I Cooked & Ate Roadkill - Possum With Sweet Potatoes

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  • Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
  • I found a possum and cooked it up. Come along for the ride. #emmymade #possum #roadkillrecipe
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    Chapters:
    0:00 Introduction
    0:28 The Roadkill Cookbook.
    1:22 The story of the discovery.
    3:05 Processing the meat.
    5:21 Dredging and seasoning.
    6:52 Sautéing the meat.
    7:30 Adding butter and water.
    7:43 Adding sweet potatoes.
    8:51 Taste test.
    11:04 More processing details.
    Music courtesy of Audio Network and 'Sprightly' from iMovie. You've made it to the end -- welcome! Comment: "Possum or Opossum? "
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  • @Angiesmangie09
    @Angiesmangie09 Місяць тому +761

    Between all your MREs and now knowing how to prepare roadkill, I vote Emmy for Govenor if the zombie apocalypse happens

    • @ramaries
      @ramaries Місяць тому +9

      I died laughing. 😆

    • @mecahhannah
      @mecahhannah Місяць тому +3

      Couldn't agree more!

  • @Yenneffer
    @Yenneffer Місяць тому +924

    Gotta give it to Emmy. She's not squeamish and approaches any food with an open mind. I don't think I'd be so brave myself lol.

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  Місяць тому +103

      🧡

    • @jeffhatmaker817
      @jeffhatmaker817 Місяць тому +18

      😂😂😂...awesome that she actually found a road kill and ate it. And a opossum nonetheless....😂😂

    • @geebee1514
      @geebee1514 Місяць тому +7

      Agree💯Emmy is special..in a good way.

    • @gamingqueen3913
      @gamingqueen3913 Місяць тому

      Be very careful please. Animals carry diseases​@@emmymade

    • @Hythyr
      @Hythyr Місяць тому +1

      Same!!!

  • @pearlynx
    @pearlynx Місяць тому +588

    This feels like an Emmy fever dream.

    • @millig1234
      @millig1234 Місяць тому +4

      😂😂

    • @jonwaynem
      @jonwaynem Місяць тому +8

      Once she started talking about Faulkner I started to see what you mean. It also feels filmed late at night, in a whisper 😂

    • @MysTaeryColorful
      @MysTaeryColorful Місяць тому +4

      Or if an AI wrote an episode of Emmy Eats! In the best, most surreal way. ❤

    • @hannah-ti6qo
      @hannah-ti6qo Місяць тому +2

      Literally, when she posted it on Facebook at the beginning of April, i thought it was an April fool.

    • @nateiokei7366
      @nateiokei7366 25 днів тому +1

      literally, like what am i even watching, and im not saying it negatively by any means, i just feel very confused by this for some reason hahahha

  • @indiopeltier9758
    @indiopeltier9758 Місяць тому +468

    This is awesome.I mean to not let this poor creature go to waste is awesome and in Alaska there is Moose roadkill list so when one gets hit ,they call up the first person on the list and so on so the meat doesn't go to waste

    • @dancininthemoonlight6138
      @dancininthemoonlight6138 Місяць тому +58

      We have the same type of list in Northern Canada. Moose can be 1000 lbs thats a lot of meat to go to waste.

    • @Baja2424
      @Baja2424 Місяць тому +6

      Gross 🤮

    • @indiopeltier9758
      @indiopeltier9758 Місяць тому +80

      @@Baja2424 do you know where the meat you buy comes from ?Lol

    • @Baja2424
      @Baja2424 Місяць тому +9

      @@indiopeltier9758 jokes on you dude Iam a vegetarian sorry nice try

    • @indiopeltier9758
      @indiopeltier9758 Місяць тому +1

      @@Baja2424 not really have you ever been to a soy bean field.All your food is grown in Chicken poop .Also dunno if wheat gluten is something to be proud of consuming,but you do you and let us eat our roadkill.Dont yuck her yum unless u expect yours to be yucked also

  • @bruhbruh1185
    @bruhbruh1185 Місяць тому +335

    emmy hardcore af

    • @timothyharris1125
      @timothyharris1125 Місяць тому +14

      She got that Cast Iron Stomach my dude!

    • @ksoundkaiju9256
      @ksoundkaiju9256 Місяць тому +11

      She probably ran that thing over and thought “het I got an idea for a vid”

    • @g.d.2059
      @g.d.2059 Місяць тому +6

      She had several videos of eating bugs, so yes.

    • @lancerevell5979
      @lancerevell5979 Місяць тому +7

      Our cute sweet Emmy has a hard side. I approve! 😊

    • @Agrillot6
      @Agrillot6 Місяць тому +9

      She ate puke fruit without gagging and took a second bite to cement how unpleasant it was. Even swallowed.

  • @bjenkins803
    @bjenkins803 Місяць тому +275

    I take care of a possum on our property. They keep ticks and other animals away. Plus they can't get rabies. Very friendly and curious animals. Much smarter than you think.

    • @junejunejuniejune
      @junejunejuniejune Місяць тому +26

      and cute! I love them!

    • @healinggrounds19
      @healinggrounds19 Місяць тому +16

      I take care of my possums too.

