Spicy, Molasses Barbecue Sauce Raccoon-Turkey Meatballs

Raccoons can carry rabies, so need to be checked for that prior to consumption. Make sure the (four total) waxy glands on both sides of its lower spine, and the glands on its front legs are removed completely, along with all, non-punctured organs, and its skin membrane. Cut all the bones out, trim all fat off of it, then grind it for forming into meatballs. Blend the raccoon meat with a 50/50 ratio of lean, ground, organic, turkey breast meat.

Next, mix the ground meat with one fourth: finely-minced shallots, finely-minced carrots, and finely-minced, fresh, white button mushrooms. Marinate the meatballs in the fridge, completely covered in a spicy, molasses barbecue sauce, with an air-tight lid, for two days. Then put it into a crockpot, on medium (325°F, 45 min./pound), depending on the type of crockpot. Check each meatball with a meat thermometer.

***Hopefully, since the poor eat racoon meat, the NRA can hold semi-annual, raccoon hunting and cooking competitions in Appalachia each year, to include our children of all ages in bilingual, rabies awareness classes, test the raccoons for rabies, and provide the hunters with supplies, rabies test kits, gun safes, locks, etc.***

***Here's a good molasses barbecue sauce recipe from Williams Sonoma. I would omit the oregano and mustard from it. Then, add organic cumin powder instead. Ancho chili powder, and hatch chilis would be nice in this recipe.***

http://www.williams-sonoma.com/m/recipe/molasses-barbecue-sauce.html

Serve with sweet potato fries, sweet potato hush puppies, spiced, molasses baked beans, molasses, spiced, ginger bread, chitlins, grilled corn on the cob, fried, green tomatillos, and collard greens. Spiced, molasses gingerbread hushpuppies would be a good side dish also.