Raccoon meat at South Carolina store must go, officials say

Rooters ^ | Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:45pm EDT | Harriet McLeod

[Rebelbase]

Tipped off by a complaint, inspectors recently found the cleaned raccoon meat in plastic bags inside one of the store's coolers, along with bagged ice.

The Lucky 7 store — located in Gadsden, near the state capital of Columbia — removed the meat upon request, Berry said. But when inspectors went back several days later, they found it outside the building near some trash.

[tacticalogic]

Ever had snapping turtle?

[Tax-chick]

And a Notary Public who will also cut your hair ;-).

[jonrick46]

I know someone who grew up in Arkinsas and whatever her dad shot with his 22 rifle, was dinner on the table. When I told her I shot a robin with my B B gun, cleaned it and roasted it, she gave a twinkle in her eyes and said that the robins she had as a girl were some of the best eatings.

If these morans keep it up you won’t be able to buy rabbit, goose or frog legs.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

One of my friends shot a bear several years ago. He had it processed into summer sausages. It was excellent! A little greasy but really good.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"Here in Maryland they made the guy up the road from me stop selling Muskrat meat."

That's a shame. Seared and cooked for a couple of hours in a good roux, served over brown rice ... good eatin'.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"But, I must admit that some of the best meat I ever tasted was barbecued young raccoon..."

Oven roasted in a pan of sweet potatoes is downright yummy.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Ever had snapping turtle?***

Yep. One of my friends used to catch them all the time and cook them up. They taste like chicken but were tough. One of my working companions said he ate a piece, and the more he chewed the bigger it got in his mouth till he had to spit it out.

You ever had calf n..s, er that is , mountain oysters? Taste like chicken with a piece of gristle in the middle.

[katana]

"Me and Pete found ourselves a .. whole .. gopher .. village".

The Baptismal scene that follows contains one of the prettiest Gospel hymns I've ever heard, but the film is so filled with great music, who can choose?

Back on topic, though, besides the rabies issue Raccoons would not be my game meat of choice. Too intelligent a creature to eat and too damned mean to want to mess with.

[workerbee]

Here in Maryland they made the guy up the road from me stop selling Muskrat meat.

You must be down the shore, hon. I hear muskrat's good seasonal eats down'air.

[The KG9 Kid]

Some Folk'll Never Eat A Skunk
But Then Again Some, Folk'll
Like Cletus, The Slack-Jawed Yokel

[tacticalogic]

Tell your friend it’s a lot better if you parboil it in a pressure cooker, and then deep fry it.

[Tammy8]

You also have to be aware that fleas on small game can be carriers of Beubonic (sp?) plague- at least in the Southwest. Those that eat rabbits in these parts will not touch the ones with fleas. I think there are several issues to be aware of with some wild game- not sure how folks ate so much of it years ago, maybe some of them didn’t survive.

[PLMerite]

“...but once he got a big bobcat.”

I bet there were surprised faces all around with that, especially the bobact.

[JoeProBono]

[Tammy8]

I never had turtle- but my dad talked about how good it was all the time. I have eaten mountain oysters all my life and if they are fixed right there should be no gristle down the middle- just soft meat with a crisp fried outside. Yummy! But I am surprised how many don’t know how to clean/fix them properly, and you can’t eat them from an older animal either.

[fish hawk]

We did the same thing. Took it to a sausage meat packing co. and they mixed about 30% pork in with it and made summer sausage and those little thin hot sticks. Also made a roast of some of the meat but did not try steaks. We got lots of bear because on our Reservation when ever their was a marauding bear, they called my brother to come over and kill it. Needless to say I have bear skulls, bear claw necklaces and bear fang necklaces that I have made. Our Indians do not like killing bears but some times they get brave enough to try to enter you kitchen, then, something has to be done about it. Some will not eat bear as they are considered sacred and in fact, we call them Auntie, as they brought us medicine. However I feel they are just as sacred in my tummy as they are rotting somewhere.

[ApplegateRanch]

Last one I trapped and killed, around 1995, was loaded with heart worm. It had been breaking into the feed bins, stealing feed, so should have been good meat

Needless to say, it was not eaten.

We have long since moved out of that are, and have never seen a coon (or possum, either) in this area...and don’t miss them.

[Venturer]

Got a place on St. Clement’s Bay.

Muskrat is good eating.

[billorites]

I shot my first deer when I was 14. It was in southern Maine, farmland mixed with woods.

Anyway, that winter I was fatigued, having muscle pain, etc. Turns out I had trichinosis. We still had deer meat in the freezer and the lab at the hospital said, "Yep, trichina!"

I thought it amusing to share the story at the time with the cautionary warning that anyone who ate me would thus get trichinosis.

I tell the story now to explain the long dry spell I suffered during my adolescence so far as my dating history was concerned.

[OwenKellogg]

I’ve been there!