    • @bjenkins803
      @bjenkins803 Місяць тому +15

      @junejunejuniejune Yeah they are kinda cool. They basically waddle around. Or least mine does

    • @bjenkins803
      @bjenkins803 Місяць тому +14

      @healinggrounds19 That's great. The babies are always curious but I keep away because I want them to stay natured.

    • @raindrop5273
      @raindrop5273 Місяць тому +16

      Well, they can get rabies, it is just very rare because of their lower body temps.

  • @jeremysutherlin3803
    @jeremysutherlin3803 Місяць тому +214

    The levels of respect, dignity, and open-mindedness you bring to the exploration of some of these recipes amazes me. My own mother made squirrel stew for us once when I was a kid. Processing roadkill animals requires caution, and knowing what to look for. Laymen probably shouldn't do it, as you CAN catch some nasty diseases from certain wild animals, but I don't believe people should disrespect those who choose to do this whether for survival's sake or otherwise. That animal didn't have to suffer and die purposelessly, and there's merit in that.

    • @clarewhite3004
      @clarewhite3004 Місяць тому +3

      I think if you've lived in multiple cultures with practically opposite cuisines, it would give you the ability to see new foods as something that's culturally significant to other people rather than weird or taboo. It would also make you reconsider how we're taught to eat "right." For instance, white Americans - even healthcare professionals - will demonize rice, noodles, MSG, red meat, or whatever else diet culture says is bad this week... Without considering that cultures have thrived on their ethnic nutrient sources for millennia.

  • @kay60552
    @kay60552 Місяць тому +108

    emmy is the hardest youtuber change my mind

    • @jericson1109
      @jericson1109 Місяць тому +5

      Emmy is a strong contender but I've seen McGie Homestead Adventures eat deer and opossum and fox and bobcat and coyote. Their young sons hunt and trap it. So idk. Sending ones kids who are too young to drive out to bring back that sorta stuff...then all sitting round the table to eat it...that's hard.

  • @theoriginaledi
    @theoriginaledi Місяць тому +25

    I grew up in poverty in rural Appalachia in the 1960s. My daddy was a pastor of a tiny church and they paid him almost entirely in home-grown produce, milk and eggs, chickens and bits of butchered livestock, and the results of their hunting. I've eaten plenty of possums in my day, along with rabbits, squirrels, turtles, and more.
    I've never been a big fan of meat in general, even as a young child, and I went vegetarian as soon as I was old enough to go against my parents' wishes (they sincerely thought meat was vital to my health), but I still have a lot of respect for the idea of using what's available. This is a great video and I salute you for normalizing the consumption of small game, though obviously (as you pointed out) it's important to be very cautious with literal roadkill.

  • @sarenab7856
    @sarenab7856 Місяць тому +16

    As a taxidermist and someone who’s butchered my own meat animals, I’m so happy you’re sharing something like this. Not enough people have a connection with where their food comes from. Not that I think everyone should have to butcher everything themselves but I think it’s important to at least know what goes into it

  • @sayhello5377
    @sayhello5377 Місяць тому +82

    A few years ago, my husband and I were driving the morning after a big snowstorm. It was so beautiful with everything blanketed in white. All of a sudden, we felt something hit the car so hard it went up onto the passenger side wheels for a second before slamming back down to the ground. A deer had run into the side of our car as we were doing about 50 MPH. A few minutes later, someone driving past stopped and made sure we were alright…. Before throwing the deer in the bed of his truck and declaring that’s good eatin’ right there.

    • @JM-83
      @JM-83 Місяць тому +8

      That was one of them good. Ol’ boys😂💪🏼

    • @tv-21
      @tv-21 Місяць тому +4

      Omg it's bambi!

    • @kaitlyn__L
      @kaitlyn__L Місяць тому +6

      Deer and moose/elk do make amazing sausage and jerky…

    • @JM-83
      @JM-83 Місяць тому +2

      @@kaitlyn__L Yeah definitely

    • @autumnstoptwo
      @autumnstoptwo Місяць тому +2

      ​@@kaitlyn__Lmy friend used to make this delicious jalapeno and cheese deer sausage 🤤 ur right

  • @crimsoncooking
    @crimsoncooking Місяць тому +64

    Emmy: “seems a downright shame …seems an awful waste”😂

    • @zoicon5
      @zoicon5 Місяць тому +13

      With the price of meat what it is, when you get it...if you get it.

    • @alilowe7467
      @alilowe7467 Місяць тому +6

      Good, you got it

    • @citrusbutter7718
      @citrusbutter7718 Місяць тому

      @@zoicon5 But the worms!

    • @onetallpheeesh
      @onetallpheeesh 22 дні тому

      ​@@citrusbutter7718boo you didnt get the reference smh

  • @targetedplantsguy9481
    @targetedplantsguy9481 Місяць тому +86

    I would not be here if my grandparents did not eat this way. In a journal of my great Aunt she described how they ate like kings on what the woods gave and how those in the city starved standing in bread lines.

  • @inkydoug
    @inkydoug Місяць тому +22

    I helped a friend salvage a road killed deer once. He filled his families freezer regularly with found deer. It's a really gory business, they tend to be "scrambled" internally, but after a few you learn how to deal with it and cut away the damage without any fuss. In Michigan at least you need a deer tag, which a cop will give you so you don't get charged with poaching.

