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I have an inquisitive palate, so I will try a lot of things. Here are a few, as well as my reaction to them:
Possum & sweet potatoes - this one was awful. Possum meat is fatty, oily & nasty, and it ruins the flavor of the sweet potatoes.
Goat meat - I had this on a couple of different occasions. The first time was when I was quite young & someone had made goat barbeque. I really can't recall how this tasted, so it must not have been too bad. The second time was many years later at an ethnic cafe near Stone Mountain, Georgia. I had oredered something else (which turned out to be pretty good), but my son ordered the goat. He didn't like it, so I tasted it. It was really gamey & tasted like goats smell. I wasn't going to make him eat that stuff, so I shared my meal with him.
Rabbit - tastes a lot like chicken, but is more chewy. I would eat it again.
Gopher (the tortoise, not the mammal) - very tasty. The meat is kind of grayish, with a flavor similar to roast beef. Would love to try this again if I could find someone that knew how to prepare it.
Frog legs - another tasty morsel with a similar flavor to chicken. It used to be fairly common in some southern family-style restaurants; but I don't recall seeing it on a menu in quite some time.
Rattlesnake - this one takes extra care to eat because it has lots of tiny bones like you would find in fish. It's also kind of greasy & somewhat fishy-tasting. Not something I would recommend, but it still beats possum.
Poke salat - A very good spring green if you fix it right, otherwise it could kill you. You prepare it using the younger spring leaves which you boil, then pour the water off; then repeat two or three times. That gets rid of the oxalic acid & makes it edible. You can then eat as is, or add a little bacon fat & fry it up with eggs and onions. It's worth the trouble.
Chit'lins - that's how we pronounce them, even though they are actually spelled chitterlings. I worked my way up to trying some boiled chits at a soul food restaurant in Murfreesboro, TN, once. They weren't very palatable, and they were rather spongy/gummy. That's one meal I didn't finish. I might still try the fried version at some point in the future, though.
Possum & sweet potatoes - this one was awful. Possum meat is fatty, oily & nasty, and it ruins the flavor of the sweet potatoes.
Goat meat - I had this on a couple of different occasions. The first time was when I was quite young & someone had made goat barbeque. I really can't recall how this tasted, so it must not have been too bad. The second time was many years later at an ethnic cafe near Stone Mountain, Georgia. I had oredered something else (which turned out to be pretty good), but my son ordered the goat. He didn't like it, so I tasted it. It was really gamey & tasted like goats smell. I wasn't going to make him eat that stuff, so I shared my meal with him.
Rabbit - tastes a lot like chicken, but is more chewy. I would eat it again.
Gopher (the tortoise, not the mammal) - very tasty. The meat is kind of grayish, with a flavor similar to roast beef. Would love to try this again if I could find someone that knew how to prepare it.
Frog legs - another tasty morsel with a similar flavor to chicken. It used to be fairly common in some southern family-style restaurants; but I don't recall seeing it on a menu in quite some time.
Rattlesnake - this one takes extra care to eat because it has lots of tiny bones like you would find in fish. It's also kind of greasy & somewhat fishy-tasting. Not something I would recommend, but it still beats possum.
Poke salat - A very good spring green if you fix it right, otherwise it could kill you. You prepare it using the younger spring leaves which you boil, then pour the water off; then repeat two or three times. That gets rid of the oxalic acid & makes it edible. You can then eat as is, or add a little bacon fat & fry it up with eggs and onions. It's worth the trouble.
Chit'lins - that's how we pronounce them, even though they are actually spelled chitterlings. I worked my way up to trying some boiled chits at a soul food restaurant in Murfreesboro, TN, once. They weren't very palatable, and they were rather spongy/gummy. That's one meal I didn't finish. I might still try the fried version at some point in the future, though.
