COUSIN CLEAVON'S REDNECK COOKING: Badger Liver

I was inspired to write this article about an animal that reminds me so much of my wife. You know, very cute and cuddly, but when you try to pet it your head might get ripped off. One of the most dangerous small animals in Montana is the badger.

Badgers are very hard to find, on top of how dangerous they are to capture. I try to never hunt them at night because they look so much like a skunk under the moonlight. The one time I did hunt at night, I caught a skunk and did not realize it until I got home. I was sick that week with a head cold. I walked in the door and my wife started to yell and scream that there was a skunk. I said no way and I was just out badgered hunting. She kept yelling and that is when I found out the badger I put on the kitchen table was really a skunk. Let's just say I was sleeping outside that night.

There are two ways to hunt badgers. The first is to trap them. You find their hole and place a trap to get their foot. This can be effective if you find the right hole. There is about a 25% chance it will be a badger hole and not a rabbit, prairie dog, or coyote. If you catch any of other the animals you can always make a stew.

The other way is like prairie dog hunting. Badgers eat prairie dogs so you might get lucky and find a badger in a prairie dog field. I normally find the north side of the field and set up my .223. I wait and wait. The longest I have waited is 5 days. I am always happy to wait because it gives me a break from my nagging wife.

After you have killed the badger the only thing you want to eat on it is the liver. All the rest tastes like my wife's cooking. You know, the cooking that the dog will not even touch.

INGREDIENTS & TOOLS:

1 Badger liver

Salt and pepper

Tin foil

Bag of coal

Shovel

DIRECTIONS:

1. Go outside and dig a hole in the ground the size of a 5-gallon bucket.

2. Then start a coal fire in the hole and let it be for 15 minutes.

3. Then salt and pepper the liver and wrap it in tin foil.

4. Place the foil wrap onto the coal and fill in the hole with dirt.

5. Wait about 2 hours and dig up the liver. It should be all ready to eat. Wow! 2 hours in a coal-burning

pit ought to get the job done!

Bon Appetit! P.S. these recipes aren't verified, but let us know if you give them a try!