How to Cook a Raccoon or Other Roadkill

How to Cook Roadkill

Sigh...no, we're not kidding...not recommended. But, if you're broke and you're really hungry...

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Cut up, boil in water with a little salt until tender. Place in shallow pan, sprinkle with a little sage, add one cup broth. Pre-cook about 5 medium size sweet potatoes, cut in half, and place around the raccoon. Bake in hot oven for 20 minutes. (Note: If you have to hold your nose, its no good.)

Safety Warning: Be sure the raccoon is dead. Remember, they are a prime vector for rabies.

FROM: MA'S COOKIN' Mountain Recipes, Ozark Maid Candies, 1966, Osage Beach, Mo.

Citrus Ade

An Ade

To go with that fried chicken (see previous posts).

Photo: orangebrompton

1 cup of sugar
12 freshly squeezed citrus (lemons, limes, etc...)
6 cups of cold water
Mix. Should make a half gallon.
Add ice or serve over ice.

Pick-Me-Up

Pick-Me-Up

After you have your fried chicken and rolls (previous posts)...

1 tablespoon of powdered sugar, 1 egg, dash of salt, 1 tablespoon of brandy. Separate the egg, beat yolk until thick and lemon colored, add the powdered sugar and brandy and beat again. Then blend the white of the egg whipped to a stiff froth. This is so thick it may be eaten with a spoon.

FROM: MA'S COOKIN' Mountain Recipes, Ozark Maid Candies, 1966, Osage Beach, Mo.

Country Fried Chicken

Country Fried Chicken

Combine with the rolls or biscuits from the previous posts.

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This recipe is for two chickens, and it can be adjusted to suit the amount. Cut chicken into pieces for frying and wash well. Roll in a mixture of: 2 cups flour, 4 teaspoons salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. (You might want to spice it up with a little chili powder.)

Put skillet on, put in about 1/2 inch of fat, and get it hot. Place chicken in and fry till brown, turning often. Then reduce heat, cover well and cook about 25 minutes till tender. (Caution; Hot Grease! You should use a cover to reduce splash.)

The leavings are mighty good to make white sop (white milk) gravy.

Mom's Hot Rolls

Mom's Hot Rolls

Combine: 2 packages yeast, 1 teaspoon sugar, and 1 cup lukewarm water. Let stand for 10 minutes. Add:

1 cup warm water
5 tablespoons sugar
2 teaspoons salt
6 tablespoons melted butter
6 cups flour or enough for a fairly stiff dough

Pour out on a floured dough board and knead well. Place in greased bowl and let rise in warm place until double in size. Then cut out, place on greased pan, and let rise until double in size again. Bake in 400 degree oven until done.

FROM: MA'S COOKIN' Mountain Recipes, Ozark Maid Candies, 1966, Osage Beach, Mo.

Old Fashioned Biscuits

Old Fashioned Biscuits

Did you make the gravy yet?

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon soda (baking soda)
2 tablespoons shortening
3/4 cup sour milk

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and soda. Blend in shortening. Add sour milk and work lightly. Bake in well greased pan.

FROM: MA'S COOKIN' Mountain Recipes, Ozark Maid Candies, 1966, Osage Beach, Mo.

Country Biscuits

Country Biscuits

Where's the gravy?

In a bowl sift the following:

4 level teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons shortening
1 cup flour

Mix well, then add 1 cup of milk and enough more flour to make a stiff batter. Pat out on floured board, cut, and bake in a very hot oven.

FROM: MA'S COOKIN' Mountain Recipes, Ozark Maid Candies, 1966, Osage Beach, Mo.

Corn Pone

Southern Corn Pone (or Corn Dodger)

Corn pone, are you kidding? What next, how to make chaw?

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Mix with cold water into a soft dough one quart of southern corn meal (sifted), a teaspoon of salt, a tablespoon of butter or melted lard. Mold into oval cakes with the hands and bake in a very hot oven, in well greased pans. To be eaten hot. The crust should be brown.

FROM: MA'S COOKIN' Mountain Recipes, Ozark Maid Candies, 1966, Osage Beach, Mo.

Hard Times Coffee

Hard Times Coffee

It's not getting any cheaper...

Mix well 2 quarts wheat bran with 1 pint yellow corn meal. Add 3 well-beaten eggs and 1 cup best sorghum molasses. Beat well; spread on pan and put to dry in oven. Use great care by stirring often while it is browning - this is the secret of good coffee. A handful is sufficient for two persons. Sweet cream improves the flavor of the brew, but, as with store-bought coffee, this is a matter of personal taste.

FROM: MA'S COOKIN' Mountain Recipes, Ozark Maid Candies, 1966, Osage Beach, Mo.

Egg Nog

Egg Nog

The Holiday Season will be here soon. Thinking about egg nog?

5 eggs
6 cups whole milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoon vanilla (real vanilla, not the imitation)
Nutmeg

Beat the whites of the eggs to soft peaks. Add the yolks of the eggs and beat again. Add sugar, milk, and vanilla in that order slowly, and beat well. Sprinkle with nutmeg to taste. Makes about 15 servings.

FROM: MA'S COOKIN' Mountain Recipes, Ozark Maid Candies, 1966, Osage Beach, Mo.