Don't call me a coon Wrote:
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> Rocky. Wrote:
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> > Don't call me a coon Wrote:
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> > > Sounds more like something you'd expect to
> hear
> > > about in the Ozarks. Maybe our nuevos
> > americanos
> > > have taste for 'coon?
> >
> > Sounds like you need to get away from Fairfax
> more
> > often and spend some time
> > in the real world.
> >
> > From Wiki:
> >
> >
> > While primarily hunted for their fur, raccoons
> > were also a source of food for Native Americans
> > and early American settlers.[249] According to
> > Ernest Thompson Seton, young specimens killed
> > without a fight are palatable, whereas old
> > raccoons caught after a lengthy battle are
> > inedible.[250] Raccoon meat was extensively
> eaten
> > during the early years of California, where it
> was
> > sold in the San Francisco market for $1–3
> > apiece.[251] American slaves occasionally ate
> > raccoon at Christmas, but it was not necessarily
> a
> > dish of the poor or rural. The first edition of
> > The Joy of Cooking, released in 1931, contained
> a
> > recipe for preparing raccoon, and US President
> > Calvin Coolidge's pet raccoon Rebecca was
> > originally sent to be served at the White House
> > Thanksgiving Dinner.[252][253][254] Although
> the
> > idea of eating raccoons seems repulsive to most
> > mainstream consumers since they see them as
> > endearing, cute, and/or varmints, several
> thousand
> > raccoons are still eaten each year in the
> United
> > States.[255][256][257][258]
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> Yes, and I need to travel back to 1931 where
> you're apparently still trapped.
I wasn't trapping in 1931 but it's 2015 and people do eat raccoon. I realize
you live a very sheltered life here in Fairfax but you might like to expand
your worldliness a bit. I really get a charge out of urban/suburban hicks.
http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/11/how-to-cook-a-raccoon-the-south.html