The roadkill cooked slowly, only gradually charring enough to allow one to easily slough the charred skin. Once that material patched off, an unsightly orange tone was observed in the yet-underdone flesh of the item.
Later, we were set upon by a night nibbler.
What is it?!?!
The the concensus here is a squash roasted in a fish basket.
roasted right in the coals, actually, but it cooked very slowly, so we put it in the fish basket.
Unless it was some sort of small mammal.