Armadillo

Title: Armadillo
Subject: armadillo; salt; pepper; butter; barbecue sauce
Description: Card 1 Front:

ARMADILLO THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, 7/28/77.

To cut armadillo: Cut belly skin near shell
with a sharp knife, around and behind head and
tail. Use a knife to separate meat from shell
on both sides, as far as can be reached.
Pull head from shell and at same time, cut
meat away from shell. The shell and carcass
should come out.
Use large ti8n snips to cut off feet & head.
Leave tail on. Cut through belly muscle and use
snips to cut bones through breast; also use
snips to cut double pelvic bones.
Pick up carcass by tail and either cut or
remove all entrails. Cut around tail and twist
off tail. Remove sweat glands and fat.

Card 1 Back:

Season with salt & pepper and rub with butter.
Wrap in foil and bake in oven or on grill as
you would cook fresh pork. Remove foil and
add more butter and brown and serve.
Or, add barbecue sauce instead of butter.

Estate of Ella Ralls, Arcadia, Florida

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# Armadillo

*From the kitchen of Ella Ralls, Arcadia, FL via The Tampa Tribune — July 28, 1977*

## Instructions

### Butchering

1. Cut belly skin near the shell with a sharp knife, around and behind the head and tail.
2. Use a knife to separate meat from shell on both sides, as far as can be reached.
3. Pull head from shell and at the same time cut meat away from shell. The shell and carcass should come out.
4. Use large tin snips to cut off feet and head. Leave tail on.
5. Cut through belly muscle and use snips to cut bones through breast; also use snips to cut double pelvic bones.
6. Pick up carcass by tail and either cut or remove all entrails.
7. Cut around tail and twist off tail.
8. Remove sweat glands and fat.

### Cooking

1. Season with salt and pepper and rub with butter.
2. Wrap in foil and bake in oven or on grill as you would cook fresh pork.
3. Remove foil, add more butter, brown, and serve.
4. Or, add barbecue sauce instead of butter.
Source: RCA0008 - Florida Collection of Typed Cards (eBay)
Date: July 28, 1977
Contributor: Ella Ralls
Rights: Personal/Family
Format: Clipped recipe
Identifier: RCA0008-20260621-0004
Coverage: Florida, US; Arcadia, Florida