Allentown Democrat August 17,1907

[MrMajestic]

 

[jsn]

Do you guys actually eat those rats?

 

[hogpatrol]

Do you guys actually eat those rats?

I don't but I know people that eat them, raccoon and muskrat too. Maybe they taste like chicken?

I leave them for the hawks, eagles, buzzards and fox. Hey, they're just trying to make a living too.

 

[jds holler]

I don't but I know people that eat them, raccoon and muskrat too. Maybe they taste like chicken?

I leave them for the hawks, eagles, buzzards and fox. Hey, they're just trying to make a living too.

Heck, chicken doesn't even taste like chicken anymore; and muskrat doesn't taste like chicken. jd

 

[mikeinct]

Poor JSN, I see you are from Nevada ...Granted it has been a while since I ate part of one or two..The young of the year are best..Veal like consistency, Beef Flavor more or less..The regular size are best in Tomato sauce ..Barbecue makes them tough...Now, remember this..They have to be cleaned/dressed out quickly and cooled down..Not easy during our summers..After skinning & while skinning look out for those funny kernels under the arms..some kind of glands..Nasty, they must be carefully removed using care to not contaminate the flavor of the meat..After that, enjoy...Mike in Ct...PS I have not had a taste since the seventies..I'm working from memory here

 

[Richard Jones]

That's a big 'hog.......

 

[rebel]

I guess it's true. Southerners do not have the corner market in redneck town. It does exist anywhere Scot-Irish/ Germans have settled. Tough people. I'm proud to be part of that clan, albeit the classic Appalachia version.
I've eaten groundhog twice, once was pretty bad and the second time was prepared by a guy that knew what he was doing and was fairly tasty. Garlic helped.

 

[MrMajestic]

We ate them when I was at home. Dad was depression era and said they actually ate sparrows also. They are very musky and if done with something to cover that they are edible. That said if there is a dollar in my pocket I'm all over the dollar menu before them. A local gun club used to save the members kills and have a smoker as a fund raiser. Enough beer and guys will do/eat anything.

 

[Mark W]

I would try a tender young one, but the again I was born and raised in Louisiana and have probably eaten worse.

 

[LHSmith]

Tastes like squirrel. My father claims it was common tablefare during the depression, and he grew up on a farm which was self sufficient. But remember families were large- 9 kids in his case. Tough times, he plowed the fields with horses and mules, and Pappy made shine and huckstered in the nearby towns.

 

[370bc]

I had a buddy that use to cook Muskrat that tasted better than any KFC, anywhere. The guy was a legend in our neck of the woods.

 

[Barlow]

An old customer of mine who live about 50 miles south of me told me Woodchuck was his favorite meat. His Mom fixed it like boiled dinner. The native Americans here used to eat porcupine all the time. Barlow

 

[tenring]

My buddy and I shot two young ones years ago; brought them home, skinned and cleaned them out. His wife cooked them for supper. They were worse than cow patties. Gimme a good steak.

 

[bobinpa]

When I was young, there was a family not far from me that would take as many as I could hit in the head. They loved it, but I have never tried it.

 

[Steve Blair]

I don't but I know people that eat them, raccoon and muskrat too. Maybe they taste like chicken?

I leave them for the hawks, eagles, buzzards and fox. Hey, they're just trying to make a living too.

Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.

 

[CaptainMal]

Back in the late 50's a club near Pittsburgh had yearly game dinners. Wilkensburg Sportsman's Club always offered groundhog as one of the servings. Tried it many times.

Didn't say I liked it. Sometimes my head gets in the way of my taste.

 

[johnfred1965]

Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.

with apologies to Mel Gibson in the Patroit:
A groundhog is a fine meal

 

[jds holler]

I'm a firm believer that for everything that runs, crawls, swims, flies, slithers, or otherwise motates on this earth, that there is probably a good way of rendering it edible or even tasty.

I learned a long time ago that with a can of mushroom soup and an onion, that I could turn ALMOST ANY meat into a meal that ALMOST no one would turn down. I haven't personally done an Eastern ground hog, but I bet it would be easy. Meat's meat, and a man's gotta eat. jd

 

[thekriebles]

When I was young, there was a family not far from me that would take as many as I could hit in the head. They loved it, but I have never tried it.

Same here... had a very nice dairy farmer family in Bloomsburg, PA where they allowed me to shoot the groundhogs, and they enjoyed eating them. It was a perfect partnership for me... the shooting part, because I too did not eat them.

 

[bobinpa]

I'm a firm believer that for everything that runs, crawls, swims, flies, slithers, or otherwise motates on this earth, that there is probably a good way of rendering it edible or even tasty.

I learned a long time ago that with a can of mushroom soup and an onion, that I could turn ALMOST ANY meat into a meal that ALMOST no one would turn down. I haven't personally done an Eastern ground hog, but I bet it would be easy. Meat's meat, and a man's gotta eat. jd

When you think about it, all they eat is grass, hay and clover... say as cows (almost).