Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1912 — Cooking the ’Possum. [ARTICLE]

Cooking the ’Possum.

Mayor Bryan Callaghan of San A» tonlo, Tex., Is very fond of ’possum and is particular about the way it is prepared for the table. He gives the following directions: "Never plunge a ’pos—in into boiling water. That hardens the flesh and makes it tough. First bleed the *possum, and after it is drawn immerse it in a pot of cold water and bring the water to a boil. After being parboiled for a reasonable time, take K out, put some laurel leaves, a little oil and some chill peppers inside it and pack in ice and put aside for a day or two. "When ready to be cooked, put it into a bake pin and surround with sweet potatoes, brown to A turn and you have a dish that is aboyt as deHclous as any that can be prepared.”