Granny used to cook them up in the Beverly Hillbillies
Yes you can cook anything but is it fit to eat is another thing. You did see where Ellie May's cooking could knock down a mule? I had a few girl friends that didn't make the cut either for the same reason. I just didn't want to die eating what they cooked.
Oh on the American possum I did kill one and skinned it just see what it was all about. It over 50% fat and grizzle plus it stunk to high heaven. There would have to be no plants at all for me to eat one. I sorta got the same attitude about pig intestines or pig rectums; I don't how clean they are. I do have my standards on what I going to eat.