Since I grew up in the country, I got a chance to sample a few unusual foods over the years. I've eaten deer, bear, turtle, rabbit, ostrich, bison, frog legs, eel, and gator. No squirrels though. Even I turned up my nose at those tree rats, although I'll admit I wouldn't mind trying one now just to say that I had.

However, I've never heard of anybody eating one of these,

He rolls into the parking lot of Leon's Thriftway in an old, maroon Impala with a trunk full of frozen meat. Raccoon -- the other dark meat.

...Those who dine on raccoon meat sound the same refrain: It's good eatin'.

As long as you can get past the "ick" factor that it's a varmint, more often seen flattened on asphalt than featured on a restaurant menu. (One exception: French restaurant Le Fou Frog served raccoon about a dozen years ago, a waiter said.)

Ultimately, the article never answers the key question about raccoon though: what does it taste like? I'm guessing beef. Pretty much every type of wild game either tastes like chicken, beef, or fish...