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Being from kentucky do you eat things like possum pie and what is it a chap at the pub said I should ask you. He said it is a delicacy that all people from the southern part of the U.S. eat.

well no not all the southern from the us. eat it. guess im just not that far south.
but i eat corn bread, green beans, and pinto beans, cabbage,and chicken that's all i can think of as for know.
and its really good home cooking trust me i'll miss then all just call ma to see how to cook it.
lol
ttul

We have a possum problem here. Personally I think they're cute, but everyone else hates them. They get hit by cars a lot so we have a lot of possum roadkill. It's because I live near an irrigation ditch (whatever that is, I guess farmers use it, but it's weird because I live in a subdivision, not farmland), and the possums hang out and have parties in it. Then they climb out onto the street and die.

Do they drink al k hal or what you are putting me on right? what are they?

I wasn't putting you on except for the part about having possum parties. But it seems like they do because they travel together a lot. lol.

but what are they

what are possums?

they are sort of like HUGE, cat-sized rats.

Then why in hell would someone eat them.

cause people have nothing else to do.
and they like the tast of them.
me here we have ale-8 the late drink form ky. the newest kind of moonshine. it's non-acholic. but has mcuh caffine that ca. bans the drink. it's good. made in Whinchester ky.

Must be the islay of the U.S>

I've eaten possums, they're quite tasty really, epecially good with a garlic butter sauce and sauteed with onions and a nice bottle of white wine (not French of course).

no,no no, u meant american wine. sorry. but i cna't help. french are cool. but it's a silly fun. now. islyay was what in the us?, tate.

lol morgan about the french wine!

Have you really eaten possum? What's it taste like? Is it chewy? Is it juicy? I suppose I could eat one if the face wasn't there. And the legs, and their cute little feet. And they would have to be de-furred.

An "opossum" (the real name for them) just chillin':

Possum Facts: (from http://home.sou.edu/~rible/wildlife/opposum.htm)...Southern Oregon University website.

Virginia Opossum

Also known as
Opossum, possum
What is the scientific name?
Didelphis virginiana
Pronounced di-DELL-fis vir-gin-ee-AAN-a
What does it mean? "Virginia two-womb." Didelphis is from two Greek words, di meaning two or double and delphys meaning womb. This refers to the opossum's fur-lined pouch (marsupium) which acts as a secondary womb. Virginiana is the Latinized form of the state of Virginia, source of the first scientifically described opossum.
Where are they located? How many subspecies are there?
Opossums are found throughout most of North America, from southern Canada to Mexico. While originally restricted to the eastern United States, they have continued to expand their range both west and north (Gardner, 1982). There are four subspecies of opossum, but only one that occurs over most of the United States: D.v. virginiana (Gardner 1982; McManus 1974).
Where do they live?
The opossum prefers deciduous woodlands near water, but can be found in a variety of habitats including marshlands, forests, farmland, and residential areas (Gardner 1982).
What do they look like?
Opossums are gray with long pointed noses and hairless ears and tail. The tail is "prehensile," which means it can be wrapped and folded around objects like a tree branch. While certain monkeys have prehensile tails and use them to hang from, opossums don't normally hang by their tails (Nowak 1991).
How big are they?
The head and body length is between 13 and 20 inches; tail length is between 10 and 21 inches (Maser et al 1981). Males can grow up to a total length of 37 inches; females to a total length of 36 inches (Hall 1981). Males can weigh between 1 and 13 pounds, but average around 5 pounds. Females weigh between one-half and 8 pounds, but average about 2 pounds (Gardner 1982).
How long do they live?
The average life expectancy is one and one-third years (Petrides 1949), but even this is thought to be a high estimate (Gardner 1982). The oldest recorded opossum in the wild was about three years old (Gardner 1982). In captivity they can live between four and five years (Gardner 1982).
What do they eat?
Mostly insects and carrion (McManus 1974), but the opossum is omnivorous, eating a variety of animal and plant matter. The diet includes: grasshoppers, slugs, caterpillars, mice, frogs, shrews, snakes, bird eggs, corn, chestnuts, acorns, blackberries, wild cherries, persimmons, grass, and carrion from such mammals as deer and rabbits (Gardner 1982).
Interesting notes: Owing to their unique marsupium, the birth of opossums is particularly fascinating. Female opossums can have up to two litters per year with sizes ranging from one to 17 newborns per litter. The young are born in an embryonic stage 12 or 13 days after conception and are only about one-half inch long and one-tenth of an inch wide. You could fit an entire litter into a teaspoon. After emerging from the uterus, the newborns have to climb one to two inches from their mother's vulva to the pouch where they attach themselves to one of 13 nipples. Not all newborns will reach a nipple and not all nipples will be functional if they arrive. Sometimes only seven to ten of the 13 nipples will produce milk. Those newborns that can't find a fucntional nipple perish. After attaching, the tiny opossums will stay attached and nurse for 50 to 65 days. They are weaned after 95 to 105 days (Gardner 1982; McManus 1974; Asdell 1964).

