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Post by stickbowhntr on Jul 4, 2010 22:02:36 GMT -5
Looking for ways to prepare and cook some groundhogs. I was thinking of maybe something like pulled pork recipies.
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Post by tctrppr on Jul 5, 2010 1:29:40 GMT -5
Young ones killed in a field, not the old ones along the highway that consume all of the leftover road salt from winter highway treatment.
Quarter, soak in vinegar/saltwater solution overnight, and pressure cook 'till the meat falls off of the bones. Throw the de-boned meat in a crockpot with some chipotle flavored Mrs Dash, a small fresh vidalia onion, a quarter clove of fresh chopped garlic, and cover with Sweet Baby Ray's barbeque sauce. Enjoy! ;D
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 5, 2010 8:48:23 GMT -5
i like then fried just like chicken.
theyre really good.
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Post by stickbowhntr on Jul 5, 2010 9:25:31 GMT -5
dont they have glands trhat need be removed and cleand rather fast after harvest to keep the STRONG taste out? Or is that not true?
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Post by tctrppr on Jul 6, 2010 3:51:04 GMT -5
From wildliferecipes.net: ( I think I got the website right)
Woodchuck, also known as groundhog, should be handled in accordance with the general rules for game in the field. The blood should be drained, and the entrails removed and the body cavity wiped clean. When hung for 48 hours, they are ready to the skinned and cooked. Woodchuck meat is dark, but mild flavored and tender. It does not require soaking; however, many people like to soak it overnight in salt water. If the woodchuck is caught just before he begins his winter sleep, there is an insulating fat layer under the skin. Remove excess fat. remove 7 to 9 "kernels" (scent glands) in the small of the back and under the forearms. Parboil the meat of older animals; cook by recipes calling for chicken or rabbit.
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 6, 2010 14:54:29 GMT -5
i can remmeber when i was a kid, my granddad callin me and tellin me to come up for supper hed got a groundhog.
i really enjoyed eatin fried groundhog with him. the food was good but lookin back the company and memories i made with grandpa were what it was really all about.
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Post by backwoodsman on Jul 7, 2010 23:36:26 GMT -5
My uncles took every one I could shoot or trap. One owned a bar and they BBQ's them like coon/pork etc to stretch them out.
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Post by tctrppr on Jul 24, 2010 18:42:12 GMT -5
Dad said in the depression everyone called them Hoover's Bacon. Folks couldn't afford pork, so they ate groundhog instead.
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Post by Sunshine on Jul 24, 2010 18:46:49 GMT -5
yum.
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