  • @lbednaz
    @lbednaz Місяць тому +93

    I live in rural Western Massachusetts and had a neighbor who "lived off the land". One day when leaving my home there was a dead recently hit bear cub at the end of my driveway. I stopped at our only little store about 3 miles away and my neighbor was there, I told him about the bear cub and he took off running! He said cub was better than adult.

    • @ksergile15
      @ksergile15 Місяць тому +9

      LMFAOOOO MA GANG 🤣🤜🏽

    • @channuying
      @channuying Місяць тому +2

      ​@@ksergile15 omg we out here today!!

    • @nash508
      @nash508 Місяць тому +4

      cub was better than adult LMFAO

    • @byunniq9060
      @byunniq9060 Місяць тому +1

      Savages

  • @DanO7052
    @DanO7052 Місяць тому +70

    Emmy, Your Granny Clampett is coming out!😂😅

    • @connieb4372
      @connieb4372 Місяць тому +8

      LOL... Granny Clampett was the first person I thought of when Emmy said she was making possum. I think that was one of Jed and Jethro's favorite meals! Gotta love the Beverly Hillbillies!

  • @margueritepeaden3445
    @margueritepeaden3445 Місяць тому +17

    My uncle use to hunt to put food on the table. My aunt was quite adept at cooking wild game. I’ve eaten possum, raccoon, squirrel, deer and anything he could hunt while at their house. My aunt use to soak wild game in milk to take the gamey taste out.

  • @PeanutButter-19
    @PeanutButter-19 Місяць тому +39

    Granny would make possum pie and collard greens

  • @SageandStoneHomestead
    @SageandStoneHomestead Місяць тому +29

    The extremities only was a good call. Those would have cooled the fastest outside in new England and less of a chance of contamination from internal organs being damaged when it was hit by the car. Nicely done!

  • @amberthistle2803
    @amberthistle2803 Місяць тому +13

    We are country people and my husband had is bachelor party in a friends hay field and they had a big bonfire. One of his friends smacked a deer with his truck on the way there. He showed up and a couple other guys jumped into the truck and they drove back to pick it up. They all ended up having venison cooked over the fire that night 😆

  • @adriannv2562
    @adriannv2562 Місяць тому +99

    1:00
    "Hushed Puppies" 😭😭😂

    • @JaniceWithTheTarlovCyst
      @JaniceWithTheTarlovCyst Місяць тому +9

      😳 oh no 😭

    • @Saffron831
      @Saffron831 Місяць тому +8

      @@JaniceWithTheTarlovCyst THAT STOPPED ME TOO. 😭

    • @femaletrouble
      @femaletrouble Місяць тому +4

      Omg, I didn't clock that. That's sooo daaarrrk. I'd be lying if I said I didn't lol, though.

    • @vocaleditz9483
      @vocaleditz9483 22 дні тому

      Hushed puppy’s is insane 😭

    • @R3DR0PE
      @R3DR0PE 6 днів тому

      Does that mean what I think it does?

  • @cindylehman4818
    @cindylehman4818 Місяць тому +37

    I don't think I could ever get up the nerve to pick up roadkill and butcher it. Can't say I'm not curious about the taste. ❤

    • @mcv2178
      @mcv2178 Місяць тому +3

      In New Zealand, possums are invasive, and eating it is not uncommon. It is a completely different-looking animal to our North American possum. But if you want to try it, you can order it online.
      PS in Australia, the same animal is endangered, so maybe do not tell any Aussie friends you have : )

  • @dustinlongo5995
    @dustinlongo5995 Місяць тому +9

    I’ve been following you for a decade so this is no surprise to me. You are bold and inquisitive, that’s what keeps me coming back! Loved the video. 🤩

  • @Chaves_Novo_Quiz
    @Chaves_Novo_Quiz Місяць тому +26

    I never thought a roakill cookbook ever exist. Very interesting video.

    • @mastathrash5609
      @mastathrash5609 Місяць тому +5

      The Joy of Cooking 80s Edition, had recipe for many small Critters. I got the Most recent addition as well and they definitely cut out A lot of the more uncommon game meats

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  Місяць тому +8

      Right! In the 1975 edition there's a recipe for possum.

  • @BethRazz
    @BethRazz Місяць тому +7

    Possums are my favorite animal!!! So I am happy to see an opie not go to waste for once. ♥️

  • @fallenangelwi25
    @fallenangelwi25 Місяць тому +90

    As my 11yo said, "She field dressed that with how fancy she is?" I said "yep" she said "She's my kind of girl!!!" My kids are homeschooled and love seeing other people like them

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  Місяць тому +40

      Aww...shucks, thanks for calling me fancy. 🧡

    • @fallenangelwi25
      @fallenangelwi25 Місяць тому +20

      @emmymade her mouth just dropped because you responded and she said you're welcome 😊

    • @janeysiegrist5061
      @janeysiegrist5061 Місяць тому +4

      I grew up with depression era grandparents. They raised 4 grandkids for 6 years in the 70's. We ate a lot of forest, foraged fished and hunted foods wild game is awesome

    • @fallenangelwi25
      @fallenangelwi25 Місяць тому +5

      @@janeysiegrist5061 that's amazing skills to know! We just want our kiddos to appreciate where their food comes from and know how to live in the case of no grocery stores.

