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What does turtle taste like?
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> Katra wrote:
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> > Kenneth Leja wrote:
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> > > And how do you eat it?
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> > Tastes like chicken of course...
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> > and you eat it very, very carefully. ;-)
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> > Ever seen a large snapping turtle?
> > They are supposed to be some of the best eating.
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> > K.
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> I had some many years ago, around the mid-50's. What I had is now a protected
> species (hawksbill turtle, aka carey). Does not taste like chicken at all,
> more like a gamy pork.
I was kidding dear. ;-)
I agree that it tastes a lot like pork, but with ever so slightly
fishy overtones.
The one that I ate was a large painted turtle. I found it alongside
the road and it had been hit by a car and was still very much alive,
unfortunately. :-( It was greviously injured with multiple breaks to the
shell and it's guts were hanging out one of the shell splits.
While I HAVE rescued and repaired some turtles (successfully I might
add!) that were hit by cars and had minor shell breakage, I judged this
one to be a candidate for euthanasia....
So, not being one to waste, I used it as an opportunity to try fresh
turtle. It was ok but I was not impressed. I'd never go out of my way
to kill another turtle just for the meat.
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> It is supposed to be a restorative of male potency but I was in my teens then
> and could not tell the difference. At that age I needed just the opposite. ;-)
<grins> I've read about that in the body building magazines.... ;-)
K.
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