POSSUM ROAST
Ingredients
1 opossum
Salt and pepper for rub
1 chopped onion
1 tbsp. fat
1 cup bread crumbs
1/4 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 hard boiled egg
1 tsp. salt
Water
Instructions
Rub opossum with salt and pepper. Brown onion in fat. Add opossum liver and cook until tender. Add bread crumbs, worcestershire sauce, egg, salt, and water. Mix thoroughly and stuff opossum. Truss like a fowl. Put in roasting pan with bacon across back and pour 1 qt. water into pan. Roast uncovered in moderate oven at 350 degrees until tender (about 2 1/2 hrs.). Baste every 15 minutes. Serve with sweet potatoes.
