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Just a little fyi about gopher stew and starvation
[table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="100%"][tbody][tr][td nowrap="nowrap"][div id="postmenu_947183"][a rel="nofollow" class="bigusername" href="vny!://www.city-data.com/forum/members/psloldtimer-4626.html"]pslOldTimer[!-- google_ad_section_end --][/a] [/div] [div class="smallfont" style="color: gray;"]Compassionate Curmudgeon[/div] [div class="smallfont" style="padding: 4px 0pt;"] [img]vny!://pics3.city-data.com/trn.gif" class="li fs-us_nopicm" alt="" title="This member has no Profile Picture"] [a rel="nofollow" href="vny!://www.city-data.com/forum/members/psloldtimer-4626.html"][img]vny!://pics3.city-data.com/trn.gif" class="li fs-us_profile" alt="" title="Customized 'About Me' section" style="border: medium none;"][/a] [img]vny!://pics3.city-data.com/trn.gif" class="li fs-us_noblog" alt="" title="Member has no blog"] [img]vny!://pics3.city-data.com/trn.gif" class="li fs-us_noalbums" alt="" title="Member has no albums"] [img]vny!://pics3.city-data.com/trn.gif" class="li fs-us_nofriends" alt="" title="Member has no friends"] [/div] [/td] [td width="100%"] [/td] [td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"] [div class="smallfont"] Join Date: May 2006
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Years ago, the Fort Pierce Jaycees held a Florida Picnic at which they served Gopher Stew, Swamp Cabbage, Gator Tail, Armadillo, Possum, Catfish and Hushpuppies. Delicious. I've also had Snapping Turtle, very good. The Gopher Stew, swamp Cabbage and Gator Tail are all illegal now, unless you buy some farm-raised gator meat.[/div][div id="TixyyLink" style="overflow: hidden; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; border: medium none;"]
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06-25-2007, 12:19 PM [table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="100%"] [tbody][tr] [td nowrap="nowrap"] [div id="postmenu_948188"] [a rel="nofollow" class="bigusername" href="vny!://www.city-data.com/forum/members/pianogal-11354.html"][!-- google_ad_section_start(weight=ignore) --]pianogal[!-- google_ad_section_end --][/a] [/div] [div class="smallfont" style="color: gray;"]Senior Member[/div] [div class="smallfont" style="padding: 4px 0pt;"] [img]vny!://pics3.city-data.com/trn.gif" class="li fs-us_nopicm" alt="" title="This member has no Profile Picture"] [a rel="nofollow" href="vny!://www.city-data.com/forum/members/pianogal-11354.html"][img]vny!://pics3.city-data.com/trn.gif" class="li fs-us_profile" alt="" title="Customized 'About Me' section" style="border: medium none;"][/a] [img]vny!://pics3.city-data.com/trn.gif" class="li fs-us_noblog" alt="" title="Member has no blog"] [img]vny!://pics3.city-data.com/trn.gif" class="li fs-us_noalbums" alt="" title="Member has no albums"] [img]vny!://pics3.city-data.com/trn.gif" class="li fs-us_nofriends" alt="" title="Member has no friends"] [/div] [/td] [td width="100%"] [/td] [td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"] [div class="smallfont"] [div]Join Date: Jul 2006
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So gopher stew or rabbit stew