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  • COUSING CLEAVON'S REDNECK COOKING: Buzzing Sugar Pops

    COUSIN CLEAVON|Aug 10, 2022

    This is the best way to get rid of cicadas, you know, those bugs that sound like your wife. They never shut up. However, unlike her, they only come out every 13-17 years! Cicadas are very difficult to attract. You need salt, sugar, two shot glasses, tequila, and lime juice. Wet the salt so you can roll it into a ball then coat the ball with sugar. Place the ball by a stream with a shot glass of lime juice. The cicadas will lick the sugar off, then get to the salt and want to get a drink. They...

  • COUSIN CLEAVON'S REDNECK COOKING: Antbear Spaghetti

    COUSIN CLEAVON|Jul 27, 2022

    You're wondering what an Antbear is? It's an aardvark, an African animal that eats ants. I recently had Biniam an African buddy of mine visit. He was very shocked that we had a car, because he was told that everyone in Montana had a horse and no electricity. He was right that we still had an outhouse and no shower. Having no shower make him feel at home, because in Africa all they have is a river to-do most of everything. He was concerned that we did not need a safety person when doing whatever...

  • COUSIN CLEAVON'S REDNECK COOKING: Cream of Frog Chowder

    COUSIN CLEAVON|Jul 13, 2022

    I was finally able to go on a vacation a while back. My cousin and I headed down to Florida, the state where you look like you have chicken pox all the time, due to the mosquitoes. We went to one of the local watering holes and got the best soup I have ever had. It was like clam chowder but with frog legs. I was able to sweet-talk the wonderful old-lady cook into sharing the recipe. She looked to be 70 years old but was really 95, still hunting and cooking all the food for the bar/grille, with...

  • Cousin Cleavon's Redneck Cooking: Him a Layin' Rabbit

    COUSIN CLEAVON|Jun 1, 2022

    I can hear the questions right now, "what is Himalayan Rabbit?" Well, it`s not a rabbit imported from the high mountains of Tibet, or even one covered in the $80-per-gram salt my wife said would improve the taste (but did nothing for me). It is him a layin` on the road rabbit. I found that the best rabbit I have ever had is one that has been run over many times with a car. It helps to tenderize the meat to the point it just falls off the bone, but too many semis over-tenderize them. The best Him...

  • Cousin Cleavon's Redneck Cooking: Awesome Possum Tossum

    COUSIN CLEAVON|May 18, 2022

    Last week a relative of mine was visiting from Australia. She is my grandfather's third cousin's adopted sister's friend's next-door mate, in Montana hunting jackalopes and snipe. She had pretty good luck with the first but got skunked before I loaned her a sniper rifle. And a bath in tomato juice and baking soda. But I digress. She brung us a recipe for a down-under treat, kangaroo barbecue stew, extra fun because it rhymes. I like rhymes. On the other hand, we ain't got none of them here, but...

  • COUSIN CLEAVON'S REDNECK COOKING: Mythical Pork Rinds

    COUSIN CLEAVON|May 4, 2022

    Here in Montana, you hear a lot about the mythical creature called the Man-Bear-Pig. I was sitting around the fire last weekend with my family and Uncle Jim-Bob told a hero story of how he saved Mary-Loo from the beast. Interesting story about her name, she was born in a rest-room in London. Jim-Bob also made the best pork rinds I have ever had, from the creature. Jim-Bob and Mary-Loo were going out in the wood last fall to hunt for deer. Mary shot a Nice 4-point buck when it started to become...

  • COUSIN CLEAVON'S REDNECK COOKING: Venomous Nope Rope Bake

    Cousin Cleavon|Apr 20, 2022

    Rattlesnake is one of the easiest meats to acquire. You can normally find them on the road during the summer. Rattlesnakes love warm places, because they are cold-blooded, just like my ex-wife. There are only two ways to get rattlesnakes, one is to find them dead on the road, and the other is to shoot them. If you acquire a snake on the road, throw a handful of rocks at it, to double check if the snake is alive. No one wants a snake to jump at them, any more than a spider over your head. As...

  • COUSIN CLEAVON'S REDNECK COOKING: Skunk Foie Gras

    Cousin Cleavon|Apr 6, 2022

    Skunks are a dime a dozen in Montana. No one wanted to catch them or get near them. That is why you will be able to get a lot of skunk livers! The big question is how to catch the skunk without getting sprayed? Well, you will always get sprayed but that means you don't have to be around your wife for a couple of days. The two top methods I use are the live trap and the dog method. With the live trap, I put wet cat food in the trap and wait. Normally I catch a couple of cats before I get a...

  • RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Cousin Cleavon's Bigfoot Toe Jam

    Cousin Cleavon|Mar 23, 2022

    I can feel you questioning two phrases "Toe Jam" and "Bigfoot" but hear me out. Bigfoot is number 5236 on the endangered species list and still can be found in parts of Montana. My great-grandma, Arlene, claimed she saw a Bigfoot and followed him. She watched him for days and nights. Arlene studied him, as he made what she called "Toe Jam". Now that I have been seeing big footprints up in the hills, I thought I would test this recipe out. I have heard rumors that Bigfoot is very easy to catch...

  • RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Cousin Cleavon's Poor Man's Potato Chips

    Cousin Cleavon|Mar 9, 2022

    Now you are asking yourself, what is a poor man`s potato chip? Well, it's crow's feet that are fried like a potato chip. It does sounds nuts, but it's my wife`s favorite snack during her time of the month. There are two ways I found to get the crows without destroying their delicate feet. One is to go to the local dump and shoot them with a shotgun. This way is beneficial to the county and you. The county does not have a murder of crows anymore and you may get to have free pickings to the metal...

  • RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Cousin Cleavon's Bobcat Jerky

    COUSIN CLEAVON|Feb 23, 2022

    In my opinion, bobcat is one of the hardest animals to get but satisfies the most indiscriminate tastes. You can either use hounds to track the cat down or use a trap to get him by his foot. When using hounds, all you do is let them out of the truck and drink all the beer you want until you hear them dogs go crazy. The one problem with hounds is that they can leave the hide all holey. That means you will not be able to make that sexy bobcat rug for your wife for Valentine's Day. As for...

  • RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Cousin Cleavon's Dynamite Trout Fillet

    Cousin Cleavon|Feb 9, 2022

    Before even getting the trout, you need to get your explosive license. It is hard to do, just like getting the cops off your back for the moonshine you have been making, but you need it to buy dynamite. First thing is going through background checks, which you know uncle Bob would not pass in a thousand years. Lying a lot will improve your chances. Then to take a class that anyone can pass with one eye closed. After all that, you need to find a provider of dynamite that will kill fish and not...

  • RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Cousin Cleavon's Raccoon Nuggets

    COUSIN CLEAVON|Jan 26, 2022

    Cousin Cleavon, from right here in lovely Whitehall, has put together Cousin Cleavon's Redneck Cooking and is looking to share the wealth of roadkill recipes with everyone! INGREDIENTS: Makes 3 good gut filling portions 1 Average-size raccoon 1 cup flour 2 eggs Hot sauces 2 billy-clubs ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper Cooking oil NOTE: Not drained from your pickup! DIRECTIONS: Harvesting of the raccoon: roadkill or hunting? I enjoy roadkill raccoon, that way it comes pre-tenderize...