤠

[@abnnuzzinicholasclay686]

This is where pappi went from the urban rescue ranch. Thanks for the video. I love opossums and would probably eat one if Jeff cooked it

[@TexasTimelapse]

Uncle Ben is gonna be mad. 🤣

[@stevecrombie5357]

I love your videos. No opossum will be safe now, everybody is gonna want to try one.

[@rockdaddy]

Country boy can survive Never tried opossum but that there looks delicious might have to try that Love your videos

[@beeamerica5024]

Reminds me of that joke about it and possum say put your sweet potatoes in the oven bag with the possum cook it on 350 for 2 and 1/2 hours take it out throw the possum way and eat sweet potatoes LOL 😆🐝

[@btpearce]

You need to do a follow up video of Hannah tasting it and trying to guess what it is .

[@bushforme]

Back in the 70s ..cooked one up,and the farmer that I rented off of came over and asked what was I cooking..he couldn't believe it..but before he left he cleaned 1 plate and went for another! It IS good! Come on jeff..a little bit of DALES and enjoy!

[@icimblind]

Looks delicious. I bet homemade dumplings cooked near the end in that broth/gravy would have been good too.

[@kristopherstillhere873]

He said them opossum better watch out !! Hahaha

[@davescheer5038]

🤔 that there was look’n mighty tasty! But y’all forgot to bake up some biscuits to mop up that gravy 😊👍🏼

[@tedhicks5431]

I'd try it not sure id cook it but! Way the food bill getting may have to cook one

[@terryfrazier2751]

I’ve had it before and our family always kept them and fed them for a week 👍

[@sportsmanblack]

Never cared for sweet potatoes, The opossum looks like a raccoon cooking in the pot. Looks darn good, never had opossum but after seeing this, next time down South, I am going to have some. Thanks for sharing.

[@Mechanic101-m7n]

My dad would trap them and put it in a dog box.He would feed it out for a week or so with only vegetables.Then clean and bake with sweet potatoes.And it was very good.

[@picklesgherkin]

4:51 reminds me of telling my child to vac the house and he winds up out on the front deck vacuuming leaves

[@geraldharrison7224]

Their purdy good once u get past the grin!

[@Redstagwsmnp]

Ok time to try it. The opossums around my house eat good lol

[@islanderdraws]

Truly blessed Jeff! I'm down to try anything twice. 😄👍🏽

[@stanwessler3623]

My grandmother used to fatten up on cornbread and buttermilk for two weeks to clean em out. Then she scraped them like a hog. Then she baked it with sweet taters. I thought it was really good and my mom liked it too. That was 60 years ago but I still remember it well. I haven't eaten one since. But if I run into one he might end up in the pot. Predicate yall.

[@meghan7547]

Squirrel, Raccoon and soon to be Opossum I cook same at the beginning. Only take the quarters and back loins (if you have the back vertebrae and ribs, you will have a mess). Season and quickly brown the pieces, then to a pressure/insta pot with 2 cups of stock. Save and strain the stock for gravy. I do chicken with squirrel and beef stock with raccoon. Cook 1hr, remove and place on cookie sheet to cool, you will need a scoop to get all the meat because it literally is falling apart at this point. When cool enough, separate meat from bones. If you have whole animal in there, you will have so many small bones, especially with squirrel, you will never get all out and find when eating, not great IMO. Now you have boneless cooked meat that is fall apart tender, use in any recipe you enjoy. I wait until my veggies are mostly cooked then add meat back in to heat back up. Squirrel, I use in stir fry or with mixed veggies and cream of chicken soup over rice. Raccoon become stew for us. You would never know not eating beef stew or squirrel substituted for chicken. So good, melt in mouth tender. Definitely going to try the Opossum this way with next one caught. Enjoy and thank you! Edit: I forgot, cook for 1hr in pressure pot.

[@garym9356]

Ate it many times when I was younger...Roasted and BBQed....Raccoon is great BBQed also..

[@biggriggs]

Mm good mm good that's what Jeff's cooking is mm good

[@staceygandy2009]

I'm the same. There's several things my grandma made and I'm 45 and I was young and never paid attention to her cooking. I did clean squirrel with my pa many times. Squirrel, deer, coon and possum a few times and all was good. I can make a good deer stew but can't get it same as hers. I even ate chitterlings and loved it but haven't ate em since then. That was 37 or so years ago, Preciate Y'all!

[@d-puppup]

Exactly what I was lookin' for.. Many thanks! Gonna start eatin'em. Since you cooked this one, would you say I need any other seasonings or herbs? Maby some Cajon seasoning?

[@Sword-Shield]

Put your favorite BBQ Sauce on that possum...close ya 👀 eyes and you'll think ya eating a poke chop 👍💯🎯🥁😋 Now you know they good eatin...you won't see no more of em hanging around...you'll have to go hunting them. 😋🤣👍🎯

[@johnnyfrazier4964]

Never did eat a possum but I know a lot of people that had growing up on the Virginia Kentucky line in the mountains but my mother made some of the best groundhog I've ever eaten you have to boil it bake it and then roll it and flour and fried it and with gravy and biscuits it was heaven.