Opossums are probably best known for playing dead, a defense mechanism that is utilized to keep them from being eaten and is only used as a last resort. Opossums don't move very swiftly, their fastest speed was clocked at a roaring 4_ miles per hour (McManus 1970). Instead, they have developed another way to escape predators called "death feigning" (pret

sorry about the disorganization of the first few paragraphs.

#1 Islay is and Isle off the coast of scotland its were they make whisky
#2 now I know what a possum is
#3 I do not know that I could eat one but one never knows what one will eat.

They taste like chicken.

wow. lol.

Why does everything in america taste like chicken.

We're big on the chicken.

Myself, I could take or leave the chicken, it doesn't do much for me.

But a lot of Americans are big on the chicken.

chihcken good. but so is steak. and expecially when it's nealary not to green but just considered a little bad. the best flavor and taste try it.

The lad eats bad meat. 13 are you the artful dodger?

artful doger? no, we cook them pretty well. then agina it's steak u don't have to worry about much disease unlike in Englad.
uh, on the subject. what happened with the west nile over there?

I don't like steak, and I don't like chicken... Or pork... And certainly not veil or things of that nature. The only meat I like is sour brauten (damn german heritage, although I refuse to eat anything in the shape of a sausage). And fish, although I don't really consider fish meat. And turkey's alright too, with stuffing and a lot of gravy and some cranberry sauce.

who is the artful dodger?

I like steak every now and then, but I'm not a freak about it the way some people are. What is really good is pot roast. I love a very tender pot roast smothered in ketchup. Morgan I've got to try this sour brauten stuff, because I have tons of german heritage so maybe I'd really like it. That's funny that you won't eat anything shaped like a sausage. lol. I can see how it would be degrading 😛

I love fish of all kinds. Oh lord. Sweet lord. One of my nice coworkers went crabbing on the Oregon coast yesterday and tomorrow she's bringing in a bunch of crab and a garlic butter sauce for us all to eat. (She's a cancer, can you tell? But a very sweet one)... I'll be bringing my toothbrush to work. But I'm very excited about the crab. I will report on it.

Turkey, I like it, but only if it's moist and not dry. I hate really dry food, there's always got to be a sauce or marinade of some kind.

1) james t. why everything tastes like chicken: watch the movie Soylent Green

2) Possom story:

My seventh grade science teacher told us a story that has scared me for life...her husband was heating up the barbecue outside and went inside for a drink and got distracted and went our with the food like an hour later and hte cover was closed. Why? because a possom fell out of the tree above the barbecue and its fall closed the lid over it. I don't know what they did with the hairy scarred remains of the creature.

We have some wild domestic animals by us. Whenever we put our leftovers oustide on our deck for our cat, we would attract raccoons or possoms. I think possoms look cute except their tail is very scally/ratty looking and when they smile back away because they have to nasty set of jaws.

We have mad cow here but we are not sure who pissed them off.

i think it was the the stupid poportiousie they love their meat to much. And someone got the bright idea to do a national cow tippen. And they got word through the Anmial Farm pigs. That's what happened. That way we raise our cows knowing that's going to happen to them.
but i do love fish. oh my God it's great speically blue gill.
uh but crab good.
this is funny my step mom was like okay u'll eat brolied crwaldad's and not eat my chili. Yeah taht's right I don't like chili. but i like crwaldad's.
it's great.

ttul.
oh big talk later on meat site. i'll post it later when i have the time. it's about the universe.

I would read throught that agian but I do not have the time to. I guess you will eat just about anything.

Just to throw gas on the fire...
Down South, it's rice, rice, and more rice. Then there's some magical line (Mason~Dixon) where suddently all that people want is potatoes. Is that the New York/Irish potatoe famine influence?, I wonder.
Speaking of possums, ya'll..(err.. sorry, You Guys) crack me up... I'm as South as one can get, and no one eats that here. Squirrels, yes. (possums & squirrels, evolutionary buddies??)... like crabs, "you have to have a bunch".
Possums are scavengers though, not thought of as good eating. Wait a second, so are chikens. Now I'm confused.

I Would like to try that..Oriental dish (Ha! dodges Morgan..) that is the poison fish. Cooked properly, the diner (dinee?) gets a warm & fuzzy after glow. (There is that down side of fatal poisoning if improperly cooked,however.) That.. or just getting to see those plates where the fish still has it's head connected, the body is steamingly hot..and the mouth is still gasping for air.
I don't wanna eat that.. just understand how it's done.

...sounds like a simpsons episode I saw...but that was the poisonous blowfish

I think it is the blowfish, in my first example. Odd eh? I won't do oysters, but I'd chance the toxic blowfish. Where are my priorities?
Actually, I'd like to try "Ouzzo" (likely msp).. Licorice drink in Italy made with poppy extract. Yes. It's legal over there. (we couldn't have it, but it was and is there.)

okay wried sounds good though i love chinesse though.
south all the way extepcet though extreme racess or however u sp the thing. and another simple can still be sophiticated but look complicated isn't that great.