    • @gamingqueen3913
      @gamingqueen3913 Місяць тому +3

      Great mom ❤

  • @tommyjones7096
    @tommyjones7096 Місяць тому +25

    I grew up in rural Alabama.
    This is just a Thursday.

  • @kathimorrical9912
    @kathimorrical9912 Місяць тому +9

    Raised in SW Ohio, both parents grew up during the depression. My Grampa raised rabbits to sell for (food, or pets.) supplement income. My dad went hunting, fishing, foraging for mushrooms etc. I wasnt a girlie girl, so i enjoyed the outdoorsy stuff, ( I also learned about mechanics and how to shoot pool.) Went hunting several times, nothitting anything. But the first rabbit I smithereened, was the last. Never hunted again, but cleaned a bunch of his kills, and fish, too. I think everyone should try it at least once (cleaning/skinning/ prepping food ) cause you never know if youll need it.
    Emmy, you are ready to fend for yourself in the wilderness. By the way, opposum that taste sweet have been feeding on berries or fruit. You were lucky, i had one that was eating onion grass and long dead road kill. One bite we were done. You are fantastic!!

  • @katec4096
    @katec4096 Місяць тому +37

    I kept thinking that she was pulling our leg. Nope. She was serious. Even the road kill portion. I was curious about what one looked like. It looks like a big rat.

  • @danadyd59
    @danadyd59 Місяць тому +36

    I have eaten plenty of roadkill. Lol! My uncle Mark brought home deer, pheasants, rabbit, squirrel, beaver, and opossum. It was always delicious! It's great that you didn't let the animal go to waste!

    • @JayneDurrell
      @JayneDurrell Місяць тому +1

      This is all so fascinating I’m 59 and have never known anyone around here to eat roadkill ! Freaks me a little lol

    • @saulemaroussault6343
      @saulemaroussault6343 Місяць тому +5

      It wouldn’t have gone to waste, other animals would have eaten it.

    • @julietteferrars3097
      @julietteferrars3097 Місяць тому +2

      It all becomes waste in the end… 😅

    • @saulemaroussault6343
      @saulemaroussault6343 Місяць тому

      @@julietteferrars3097 i get the joke, but also waste is a very human concept :)
      Bacteria, insects, fungi… are all happy to degrade our waste into fundamental elements and putting them back into the food chain. We even found some who consume plastics, and they are on the rise, it was only a matter of time.

    • @saulemaroussault6343
      @saulemaroussault6343 Місяць тому

      @@julietteferrars3097 and it all cycles back !

  • @crystalc1152
    @crystalc1152 Місяць тому +2

    I've been watching you for a while, and I absolutely love your genuine enthusiasm when trying new things... And I admire how polite you are when it comes to food you don't like and you state that it's not your favourite, instead of insulting other people's tastes and cuisines, that's such a class act

  • @jeff5101
    @jeff5101 Місяць тому +20

    Wow, didn't know you had it in you!!! Bravo.

  • @stephaniebutler81
    @stephaniebutler81 Місяць тому +4

    I absolutely love how excited you are to try this! I’m so curious, but scared. Great video, I’ve been waiting for this video since you posted about it on Facebook. ❤

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  Місяць тому +1

      🧡 Thanks for being patient.

  • @Angelica.Midnight
    @Angelica.Midnight Місяць тому +11

    Been loving your videos for a long time! This is the first time I'm the first commenter yaayyy 😊😊 Blessings to you and your beautiful family 🙏🏼🤍🍵 Please continue your fun and educational content ☺️🫶

  • @zai.kitsune
    @zai.kitsune 27 днів тому +2

    I've been watching Emmy do food reviews for years now and I still adore her videos every time I come back after a while

  • @NicoleMcGuey
    @NicoleMcGuey 24 дні тому +2

    Emmy, your genuine curiosity, appreciation, and respect for this, is what we need more in the world of 😊❤

  • @BrilliantWhenYouGlow
    @BrilliantWhenYouGlow Місяць тому +7

    So excited for this one!

  • @scott8919
    @scott8919 Місяць тому +17

    Welp, this one's going in the history books. My mother messaged me and said "Emmy is making roadkill" and I had to ask three times, "Emmy? EMMY? You're kidding, right?" Nope. You're very brave, Emmy.

