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Transcription: Transcription [00:17:17]
{Speaker 1}
Alright, now what?
{Speaker 2}
Where did you wind up?
{Speaker 3}
She got 'em skinned.
{Speaker 1}
She got 'em skinned and boiled.

[00:17:26]
{Speaker 4}
Well now my-- did you ever know my daddy always would split the hind legs of, there was a little [[musk?]] in there, a little white strip and if you didn't split that and take that out it was no good.

[00:17:39]
{Speaker 5}
Uh huh.
{Speaker 4}
It would be bitter, nothin', not good to eat. Any wild animal that had to be done like that, had to get that out. Then we would put 'em in a pot and boil them. Get them tender, take 'em up, bake 'em. Put them in the oven with sweet potatoes, yams, whatever you wanna call them we call 'em sweet potatoes. With some hot pepper, pour pepper sauce around them and then add some hot pepper.

[00:18:06]
{Speaker 5}
When you bake 'em do you bake them with the head on or the head off?
{Speaker 4}
No.
{Speaker 3}
The head off.
{Speaker 4}
Head off.
{Speaker 3}
Tail off.
{Speaker 5}
The tail off.

[00:18:10]
{Speaker 4}
I don't want [[?]] about to me to eat with the head still on.
[[Laughter]]

[00:18:15]
{Speaker 1}
You cook neither end of an animal at home.
{Speaker 4}
And they're mighty greasy so you don't need any grease for them.
{Speaker 1}
Got a question back here, yeah?

[00:18:20]
{Unknown speaker}
What does it tase like when you [[?]] broil them?
{Speaker 1}
Very good.
{Speaker 4}
Very good.
[[Multiple conversations]]
{Speaker 3}
It's a sweet meat taste. It's between pork and chicken. Don't you think that [[Marth?]]. It is, it's delicious-- if I was to give you a piece you'd swear it was either pork or chicken you wouldn't know it was possum.

[00:18:41]
{Speaker 1}
It is a very rich food you have to be careful and not eat very much at the time- you might have some problems.
{Speaker 5}
Well now are there any other wild animals that you have to go through all that- all those steps to get to cook right?
{Speaker 6}
Yeah, as [[?]] was talking about the coon, you go strictly almost the same process.
{Speaker 5}
Really? To cook a raccoon you have to boil 'em and the whole business? Uh huh, what do you do for squirrels?

[00:19:14]
{Speaker 6}
The same thing. You get a young squirrel though, about half grown you don't have to boil it. You can fry them. And the rabbit.
[[Multiple conversations]]

Transcription Notes:
At [00:18:20], Speaker 3 may be referring to Martha Barrs as Marth? Or got cut off