I Cooked & Ate Roadkill - Possum With Sweet Potatoes

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

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.

This feels like an Emmy fever dream.

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

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.

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.

emmy hardcore af

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.

emmy is the hardest youtuber change my mind

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 😆

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. 🤩

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!!

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