  • @simplyjules8172
    @simplyjules8172 Місяць тому +4

    I ADORE your curiosity for cooking. You are awesome! 💞☺️

  • @clarkrogers7789
    @clarkrogers7789 Місяць тому +12

    Emmy has curated this whole like kitchen mr. rogers vibe and then every now and again she has to remind us all exactly how hardcore she is capable of being

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke Місяць тому +8

    Here in the UK, owing to there being many game species "owned" by the landed gentry, roadkill is a touchy subject legally, one rule being that if you accidentally hit an animal with a vehicle, you cannot take it for food, but the person behind you can, this is because the alleged "uppers" think we'll all go out and mow down their precious pheasants and rabbits to eat for ourselves, but the rule is so daft that someone could indeed go out mowing down animals and just have someone follow behind picking them up, but that's a daft idea because the roads aren't littered with creatures playing chicken with car bumpers, and you'd spend more money in fuel (and repairs!) than if you'd just gone to a real butcher and just bought the meat there... :P

  • @charlottetooth1457
    @charlottetooth1457 Місяць тому +4

    Many years ago, when I was living in the UK, a deer jumped over the wall in front of my Landrover... I could not avoid hitting it.
    There was no way I was leaving it there, so I wrangled it into the back and took it home and we butchered it and froze the meat - it fed us for several months.
    There were also a couple of times I found pheasants that had been hit by a car. They ended up in the pot too.

  • @joshdominguez6324
    @joshdominguez6324 Місяць тому +2

    Emmy is so amazing. She never cease to come up with such interesting content. I love her immense curiosity and eagerness to learn more. She is very hands on always wanting to experience something new. I always look forward to Emmy’s videos wondering what intriguing content shes prepared. Keep it up Emmy.

  • @MarinerLain56
    @MarinerLain56 21 день тому +1

    I love all the educational info you added (along with your infectious excitement)
    This is what this channel is for curiosity, and out of the box!

  • @ebonyloveivory
    @ebonyloveivory Місяць тому +22

    I swear it feels like I am attending Harvard lectures sometimes with Emmy! I always learn something new!

  • @GrubbsandWyrm
    @GrubbsandWyrm Місяць тому +3

    Epic. Emmy is primal and I'm here for it

  • @BudStudmuffin
    @BudStudmuffin 27 днів тому +2

    Oh my god, she's not joking. Awesome

  • @aapp953
    @aapp953 18 днів тому +1

    When you can make cooking and eating roadkill a possum not to mention look soo classy you definitely have a magical talent.

  • @TaterTots620
    @TaterTots620 Місяць тому +6

    This is the more adventurous of Emmy videos 😮😮 so cool and it’s actually sustainable meat kinda!?

  • @Dii0708
    @Dii0708 Місяць тому +23

    OMG I have been waiting for this video since you posted the hint on FB. We ALL thought it was an overdue April Fool lol

  • @cookinwiththelizzard
    @cookinwiththelizzard Місяць тому +2

    OK, I thought you were awesome before and now you've reached god-tier awesomeness.
    I want Emmy on my apocalypse team!

  • @SPTVNeverIn67
    @SPTVNeverIn67 Місяць тому +1

    You are such a lovely kind person. Kudos!

  • @snarky4lyfe144
    @snarky4lyfe144 Місяць тому +18

    Emmy , you are so brave. I could never eat road kill or any wild animal really. im too afraid of pathogens they may carry. That terrifies me more than if someone was to put a gun to my head.

    • @healinggrounds19
      @healinggrounds19 Місяць тому +20

      Oh honey! Don't go on a tour of your poultry facility. They're filthy and full of pathogens. My father was an inspector and didn't allow us to eat poultry from large plants ever. We could only buy from local farmers we knew.

    • @definitelynotnick2454
      @definitelynotnick2454 Місяць тому +2

      @@healinggrounds19 I was going to comment this, but you beat me to it.

    • @jaysax7381
      @jaysax7381 Місяць тому

      @@healinggrounds19I feel like this is pretty known to people that care about the meat they eat though, right?

    • @melsterifficmama1808
      @melsterifficmama1808 Місяць тому +1

      Wild meat is so much cleaner than store bought meat.

    • @wigglyfruit4708
      @wigglyfruit4708 Місяць тому +5

      @@healinggrounds19 I think it’s all about the same for both game and regular meat. however for game I care more about anything that typical cooking practices cannot kill that comes from a wild animal like prion diseases or lime disease.

  • @paulherman5822
    @paulherman5822 Місяць тому +4

    If you'd paired this with lime Jell-O and sliced really strong onions, I think I'd have ran screaming into the night. A similar combination, a frankly turned roadkill stew and lime Jell-O with the onions were actually brought to a church potluck when I was a kid. 😮
    Good choice, braising. Omnivores like opossum and raccoons need that, or they're very tough. And skinning and braising can get rid of extra grease.
    Raccoon, if you get the chance, is like little bear. Kind of tastes like beef.
    My point of reference? Did a LOT of small game hunting as a teen, and I've really never been afraid to try most things. So, if it's native to North America, not on the endangered species list, a songbird, or a pet, I've probably tried it at some point.
    And I've avoided hardcore carnivores. Had some scavenger bear (ate meat and other dead animals), and it's kind of rough tasting. VERY gamey. So, no hawk, vulture, coyote, fox, wolf, etc. Also, to me, beaver tastes heavily of mineral oil. Very greasy, any way I've had it.
    My mom hated wild game, so I faked her out by using half domestic rabbit and either wild rabbit or squirrel. Domestic are all "white meat," wild are all "dark." All based on how much they use their muscles. My mom never caught on. 😁
    Processed several roadkill deer. Always later at night. Nothing looks right under a mercury vapor yard light, but the end products are well worth it. 😁
    Good for you, trying something many are afraid to try!

