Raccoon…It Tastes like Chicken…er, Beef
We’ve been ministering at a missions conference in Kansas the last few days, and last night they had a missions banquet with lots of different foods from the places that the missionaries were from…China, Japan, Cuba, and…Hillbilly. For the U.S., I’m assuming. 
In the hillbilly room, there was lots of food with cute Hillbilly names…shrimp and hushpuppies and shepherd’s pie and dirt pudding and a delicious dish that looked like beef brisket, labeled “Raccoon”. I looove brisket, so I got some and it was really good.
Having gone to several parties where they rename the food to fit the theme, I naturally thought that it was beef brisket that I ate. Ahem.
So this afternoon the family that hosted the hillbilly food invited us over for lunch. And it was then that I discovered the truth.
I. Really. Did. Eat. Raccoon.
And this is the girl that though that goat tacos were weird. Or alligator on a stick. Or escargo.
I ate raccoon.
And it was good. Really good. When I thought it was beef brisket.
I can finally say I ate some sort of exotic food. I mean, it’s about as exotic as you can get, isn’t it?
Raccoon. It tastes like Beef.
Although now that I know what it was, I’ll settle for fried chicken next time.
November 2nd, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Alligator is soooo good! I’m a Louisiana native and it’s our “other white meat”.
November 4th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
OH MY WORD!! Raccoon???? Now that’s exotic lol but sounds like you guys had fun trying “new” foods hehe! Love ya girl,
Katy
November 6th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Ew! I’ve had the same thing happen, except it was possum. I’m much more careful at church potlucks now