porcupine

I'm not.

http://recipe4all.com/recipe/Porcupine-Stew-1320/

IMO- yech!

Hmmm...... Food that comes with its own toothpicks. I like it.

Hmmm...... Food that comes with its own toothpicks. I like it.

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Cypress officially wins the thread.

never tried

Never tried to cook a porky, but i wouldn't guess it would be much different than any other small game, ie rabbit, squirrel, etc. Their diet is mostly bark from what i know, so they shouldnt be greasey like a coon. I would get it into quarters like a rabbit and go from there, just up the cooking time in proportion to the size of quarters vs a bunny. Worst you can do i shave a soso meal out of it, but i would guess its similar to the others.

My friend and I got one a couple weeks ago, and my dad cooked it up for us when we got home. It was very good. I will have to ask him the recipe. I know he marinated with some bbq sauce and baked it. But I will have to get the details tomorrow.

As non-game animals, I assumed they would be "protected".

The old natives up north love them.

Oughta be good as they are mostly herbivores. Cook as you would a rabbit.

Or go to wildgamerecipes.org.

Keep it simple.

I will have to ask my Grandfather for his. When I was a young teenager my gramp and I were talking about hunting and some how he got to talking about how he actually likes eating Porcupine. He told me that he would cook one for me if I shot one and so I did. I don't remember the recipe but I do remember he only cooked the hind hunches, and as I remember is was very very good. Here in Maine there use to be a bounty on them. There is no bounty anymore but the season on them is opened all year. Porcupine protected that is funny, sorry.

Be sure to skin 'em . . .

Heck I ain't even seen a porcupine. But I do know those larger quills make real nice bobbers for crappie fishin'. They'll quiver at just the slighest nudge, and when ole spec trys to swim off with the minner they stand upright, then you can raise the pole up to hook 'em!

I don't know how porky would taste, don't they eat tree bark and such? I know squirells that have been cutting pine taste like a air freshener.What would Mr. Needles taste like after eating your boots or canoe paddle?

don't know how porky would taste, don't they eat tree bark and such? I know squirells that have been cutting pine taste like a air freshener.What would Mr. Needles taste like after eating your boots or canoe paddle?

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Oughta be good as they are mostly herbivores.

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TOTALLY herbivores, but as dagger dog said, it depends on what they have been munching on recently.......if it is pine, then I say forget it; I have heard from others that they were O.K. table fare. Guess the only way to find out is to fricassee 'em and give it a try! A lot of survival guides list them as a food source, as they are slow on the ground & easily clubbed, but I'm willing to bet that the people writing those guides never ate one!

In Michigan, where Mio is hunting, they are considered a small game species, but are unprotected, meaning they can be taken at any time. They can do a lot of damage....my Uncle lost a lot of ax handles to porkies, as they were attracted to the salt from the perspiration from their hands.

If you google "porcupine recipes", you will get a nice variety to start with..........good luck.