[@nickcasarez3531]

Gonna have to try that,, thank you Mr. Barron

[@nigelkavanagh2048]

Great job Jeff! That looks like a fine meal sir. 👏👏👏

[@grundymallory1480]

Thanks Jeff been looking for a video on this.

[@garymason7517]

Yeah Buddy, Delicious.

[@kilburnreptiles]

Never had opossum before. Might have to try it now!

[@markwebb8013]

Opossum and dumplings 😋 yum yum...

[@misterv4462]

Son!! 'Possum is good!! I like it better than coon. I have cut one up in pieces and wrapped the individual pieces in aluminum foil with a slice of bacon and some salt and pepper. Bake at 350 'til done (tender). Make ya slap yo mama!! I think the last one we cooked got boiled 'til done and it was good!! Probably had Tony Chachere's in it (Creole seasoning). We put Tony's in about everything. Love these cooking videos you're posting!!

[@MAM-cy3yy]

I sear my possum in bacon grease and brown it. Then I put it in a crock pot and let it simmer for five hours. I remove the possum, pull off all the meat from the bone. Place the meat back into the crock pot add vegetables, season and cook another two hours. I serve it over brown rice and biscuits on the side. Delicious meal.

[@carltonbailey3498]

Jeff, I hope you saved some for Miss Hanah, I am sure she will want some! I have coon, Beaver, groundhog, and of course squirrel but I never tried possum!

[@MannyFontes1968]

Jeff, never in my life would I think to try opossum but if you're cookin it, I would try it for sure, why, because I know you know what you're doing...lol

[@zaynevanday142]

😂😂😂 Jeff I’ve done that before myself 😂😂😂 bloody oven

[@kathyhathaway8823]

That does look good some onion would have topped it off. A question that cooker on the top of the stove that you used to cook your cabbage last week in where did you get it from if you remember . THANKS

[@clarenceburton9654]

That looks awesome 😎 looks very tender and with sweet potatoes 🍠 , can’t go wrong !!!!

[@j.d.6404]

Looks Damn Good to me. A hungry man ain't hungry no mo. I've had possum it ain't bad at all

[@jimboslice9472]

U got this best cooking vids on KZbin😀

[@stayathome316]

I’ve heard of this recipe years back. I didn’t believe it, here it is. Very cool. Problem is I like the possums that wander my yard.

[@marfialennox2642]

Oh lawd🙊 I’m ordering a pizza! Hehehe I wasn’t ready, Jeff

[@missmsmrs.7309]

BLESS your heart & HOME! Sounds RIGHT YUMMY to me.... Of course I'm a Country Woman from the Backwoods of ARKANSAS! 😂

[@aztecwarrior5510]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 two of the main things I would never eat possum and rats but only if I had to you cook anything right it will taste good and be tender like that love your videos I wish you and Hannah would make longer and more videos please thank you for all the videos that you both have done already

[@joeklasen2845]

Jeff you cook like me never check what’s in the oven or where the racks are till it’s good and hot and you have your hands full then you try to put something in the oven lol 😂. Love your videos buddy please keep it up thanks

[@ZeRowe]

You’re doing it right, parboiling and then a little flour in hot skillet then into the roaster, I like to cut’em up and add cream of mushroom soup,, so here’s the kicker, I’ll tell ya where you can stick them sweet potatoes 😂🍻✌🏻

[@alexscottthompson812]

Alright, Jeff, that looks delicious, but hear me out: Get yourself an Instant Pot. I thought it was some gimmicky nonsense at first too, but those things are amazing. Cuts cooking time down by like 90% and pushes all of the seasoning into the meat.

[@mrwest5552]

as a boy enjoyed batter dredged snattle rake grilled over open flame. was tasty. Tucson that is.

[@smallfringeminority6499]

Your in dam good shape for an older fella. Good job. 👍

[@ronaldreese7431]

My father used to me they fead them sweet potatoes and carrots to help clean their digestive system out before processing them

[@HOLLESjr]

Jeff it is really good if you piece it out and slap it on the grill brushing it a time or two with some herb and garlic pasta sauce.. Raccoon i always bake with BBQ Sauce.

[@jefferybraswell2295]

Hey Bro our Uncle Jack would catch a couple of possums put em in a pen and feed em corn for a couple weeks they called it cleaning them out then He would call us to Sunday Dinner umm umm so good cooked in the oven surrounded by sweet potatoes and lots of black pepper I swear I could eat a whole possum by myself back then😂🤙🏻🙏🏼🤠 preciate ye Bro you my kinda folk

[@guysharp1963]

First time opossum, you get a break

[@bodeensherman4999]

Right on.....👍

[@jerryf581]

I didn't know tame possum was an option!!!!!!LOL!!!!!!!. Quite a few years ago we went to a countywide potluck wildlife supper. We took coon patties. Someone else baked a possum, whole, head on with stuffed olives in the eye sockets! They served it laying on and surrounded by rice. Y'all ever seen a dead animal full of maggots? Some rice was eaten but not even a little bit of the possum!