  • @mariana236zyz
    @mariana236zyz Місяць тому +1

    Girl your brave!!
    I think its awesome how you processed that all on your own!!
    You ROCK EMMY!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @meredithlyon3142
    @meredithlyon3142 Місяць тому

    It looks tasty! Respect to you for having an open mind in so many things.

  • @kyliecoleman4643
    @kyliecoleman4643 Місяць тому +3

    Goodness I’m early! I love your videos. Haven’t watched in awhile. I saw the title and was super curious.. 😂 hope you’re doing well!

  • @MariaSoares-yd2hf
    @MariaSoares-yd2hf Місяць тому +5

    Glad you could try it. I could never.

  • @confessionsofasahm
    @confessionsofasahm Місяць тому

    Ive been waiting for this ❤

  • @frankcatalanotto149
    @frankcatalanotto149 28 днів тому +1

    My respect for this channel and this amazing woman has risen to a new level. Emmy ROCKS!!!

  • @chiefenumclaw7960
    @chiefenumclaw7960 Місяць тому +11

    God Bless this woman. This video is so wholesome, I love it.

  • @Solaera
    @Solaera Місяць тому +7

    Lol. That's pretty badass.

  • @TamarLitvot
    @TamarLitvot Місяць тому +1

    I admire your adventurousness! I would never even go near roadkill but there's certainly nothing wrong with doing this so long as you're safe about it -- both about traffic when picking it up, and avoiding various food dangers (e.g., bacterial issues or if the animal had worms). If I were in the south and offered possum and sweet potatoes, I'd likely give it a try.

  • @PatriciaSousaPereira
    @PatriciaSousaPereira Місяць тому

    I love the respect you always show for any kind of food

  • @nonenone9856
    @nonenone9856 Місяць тому +6

    Thank you for filming this Emmy! I think this is one of the most interesting videos that you have ❤ you always have a lovely curious, open and happy approach to foods.

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  Місяць тому +2

      Thank you. 🧡

  • @chloesophia9445
    @chloesophia9445 Місяць тому +20

    Did you know that our everyday opossum, the Virginia opossum, also known as Didelphis virginiana, is the only marsupial found wild in North America north of Mexico?

    • @recoveringsoul755
      @recoveringsoul755 Місяць тому

      I recently learned there is another species of opossum in Australia I believe. Not related to our North American ones at all.. they pronounce the O.

    • @angelinaduganNy
      @angelinaduganNy Місяць тому +1

      @@recoveringsoul755 In some regions in the US (typically the north east) we pronounce the O in Opossum.

    • @recoveringsoul755
      @recoveringsoul755 Місяць тому

      @@angelinaduganNy ok. But I was told by people on the other side of the world, that their opossum is not the same species. Genus. Family or any other scientific classification as the North American ones.

    • @LDuncanKelly
      @LDuncanKelly Місяць тому

      ​​@@recoveringsoul755 minor correction: I believe the Australians *omit* the "o" for their *Possum*

    • @recoveringsoul755
      @recoveringsoul755 Місяць тому

      @@LDuncanKelly well when I wrote possum, they wrote that there is a possum and a completely different opossum. Even though here in the states there are both pronunciation for the same creature

  • @richardhall1667
    @richardhall1667 Місяць тому

    Super impressed. I appreciate you sharing this experience. As a person living in the south you hear about this but it’s not something you ever expect to try yourself.

  • @badraster7909
    @badraster7909 Місяць тому +1

    This is fantastic, Emmy!
    I was inspired in my teen years by a badass hippie chick who found a hit deer one day, took it home, and processed it into hamburger meat all by herself. Coming home from a months-long roadtrip, I found a freshly hit rabbit and butchered and cooked it at my campsite using cow patties for fuel. I tried to tan the pelt myself but it didn’t go well 😅
    People are usually shocked when they hear about that bc I’m a fairly mild-mannered petite lady too 🙈 Proud of you, girl! Thanks for educating. Definitely check your state laws though, everybody!

  • @amylynnithepooh5260
    @amylynnithepooh5260 Місяць тому +4

    I could never do that, or eat it, but love you for doing this! What an interesting video Emmy!

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  Місяць тому +2

      Thank you!🧡

    • @kingjellybean9795
      @kingjellybean9795 Місяць тому

      I hope you have survival rations for a potential emergency then. Better to be prepared than starving and panicking.

  • @jackiemullinix1881
    @jackiemullinix1881 Місяць тому +3

    Well. If there was a Apocalypse. You would survive

  • @rickibelden986
    @rickibelden986 Місяць тому

    Go Emmy , love this. You are definitely not afraid to try something new. ❤

  • @1drfulLife1
    @1drfulLife1 Місяць тому +1

    This is so cool and badass, you go Emmy!!!

  • @NjNJA_QK
    @NjNJA_QK Місяць тому +8

    Damn. I thought the title was a joke. She's hardcore.

  • @SageandStoneHomestead
    @SageandStoneHomestead Місяць тому +3

    I wondered if it would be better cooked with the lid on the whole time like how you'd cook rabbit.

  • @alethealopez4475
    @alethealopez4475 Місяць тому

    You are amazing Emmy. I love your channel and all your content!

