Ragout of possum with root vegetables

For those who are feeling nervous about possum-eating I can only say that for me it is no different to consuming goat, venison, hare or any other Australian game meat. I don’t hesitate therefore to prepare it in the European style, as one would prepare traditional game. My preference, however, is to cook it with the de-furred skin left on— Asian style—to increase the game flavour. John Ho says possum tastes just like flying fox; others expect it to taste like hung English game, but it doesn