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Father's Family Recipe · Historical Notebook · Printable

Opossum

Ingredients

  • Opossum
  • Spicebush or allspice (amount not specified)
  • Sweet potatoes (amount not specified)

Notebook directions

  1. Slaughter and skin.
  2. Boil to remove grease.
  3. Add spicebush or allspice.
  4. Brown meat.
  5. Bake with sweet potatoes.

Family and transcription notes

Father's historical game recipe. The notebook does not specify proportions or baking time.

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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