groundhog

[sidelock]

Anyone seen young groundhogs yet? They sure are good fried up just like rabbit. :v

 

[Coot]

Seem to be plenty out. Euell Gibbons had a recipe in one of his wild foods books for groundhog in sour cream sauce.

 

[omarick1948]

Made up about 25#'s of Pork Ground Hog sausage last weekend. Both bulk and links and a favorite at the breakfast table with Flap Jacks!

 

[Billnpatti]

One bit of advice, never, and I mean NEVER, try to eat an adult boar groundhog. They are the strongest gamey tasting things on the face of the earth. Well....maybe an adult male skunk might come close. :barf:

 

[Katahdin]

Couple of days ago ,the wife see a cute little ground hog in the pasture setting up, eating grass and pointed it out.Yesterday it was in the flower garden eating her plants, again she pointed it out,sure was a big difference in the cute ground hog in the field and the same one in her flower garden.
Slow cooked!!! remove all the fat before cooking, I was told.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

One bit of advice, never, and I mean NEVER, try to eat an adult boar groundhog. They are the strongest gamey tasting things on the face of the earth. Well....maybe an adult male skunk might come close. :barf:

My dog used to love it when I went groundhog hunting..., boars make good dog food. :grin:

LD

 

[satx78247]

The young ones certainly are. = In my misspent youth as a soldier, I was stationed at Ft. Indiantown Gap & the groundhogs used to "undermine" the foundations of post buildings.

The Post CDR allowed us to "thin the herd" & we ate a LOT of BBQ groundhog.
Also, as a couple of members said, the old ones make great dog food.

yours, satx

 

[Billnpatti]

Poor dogs. They have my sympathy. But, I have seen a dog eat a cat turd. Hmmm :hmm: makes one think that it may be possible that dogs have no sense of taste. :haha:

 

[satx78247]

Well certainly dogs don't have the same sense of taste as people BUT remember some people have so little taste as to dislike menudo, grits with their eggs, squirrel stew, BBQ steer's head cooked in the ground, venison & other well-liked dishes of "the common folk".
(CHUCKLE)

yours, satx

 

[Billnpatti]

I was recently at a class reunion in San Marcos. Had I known that such fare was on your table, I would have driven the extra few miles and rung your doorbell. :haha:

 

[satx78247]

Hillbilly food is always on our menu in San Antonio.
(Let me know the next time that you're down our way.)

For just one example, Sunday night last, between 2 of my neighbors (One a country grrl from south GA & the other from MS) & I, we ended up with:
1. A big venison pot roast with potatoes & carrots,
2. A big hen with cornbread dressing,
3. Speckeled butter beans,
4. Creamed corn.
5. Turnips with greens & fatback,
6. Pickled beets,
7. Cornbread,
8. Sourdough bread,
9. Buttermilk pie
10.Banana pudding
and
11.Various beverages.

I think that we fed about half the neighborhood.
(A couple of extra folks/eaters wouldn't have been a problem!)

yours, satx

 

[Vaino]

When I lived in northern Minnesota on my grandparents farm, I regularly shot many woodchucks and just left them....not a memorable occasion.

One late afternoon after shooting 2 big woodchucks and as I was walking back, the thought struck me that these animals should somehow be utilized.....I was searching for a justification to continue shooting them.

My grandfather loved cats so there were approx. 2 dozen cats on the farm and this was a fact because at milking time the 2 dozen showed up.

The Finnish word for cat is "kissä" and I laid the woodchucks in the barnyard, called them and a dozen or so cats came over, smelled the carcasses and did nothing. Got a knife and gutted the woodchucks and then skinned them and walked away. 5 minutes later a few more cats joined the "party" and all the cats were enjoying the 2 woodchucks.

My observation was that woodchuck meat is very dark and there's a whole lot of fat. Not a very appetizing prospect.

After eating breaded, roasted raccoon that was prepared by my cousin's mother who was a full blooded Ojibwa Indian, I saw a similarity w/ woodchuck. She defatted the raccoon in the oven under low heat w/ a drip pan collecting the fat which was discarded and then sautéed the raccoon. Some of the most delicious meat I've ever eaten....I think this would work w/ woodchuck.

Have seen a woodchuck in the backyard which might end up "on the table" if my eyes allow.....Fred

 

[satx78247]

Deal with the STRONG-tasting fat in 2 ways:
1. Confine yourself to chucks that are less than a year old, whose fat isn't strong smelling/tasting.
(Those roast well.)
OR
2. Put the chucks on a BBQ pit with a drip pan underneath. - I put beer in my drip pans & cook game low/slow.

In any case, the OLD BOARS are "dog food", imVho.

yours, satx