Ben Collver wrote to Dave Drum <=-

I read about the rumors of immigrants eating the cats in Springfield,
IL.

Not rumours. Truth. Not just Springfield and not just Illinois. I am
sure that I've eaten cat more than once. When we moved here in 1954 we
had a neighbourhood grocery store/butcher and my dad would buy "rabbit"
a couple of time a month.

Intresting! I read a memoir, i forget which, where a trapper would
bring in racoons and such and sell them to restaurants in downtown Portland, OR, who would serve it to their customers as chicken. The writer acknowledged that it sounded like a myth, but said that he did
this many times over multiple years and it helped him make ends meet during slow times.

That kinda, sorta depends on how Mr. Rackety Coon was prepared/served.
And if the trapper/trader/cook removed the scent glands from the 'coon's
legs. That being said, raccoon is good eating on its own. Bv)=

As is groundhog/woodchuck. Same deal with the scent glands, too.

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Title: Country-Style Groundhog
Categories: Game
Yield: 6 Servings

1 Young groundhog
1/2 c Flour
1/4 ts (ea) salt & pepper
1/4 ts Soda
1/4 c Cooking oil
1/2 ts Sugar

NOTE: Clean and skin as soon as possible. Remove all
scent glands. Cut off head, feet and tail.

Dress groundhog as for rabbit, removing the small sacs
in the back and under the forearm. Soak groundhog over-
night in salted water to remove wild flavor. (Or not,
the groundhog is a vegan and not very "gamy" at all -
UDD)

Combine flour, salt, pepper and soda; rub into groundhog
pieces.

Brown grounhog in hot oil in skillet; sprinkle with
sugar. Reduce heat; add 1/2 cup water.

Cover; simmer for about 30 minutes or until tender.

Remove cover; cook for 10 minutes longer.

From: http://www.hevanet.com

Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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Re: Waskaly Wabbits was:Bread
By: Dave Drum to Ben Collver on Sun Jul 06 2025 05:35:00

That kinda, sorta depends on how Mr. Rackety Coon was prepared/served.
And if the trapper/trader/cook removed the scent glands from the 'coon's legs. That being said, raccoon is good eating on its own. Bv)=

I did not know that. My experience with game has been fairly mundane.
Elk, venison, salmon, etc. A friend once served me pepperoni made out of
black bear.

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Title: Cat Au Gratin
Categories: Cat, Game
Yield: 1 Batch

1 Cat; skinned, diced
1 md Onion; chopped
1/4 c Butter
1 tb Flour
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Pepper
2 c Milk
2 c Cheddar cheese; shredded
1/4 c Dry breadcrumbs
Paprika

Get a large cutting board and lay out your cat. Lop off the head, the
tail, and the feet with a sharp butcher's knife. These parts of the
cat contain little usable meat, so give them to the dog.

Make a longitudinal incision on the cat's abdomen. Reach your hand
into the body cavity, and remove all of the internal organs. Discard
them--especially the liver. It may look tasty, but the liver of a
felis domesticus is frequently too toxic for human consumption.

Time to skin. As the saying goes, there's more than one way to do it,
but the basic advice is to use a sharp knife to trim off the skin,
and pull it back, snipping away at the muscle tissue. Alternatively,
grab some loose skin near the head stump and, using a pair of pliers,
peel it back off the carcass like a banana or like how you'd skin an
eel, rolling it off the body.

Wash the meat of stray gristle and hairs.

Pour yourself a drink.

Cut skinned cat pieces into dices.

Cook and stir onion in butter in a large saucepan until onion is
tender. Stir in flour, salt, and pepper.

Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is bubbly;
remove from heat.

Stir in milk and 1-1/2 cups of the cheese. Heat to boiling, stirring
constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute.

Place cat in ungreased casserole dish and pour on the cheese sauce.

Cook uncovered in 325?F (165?C) oven 1 hour 20 minutes.

Mix remaining cheese and the bread crumbs; sprinkle over cat.
Sprinkle with paprika. Cook uncovered until top is brown and bubbly,
15 to 20 minutes longer.

Recipe by Jason Goroncy

Recipe FROM:
<https://jasongoroncy.com/2010/12/10/main-course-felis-domesticus/>

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