Woodsman tradition is that you never kill a porcupine. The reason is that although plenty prickly, they are slow-moving and loaded with fat, so if you ever become lost or stranded in the wild, THEN you kill 'em and cook 'em up; they're easy game and you really only need a club to do one in.
Or so I'm told. Never killed a porcupine, myself. Out of respect for the tradition. Lee Curt Raymond wrote: > I was telling a guy in class last week about our porcupine troubles at camp > and he asked if we ever eat them... I imagine its a fair amount of work to > skin one out. > > Unsurprisingly the guy is from the south. > > -Curt > > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:34:08 +0000 > From: buymbpa...@gmail.com > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] raccoons > Message-ID: > > <889331303-1303925649-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1198839...@bda100.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > I once had a warehouse employee that had raccoon every year for Thanksgiving. > He and his dad would go hunting earlier in the week and always get a 15 or > more pound one. His mom marinated it in OJ for 2 days then cooked like a > turkey. I asked him to bring me some one Thanksgiving and he said he > couldn't. There were never any leftovers. Must have been some good eats. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
