I have eaten armadillo and it's pretty good. It is a bit of a tussle to get the shell off because, like a turtle, it is connected at the back. You have to cut the sides loose and run your hand up along the side under the shell to the gristle along the spine. Then you cut that loose and the rest is relatively easy.
Some people claim that there are four, five, or six different kinds of meat. I found, basically, two. One was sort of like beef and the other was more like pork. I guess the pork part is why during the Great Depression they were called Hoover Hogs, because Hoover was in office and armadillos were one of the kinds of meat that was readily available to Po' Folks.
All of the armadillo I have eaten has been baked a lot like a pot roast. Salt and pepper rubbed inside and on the outside. Then put in a pot along with potatoes, carrots, onions, etc. and baked in the oven until the meat was falling off the bone. Very good eating. If you get a chance, give it a try. Oh, and when you shoot one, make sure to head shoot it so you don't accidentally break the gall bladder. I don't know why but it is said that if you get any of the gall bladder contents on the meat, it is ruined. It is supposedly worse tasting than the gall bladder contents of other game animals.
Cleaning an armadillo has never bothered me but 'possum is another thing. Too gaggy smelling to suit me, but I have eaten 'possum that someone else killed and dressed out and whose wife cooked for me and I thought it was not too bad at all. I have also eaten fried rattlesnake. It's pretty good but the time to two that I tried dressing one of the stinkin' things, I lost my appetite for eating one. But, I can't eat rabbit right after dressing it. To me, their guts stink. I have to clean them, put them in the freezer for a couple weeks or so before eating them. For some reason, dressing out deer, squirrels, ducks, doves, geese, etc. don't bother me at all.
