Possum And Sweet Tater Bake

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 possum, cut up
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 5 -6 sweet potatoes, scrubbed and cut up in chunks
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup oleo, that means margarine i looked it up
• 1 gallon water, as needed

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 375.
• 2 skin and shuck all innards and wash yer possum.
• 3 put possum in a big sauce pot and cover with water.
• 4 add yer salt and yer pepper.
• 5 cover pot and cook until possum is tender.
• 6 place possum in center of large baking pan and place yer sweet taters around it.
• 7 sprinkle with yer and brown sugars and oleo over taters.
• 8 pour 2 cups of yer juice from cooked possum over everything.
• 9 place in a hot oven and bake until taters are fork tender light brown, and juices from possum has cooked away.