Chicagoist: Raccoon: The New White Meat

meng

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:22:38 -0600

Hi this is reporter Monica Eng We wanted to say in the story and video that this adventure was inspired by Cathy2's LTH raccoon venture at Moto but it got trimmed for space sadly. The new video that's up at http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/dining/chi-racoon_tasting_18jan18,1,2192992.story?coll=chi_mezz has the chefs talking about the dish and me enjoying it. We couldnt say in a family newspaper that the chefs put elements on the plate meant to represent the raccoon's brain, intestines and the eventual maggots. But that's what they were supposed to be. You read it here first. chrs Monica

Chuck Sudo

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:30:00 -0600

No one inferred it was his first, Wes

Wes Sabi

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:20:03 -0600

That's not the first time Homaru has cooked raccoon - LTHer Cathy2 brought a raccoon to Moto in 2005 for an LTH dinner.

Wes Sabi

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:19:50 -0600

That's not the first time Homaru has cooked raccoon - LTHer Cathy2 brought a raccoon to Moto in 2005 for an LTH dinner.

Spook

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:04:53 -0600

My Aunt Murk use to cook it in the winter with gravy, yum! This was the same women who taught me how to make gumbo