Was just reading from my Grandmother’s cookbook last night; “An American Woman’s Cookbook”.
Opossum recipe starts off with how to remove hair and entrails. Other game recipes start off the same way. Love that cookbook!
A triple whammy meatloaf recipe....it’s old fashioned, Southern, and comes from the Columbus, Ga Junior League cookbook: “A Southern Collection-Then and Now”.
Meat Loaf Ingredients:
1 cup dried bread crumbs
1 1/2 pound 93% lean ground beef
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
1 egg
4 tablespoons ketchup
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 cup 1% milk
1/4 teaspoon pepper
After mixing the meatloaf, put it in a loaf pan and bake it, topped w/ the Sauce.
Sauce Ingredients:
Simmer/dissolve a bit
4 tablespoons vinegar
4 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup ketchup
LOL!
I always feel ‘safe’ knowing that my hubby can shoot and field dress a deer, and is a good fisherman - if the ‘poop hits the oscillator’ and we ever really need it ;-)
He grew up in the wilds of PA, eating squirrel and rabbit, and declares them both ‘Wonderful’.
It’s not quite so rustic, but one of my favorite, ‘historic’ cookbooks is ‘The Stag Cookbook: Written by Men for Men’, published in 1922. It’s very obscure now, but no worries: it’s free at Gutenberg.org; and the dedication is really sweet:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/48695/48695-0.txt
=JT