Tenn. lawmaker hosts coon dinner

Associated Press ^ | April 20, 2002 | A/P Staff

[MeekOneGOP]

Gee, neither algore or the Clampetts were there. Couldn't have
been much of a wing-ding without the Clampetts, huh?.........

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/weird_news/3103319.htm

[MeekOneGOP]

Jed & Duke

[MeekOneGOP]

Did you get an invite to this?........

[cake_crumb]

If Algore is fond of these barbequed coon shindigs, that answers the questions that automatically popped into my head as soon as I read the headline:

Where are the Earth Firsters, PETA, and especially, where are the protestors saying that "coon dinners" are racist (because they never heard of the term "coon" used in any but a racially denegrative way)?

[Mamzelle]

Before the hillbilly comments get too very thick, I must point out that they eat MUSKRATS in Maryland.

If someone would shoot and clean some squirrel, I'll cook it for him...Roast it first, then make a nice stew.

[MeekOneGOP]

Ya'll ever eat any coon?........

[Tennessee_Bob]

Nah, but then, I've never been much of a coon hunter. Only hunted them once, and that was up in Virginia. Personally, I like squirrel and rabbit....

[Dutch Boy]

It's not just a hillbilly thing. I live in NY and have had racoon amoung other things. It's not bad when grilled the the right sauce. I was brought up to eat what you shoot (excluding only red squirrels and I suppose intruders).

[MeekOneGOP]

Muskrats? Ewww........
I ate squirrel once. We went to my Grampa's house in East Texas back in the 60s and
he cooked some squirrel stew. It was okay, I guess, but to this very day I still have
that picture in my mind of that squirrels head and his eye lookin' right at me........

[TwoStep]

**Ping**

[billorites]

Gopher?

[cake_crumb]

"If someone would shoot and clean some squirrel, I'll cook it for him...Roast it first, then make a nice stew."

My favorite way of cooking squirrel is to add a few pats of butter, sprinkle with a little salt and pepper, wrap in aluminum foil and slow roast or bake in the barbeque or oven until well done.

Rabbit and woodchuck is great that way, too. All three DO make excellent stew, and also GREAT chile!

Tip: clean 'em well, rinse 'em well, then soak in salt water for several hours, because little critters don't bleed out well.

This tidbit from a hillbilly ( I'm an honorary local - had a little ceremony and everything ) in the back woods of North Central PA.

[cake_crumb]

Oooooo, rattlesnake! I LOVE rattlesnake, and once again they are becoming a serious problem in PA, so you can take one IF you have a current fishing license. They are DELICIOUS, and theo DO NOT taste like chicken. Frog legs is closer, and THEY don't taste like chicken, either.

[FairWitness]

Ya'll ever eat any coon?........

I have. It's been about 40 years now, but my memory of it is that it was quite tasty. I also ate a lot of squirrel (which I shot myself) in those days, and even had bear once - all good.

[Catspaw]

I've eaten coon, but it's WAAAY down on my list of wild game. Venison, pheasant, duck, goose, rabbit (my Grandma made a dandy hassenpfeffer), squirrel, bear, elk--I've eaten them all & a whole lot more. But coon is not my favorite. Unless it's marinated for a LONG time and basted with a heavily seasoned sauce that masks the gamey flavor, it's just not very good.

[JCG]

Before the hillbilly comments get too very thick, I must point out that they eat MUSKRATS in Maryland.

I'm afraid of anything with the word RAT on the tail end. PlutocRAT, BureaucRAT, muskRAT -- DemocRAT -- you name the RAT.

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[cake_crumb]

LOL!! I just discovered why Earth Buddy, Algore, couldn't make it to this year's coon roast!!

He was busy encouraging the Earth Firsters, Palestinian suicide bomber wannabes and anarchists in WASHINGTON D.C. yesterday!!

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[Iowa Granny]

Well, I ate coon "ONCE". It was really greasy. I didn't like it a bit. I routinely prepare and eat squirrel, rabbit, pheasant, wild turkey, deer & elk. But I will not eat coon EVER again.

[cake_crumb]

"But coon is not my favorite."

Mine either. Or bear. Never had muskrat or gopher. Don't want to try muskrat, but gopher ought to be as good as woodchuck. A ground squirrel is a ground squirrel.