armadillo, or possum in a half shell,Â

[bbqLuv]

armadillo, or possum in a half shell. word on the street is they work better than oysters when paired with PBR.

[58limited]

From a recent Legacy of Texas e-mail about armadillos:

"The animals have long been considered a legitimate game animal in Mexico, and the practice of eating armadillos was adopted by residents of South Texas when the animal migrated there. During the Great Depression, East Texans stocked their larders with armadillos, which they called "Hoover hogs" because of the animal's supposed pork-like flavor (some say chicken-like) and because they considered President Herbert Hoover responsible for the depression. Currently, barbecued armadillo and armadillo chili are popular foods at various festivals in parts of Texas, Arkansas, and the southeastern United States."

Edit: I guess yours is smoked from the inside out as well.

[smokenoob]

You need a bigger Weber and a LOT of PBR!

[texastweeter]

I'm game. Ain't nothing wrong with eating brush chicken. Had it several times.

[texastweeter]

Made a batch of wild hog spicy sage sausage last night that is chilling in the icebox now. Having wild game meatballs, homemade marinara and some kind of frsh pasta tonight. We eat a lot of wild game here. Was a necessity growing up, and I guess I developed a taste for it. I continue the tradition with my children hunting cleaning and preparing foods we sourced ourselves. Funny, dry aged prime steaks one night, wild game the next day.

[Oak Smoke]

When I was in high school we used to catch armadillos and take them to a man who ran a small bar. He cooked them and fed them to his friends at parties. We learned that armadillos can carry leprosy and never bothered another one. That stuff scared the crap out of us.

[jfmorris]

Sorry- I draw the line at the only animal in North America that carries the leprosy virus….

[Bkhuna]

Actually, it's a Mycobacterium. But I hear ya'.

[bbqLuv]

The Wonderful things we learn here.
Mycobacterium
Genus
Mycobacterium is a genus of Actinobacteria, given its own family, the Mycobacteriaceae. Over 190 species are recognized in this genus. This genus includes pathogens known to cause serious diseases in mammals, including tuberculosis and leprosy in humans. The Greek prefix myco- means 'fungus', alluding to the way mycobacteria have been observed to grow in a mold-like fashion on the surface of cultures.

[Murdy]

I've eaten trash panda, so why not.

As I understand it, leprosy is treatable.

[texastweeter]

Just a shot of penicillin. Be like college all over again, was par for the course.

[FireMan]

Trash panda? Hoover dogs? Leprosy? Have we gone to someplace we’ve never been before?

[texastweeter]

Wait till you try coyote helper.

[jfmorris]

Yep. Just like the starship Enterprise.

[jfmorris]

bbqLuv I think you faked that photo. I know for a fact you would ONLY cook armadillo on your pellet grill....

[bbqLuv]

Copy and paste, Thank you. But like PBR and BBQ some things are just fun to share.