Anyone know how to cook a good coon?

Roast Raccoon
Parboil the 'coon in salted water to cover, adding carrots, onion and celery if you desire, for 30 to 60 minutes -- depending on the size and age of the 'ccon. This helps remove some of the excess fat in the tissues. Drain and dry, then stuff with apple-raisin stuffing*, skewer and place on a rack in the roaster, adding a bit of apple juice to the bottom of the roaster. Roast at 350 F for 40 to 45 minutes per pound. if the 'coon is an old one, you may wish to cover the roast for part of the cooking time, but be sure to uncover it the last half hour or so to allow it to brown.

** Apple-Raisin Stuffing
1/4 cup butter
4 cups breadcrumbs
2/3 cup raisins
3 diced apples
1 cup diced celery
1/2 cup coarsely broken nut meats, if desired
Pinch each of Thyme and Marjoram
Salt and Pepper to taste
Apple juice or cider to moisten

Cook celery in melted butter for 5 minutes without browning. Add remaining ingredients, toss lightly to blend, season to taste and add cider or apple juice to moisten if necessary. Makes about 6 cups of stuffing.

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That sounds promising but not sure if I would like the raisins. Sounds like a strange stuffing combo.

I don't think you could pay me enough $$$ to eat coon or nutria. Just saying!

John Folse's book after the hunt has a few, however I have never tried them

No offense dude, but you have to be a hungry sumbitch to even prepare the thing.

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nutria.

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Is actually pretty good.

Coon and sweet taters used to be special Saturday night stuff... We fried the smaller kitten coons, just like a squirrel..

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Anyone know how to cook a good coon?
I don't think you could pay me enough $$$ to eat coon or nutria. Just saying!

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Ahhh...tastes like chicken.


I've had both and while I'm not serving them for my wifes garden club party they aren't bad. Coons like said have to have the musk gland gone or they will be inedible and I've seen them cooked with it and its B A D.

When the truck rolls through the bottom selling them along with buffalo and garfish they keep one hoof on so you know you are not buying a dog. No one will buy them without one hoof.

True.

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As semi-kids, we sold the hides to that buyer with the big place S. of Winnsboro, and the meat to the old black lady in Clayton. During the good years, $18 a round for large pelts and $4 for the meat.. Coon hunted all night, ran the traps before deer hunting in the morning... It added up... Coon proprietors..

You can cook these but they're not good coons, they're BAD coons. This is in my back yard. I get them in a live trap and kill them. They get VERY angry when caged. A 22 in the head also works. I've tanned their hides and given the carcusses to friends who smoke them. Ever try smoked coon and sausage gumbo?