  • @melonkelli
    @melonkelli Місяць тому +2

    Opossum or Possum? Opossum in the US, Possum is a different animal in Australia. I’ve knitted with Possum! It’s so soft.

  • @mollyjones4165
    @mollyjones4165 Місяць тому +8

    Emmy I cannot convince myself this is appealing...

  • @sylvietoopretty
    @sylvietoopretty Місяць тому +3

    I remember when my dad brought home raccoon meat… I tried it, but I just couldn’t eat it!!! 😂 it was good but living in Louisiana, I see them all the time & I just couldn’t stomach it lol

  • @stellarbones
    @stellarbones Місяць тому +1

    That's awesome, I was so excited when I saw the video title! I started picking up roadkill because I'm learning tanning, and it's amazing how you really start seeing how much goes to waste, and how it's so normal to just pass by them and barely notice. I've cooked roadkill squirrel so far, but I just picked up an opossum the other day and put the meat in the freezer since she was fresh and early morning, so this has got me inspired to try possum this time.
    And if you need any recommendations on learning tanning, I'd suggest looking into either vegetable/bark tanning or brain/egg/smoke tanning first. They're more time-consuming but cheaper and way less toxic than chrome tanning. Woniya Thibeault and Steven Edholm both have great youtube channels on it (Buckskin Revolution and SkillCult, respectively). And look up Harmony Cronin if you ever want to take an in-person class (that's who I learned from). Best of luck!

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks for all of the recommendations! ⭐️

  • @jenwilmes6983
    @jenwilmes6983 Місяць тому +3

    Run out of other food? Lawdy be! 😂

  • @dre4515
    @dre4515 Місяць тому +3

    Whoa lol!

  • @zackaryallam1396
    @zackaryallam1396 Місяць тому

    Honestly, more content like this please. Love it.

  • @velvanae
    @velvanae Місяць тому +2

    The thing I love about Emmy, well one of the many things, is that she is willing to try anything and so excited about it. I have had roadkill deer a few times, in NJ you can even get a special permit given by a police officer if you hit a deer or see them shoot a deer that was hit. I agree on Lamb it does have a gamey taste to it, In fact it does taste like venison. I have eaten bear before, I coated it in shake and bake and baked it on the roasting pan that comes with ovens. That helped a lot in removing the greasiness. To me it had the texture of beef but the flavor of pork. Snapping turtle has several different textured and tasting meats.

    • @emmymade
      @emmymade  Місяць тому

      Thank you!🧡 And thanks for sharing your own experience with roadkill.

  • @darkworlddenizen
    @darkworlddenizen Місяць тому +11

    What about possible rabies or parasites?

    • @CricketsBay
      @CricketsBay Місяць тому +4

      Possible with any wild game. It's commonly believed that opossums cannot get rabies, but they can and do get rabies.

    • @danadyd59
      @danadyd59 Місяць тому +3

      They do NOT contract, or carry rabies.

    • @danadyd59
      @danadyd59 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@CricketsBay, no, they don't.

    • @TamarLitvot
      @TamarLitvot Місяць тому

      @@danadyd59 Please don't spread misinformation. Yes they can get rabies -- just read a study about it (mentioned in another comment). Apparently they're less likely to get rabies but it's not impossible. Google "CDC rabies opossum"

    • @lancerevell5979
      @lancerevell5979 Місяць тому +1

      They can, but are much more resistant than mammals.

  • @BooBaddyBig
    @BooBaddyBig Місяць тому +35

    In road accidents, animals lose not only their life, but also their third dimension.

    • @rvnhty
      @rvnhty Місяць тому +5

      What do you mean ?

    • @im100percentg
      @im100percentg Місяць тому +3

      What

    • @raindrop5273
      @raindrop5273 Місяць тому +2

      lol

    • @scott8919
      @scott8919 Місяць тому +18

      They're flat from being hit.​ @@rvnhty

    • @rvnhty
      @rvnhty Місяць тому +5

      @@scott8919 Lmao !

  • @mary_curry123
    @mary_curry123 15 днів тому

    you are the most respectful person towards food it is so comforting, entertaining, and it brings me hope for the way I see it too! thank you ❤

  • @goldfishwishes
    @goldfishwishes Місяць тому +2

    I live in West Virginia and we were poor growing up. We ate a lot of this type of food. Lots of squirrels adn LOTS of snapping turtle too. Both delicious! not to mention frog legs and craw dads!

    • @lancerevell5979
      @lancerevell5979 Місяць тому +1

      I love frog legs! Used to have a small restaurant locally run out of the back of a rural convenience store that served them. They were farmed, like many other unusual meats, including catfish and quail.

  • @BuffyG63
    @BuffyG63 Місяць тому +10

    Always check an opossums pouch because there could be babies in there

    • @healinggrounds19
      @healinggrounds19 Місяць тому +10

      She said she did! It was a male.

