Title: Uncle Daddy's Southern Possum Stew
Categories: Ethnic Meat Soup
Yield: 1 Servings
| 1 | | Possum |
| 1 | | Dumplings |
| 1 | | Sweet potatoes |
| 1 | | Onions |
| 1 | | Salt |
After hunting with a lantern in your hand all night, take the possum you
have bagged and break his neck by putting your foot on the possum's head
and pulling up on his tail. Use boiling water to scald Brother Possum. In
a large pan, dress the animal by pulling out those hairs on him. When all
is well done, cut Brother Possum into four parts. Add salt and boil the
meat until tender. Make your dumplings and add them slowly to the boiling
meat. After the possum has boiled about an hour, put the parts into a
baking dish. Peel sweet potatoes and slice them thick. Place the slices in
the pan around the pieces of possum. Add onions if desired. Bake for 1
hour. This is a Sunday dinner for 12 people with the dumplings.