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Anybody ever eat coon?

Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:51 am
Posted by indytiger
baton rouge/indy
Member since Oct 2004
9834 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:51 am
We got a new neighbor, and he was tellin me he loves some coon, and had a few in the freezer. Never met anyone before that ate coon. Any good?
Posted by ccomeaux
LA
Member since Jan 2010
8184 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:52 am to
if it's cleaned right, yes. If not, taste like dirty socks.
Posted by Riseupfromtherubble
You'll Never Walk Alone
Member since Jun 2011
38378 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:53 am to
They'll take over a neighborhood.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:53 am to
Not a fan of them, but yes, I ate them. I find the meat gets stringy.
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
83583 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:53 am to
Yes. I killed a coon and brought it home to my mom when I was younger. She cooked it.

Not sure if it was just how she cooked it or if it is just how they are, but I remember it being very greasy and not that great.
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
16454 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:54 am to
Yep, its a cross between rabbit and tree rat. Cooked down in a gravy my experience was good.
Posted by Polar Pop
Member since Feb 2012
10749 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:55 am to
A few years ago, my grandpa pressure cooked a coon then threw some BBQ sauce on it.

House smelled horrible, it was extremely greasy.
Posted by Mung
NorCal
Member since Aug 2007
9054 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:55 am to
had some in a gumbo made by neighbors from back Vacherie. did not like.
Posted by eyepooted
Member since Jul 2010
5717 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:57 am to
The black fella at my office is a big fan of coon. He was changing a light in my office last week and told me 12 different ways of cooking it.
Posted by Huntinguy
Member since Mar 2011
1752 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:58 am to
I've had it, but it had had the lymph nodes pulled on cleaning, fat trimmed, then par boiled and water changed. Was OK. Not something I'd really get a craving for.

Was probably 30 years ago if that tells you anything.
Posted by fishfighter
RIP
Member since Apr 2008
40026 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:58 am to
Back in the day when I used to hunt them sucks for the pelts, I was one coon killing SOB. Easy money back in the 1980's. All the brothers would chase me down just knowing I had some coons forsale.
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
21517 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 10:01 am to
I've had it a couple of times. Not once was it something I really liked. I agree with the poster who said the meat gets stringy.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
38741 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 10:03 am to
Unfortunately, yes.

Smoked coon comes out super gamey.
Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
37760 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 10:04 am to
Got a black dude named Duck that works for us that loves a coon. I whack one or two a year for old Duck. He called the other day wanting him a coon for Crimus, so if I see one this weekend he will die.
Posted by Mung
NorCal
Member since Aug 2007
9054 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 10:05 am to
apparently that is a big thing for new years, in certain communities. Always see coon for sale when hunting BCNWR near Ferriday.
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
22685 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 10:07 am to
I've had coon at noon. It's horrible.

Posted by LSUballs
RayVegas LA
Member since Feb 2008
37760 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 10:09 am to
quote:

Always see coon for sale when hunting BCNWR near Ferriday.





That ole dude in Ferriday sells the shite out of coon.
Posted by OntarioTiger
Canada
Member since Nov 2007
2119 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 10:10 am to
Back in the day in Morgan City there was a sign out front of a small grocery/corner store that said "coons are in" they were selling coons to eat - so somebody does, I never did. Ive eaten fried muskrat and its tasty but you have to clean it right, get all the glands etc out and keep overnight in cold salty water
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
59672 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 10:16 am to
I was in Batesville Arkansas and some black guys were selling them on the side the road.

Sign read Coons for sale.

Posted by JJBTiger2012
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
1891 posts
Posted on 12/5/14 at 10:30 am to
Cleaned the rite way they're delicious on the pit
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