    • @BuffyG63
      @BuffyG63 Місяць тому

      @@healinggrounds19
      Excellent ❤️

    • @AnniCarlsson
      @AnniCarlsson Місяць тому

      Young males don't have one. Thats a female thing thats old enoth to have babies

    • @BuffyG63
      @BuffyG63 Місяць тому

      @@AnniCarlsson well yes obviously

  • @LifeOfNigh
    @LifeOfNigh Місяць тому +3

    So you actually picked up a possom off the road? How do you know how long it was there for? Or if it wasnt diseased? My father use to trap rabbit, and skin them at home in the sink. I couldnt stand the taste of the gameness. We get a moose every year, and thats not as gamey. Its shocking that possom isnt so gsmey. And for me, watching him skin the rabbit at such a young age completely turned me off eating it (along with the flavour).
    Primal? LOL

    • @lancerevell5979
      @lancerevell5979 Місяць тому +1

      In my Airforce years - late 1970s - here in North Florida, my airbase cafeteria served fried rabbit. It was farmraised, no "gaminess" at all. I loved it. More of a semi-white meat, compared to the darker meat of squirrel, which also did not taste gamey to me. But maybe because I grew up eating them? 🤔

  • @drgibs347
    @drgibs347 Місяць тому +1

    Props to you! this was daring.

  • @abingleyboy
    @abingleyboy Місяць тому +3

    Having looked up and read about Zombie deers, and seen the videos that are affecting USA and Canada and the advice given, of not to eat them unless you ger them thoroughly checked out first and the fact they believe this advice has been ignored and this ghastly desease may be showing in humans as a result. Also that this Zombie deer reading and video search got me onto Rabies and videos of that. I know for a fact I'd keep well clear of any dead creature I had not seen be killed or not bought from a store, And I'm in England, we don't (yet) have these deseases. Having seen rabid racoons, deer and dogs a dead animal on the side of the road can stay there, as far as I'm concerned. They said of the Zombie Deer desease that just because an animal looks healthy, there's not enough research to know how long it takes to manifest and wether an animal may have it or not even if it looks healthy. So there's no saying what you could be picking up and frying for Dinner if you just found an animal dead by car.

    • @desiree3488
      @desiree3488 Місяць тому +1

      The damage parasite and nematodes is real and you take a huge chance with your health. One I wouldn’t do

    • @mgratk
      @mgratk Місяць тому +1

      UK has had big problems with mad cow disease in the not-so-far-past.

    • @abingleyboy
      @abingleyboy Місяць тому +1

      @@mgratk yes, true we did, that was due to feeding cows other cows, whoever came up with this insane idea should've been shown a padded cell. Cows don't eat meat nevermind they're own kind. There was also not so long back the horse meet scandal where many shops were found to have horse meat in their food, I foget just how this happened, something to do with where meat was sourced and it's not like mad cow (CJD) or this Zombie Deer thing (it's a wasting desease by name, I think muscle wasting), In that eating horse is not going to be detramental to health. It does make you question where these companies get their meat and what checks have not been taken to allow it. But I rather take my chances nomming on shop products, than picking up some dead four legged thing smacked by a car , that you have no idea it could be carrying.

  • @chase5436
    @chase5436 Місяць тому +13

    I don't know about this one.

  • @catherinejustcatherine1778
    @catherinejustcatherine1778 Місяць тому +1

    I, too, kept thinking about Granny Clampet.
    Congratulations on achieving a goal🎉
    And, hooray for liking the end result!😀🧡

  • @adiii.
    @adiii. Місяць тому

    Wow I never would have expected this but it was very cool to see and learn about!

  • @ashlyngolden
    @ashlyngolden Місяць тому +11

    You cooked whatttt

  • @user-qs1xz2mx6f
    @user-qs1xz2mx6f Місяць тому +3

    How made u sure that the opossum didn't have any diseases or internal parasites?

  • @wendyodell356
    @wendyodell356 Місяць тому +2

    You are not afraid to try anything literally.
    Have you ever tried snake? Beings you were in the bayou, perhaps alligator? Now those 2 things I would be interested in you making a video of.
    Thanks, Emmy ❤

  • @cindymichaud7111
    @cindymichaud7111 Місяць тому

    Good for you. I had no idea of your experience with hunting culture or rustic living. Having grown up with butchering our livestock, I now seem to have a somewhat unique perspective. Glad to see this side of you. Have a blessed day 💖✝✝

  • @Avelithe
    @Avelithe Місяць тому +3

    I dunno, Emmy, I saw the title and tried to hold the contents of my stomach down. Gonna skip this one, but I hope it was a fun experiment for you! I’ll still give you a like because I love your videos! :)

  • @JohnHausser
    @JohnHausser Місяць тому +7

    Got terribly sick after eating deer meat from a hunting expedition
    I could not imagine eating a dead animal from the road 🤢

    • @mastathrash5609
      @mastathrash5609 Місяць тому +1

      Did they cook it all the way through? My buddy was trying to get me to have raw wild duck one time and I just wound a walking over to the barbecue with a skewer. I say any wild meat needs to be cooked through unless your system is used to it.

    • @definitelynotnick2454
      @definitelynotnick2454 Місяць тому

      I've gotten terribly sick from ordering out before. It's all bout cooking it properly.

    • @JohnHausser
      @JohnHausser Місяць тому +1

      @@mastathrash5609 We assumed the butcher who processed the meat didn’t properly prepare it