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Father's Family Recipe · Historical Notebook · Printable

Groundhog

Ingredients

  • 1 groundhog
  • 1¼ cups flour
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • Pepper (amount not given)
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1¼ cups warm water

Notebook directions

  1. Soak groundhog in salt water overnight.
  2. Cut into several pieces.
  3. Combine dry ingredients except salt.
  4. Brown in grease, then sprinkle with sugar.
  5. Add water and simmer for 40 minutes.

Family and transcription notes

Father's wild-game notebook. Amounts and sequence transcribed as written; the role of the flour mixture is not fully explained.

These notes document an older family practice. They do not provide complete modern guidance for safe sourcing, species identification, processing, internal temperature, or storage. Use appropriate current food-safety methods for any actual preparation.

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