Louisiana Possum And Yams
Ingredients
1 med. possum
6 med. yams
Cooking Instructions
Season well with salt, black pepper and cayenne. Add 2 tablespoons vinegar and 1 cup water. Cover and place in refrigerator overnight. When ready to cook, place in pot with 1 quart water. Simmer about 1 1/2 hours. Remove from pot and place in a shallow baking dish. Slice yams lengthwise. Place yams around ‘possum. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons sugar on yams. Pour 1 cup of liquid from pot over ‘possum. (Remove excess fat first.) Bake in moderate oven (300 degrees F.) until yams are done and ‘possum is tender.
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,? says the Lord, who has compassion on you.(Isaiah 54:10)