[@darrell3368]

They are baked with sweet potatoes,I like mine in dumplings and I like mine fried and make gravy and biscuits

[@phabbletty]

That's what we gonna be eating after TSHTF.

[@zaynevanday142]

Possum skins are almost as nice as a foxes 😂

[@lostcreekcabin2021]

Well Jeff. It's Jan. 3rd. Today and where I live the temp. Is -32° f. I have about 5 feet of snow and the ice in my lake is 31 inches thick so far 👍

[@lentrepanier8810]

From Northwoods in WI. What does possum taste like? Never tried it looks good Jeff. Is it like pork

[@zaynevanday142]

Throw a few whole onions in there ❤

[@charlesmccoy5857]

Possum, the other white meat. LOL Good Job

[@pdsrenos]

I get a lot of opossum at my house and I have been thinking of cooking some.

[@kumbackquatsta]

been waiting for some possum recipes!

[@dalebarker510]

Jeff my gramma used to say u know when the oppsum done when u open the oven he'll be grinning at you☺️!!

[@ironjawwills]

I never had that before but my Dad told he had that when he was a kid same way with sweet potatoes he said same thing best he ever ate .

[@garywhelansr5602]

Love possum meat par boil 1st then I put it in crockpot until falls off bone.

[@droy3886]

That looks like some fine eating.

[@davidblalock9945]

Well, Jeff. I don't understand how, but you actually made that look good. So wish I was your Son in Law.

[@scruff1026]

Gotta see Hannah try this, wish I could try it myself.

[@davej3149]

Just needs some rice and 👌🏻 I’ll try it

[@earlhollar1906]

Well Jeff my cousin in Florida keep asking me to come down and visit during the winter. I Live Now in independent living apartment in Bismarck North Dakota. I will take your short sleeve weather right now, two days ago I was blowing the snow off of the freezing rain that we were receiving for two days prior about 4 inches of beautiful snow hanging on the trees in my shorts and sweatshirt at 24°. Thing changed last night it dropped down to 14 above With The Wind at 26 miles an hour from the northwest that gives you a wind chill factor of -3 at noon. Today at 5:00 this afternoon the wind is to pick up to 30 mph with a temperature of 16°, which gives you a windchill of minus 6 to 8 degrees from the West Northwest Direction at my location deep within the complexes it's still beautiful out except for the wind, but out in the country bad drifting going on. Enjoy the short sleeve weather. I have never had possum , but I have roasted the big squirrels that used to run across the road from the cornfield and hang out in the trees above our trailer along the Cheyenne River South of Valley City when we live there. Family members asked, "what a squirrel taste like"? I told them , "well if you roast a pheasant it tastes similar to a greasy pheasant. Being corn fed they were fat little buggers , and delicious.!.! BTW we have a survival animal up here that's a slow mover , which I have never had to partake of , but tastes a little Woody , the porcupine. I watched your sausage processing and this video after having my brunch. We used to do four or five Hogs depending on the size to one lean steer and a deer with the whole family around the double tub mixing in the salt, pepper, and Tender Quick , that my dad sprinkled on as we mixed, and my mom sampled in the fry pan every once in a while to get the right mix. Then at the end my dad had something about whole mustard seeds! We would mix that in before it went into the stuffer. And the casings weren't plastic. Nothing was wasted on the pig or the steer heart, liver, tongue , oxtail, pickled pigs feet, intestines , & brains slice thin and fried with bacon and pancakes and what was left over from the egg dredge of the brains for breakfast! All the meat off the boiled hogsheads went into liver sausage patties which replaced the brains after the supply was depleted. Butchering was a community event with Neighbors coming from as far away as 10 miles to help. We even brined and smoked our own bacon and hams. It was similar to an after-harvest Festival!

[@cedricbroussard8738]

Awesome 👌

[@magicworldbyjorg]

,,a cool video keep up the great content.. Thank you…

[@wreckanchor]

You are my hero Jeff

[@unclebones2488]

Jeff that is some great food

[@zaynevanday142]

Thx Mr Barron

[@angiemarshall1088]

I'm just being honest ..I don't think I could even try it ...but I do enjoy all the videos ya post

[@JT_70]

Maybe when the SHTF and there’s nothing else, I might have to try a posssum. Most of them that I see are highway pancakes.

[@darrell3368]

Great eating

[@michaelmosley254]

Nice Jeff I think every country folk has something in their oven when they get ready to use it

[@campjefferson8947]

Inspiring!

[@Crankinstien]

Possum? Wow

[@amateurshooter6054]

Thanks Guys