Another fine recipe from The Texas Chainsaw Epicure:

Ingredients:
1 young possum
8 sweet potatoes
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon sugar
salt to taste

Directions: Skin the possum, remove the head and feet. Wash thoroughly. Freeze overnight. When ready to cook, peel the potatoes and boil until tender in lightly salted water along with the butter and sugar. At the same time, stew the possum until tender in a tightly covered pan with a little water. Arrange the taters around the critter, strip with bacon, sprinkle with thyme or marjoram, or pepper, and brown in the oven. Baste often with the drippings. [Everythin Burns]