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Buying Turtle
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Richard asks: Do you know where I may purchase turtle meat? I have never cooked it , but have had it before. Also, do you have a recipe idea? Tom sez: Turtle meat has become very hard to find in recent years. We have run through several species of turtle since I've been writing about food. When I came in, green sea turtle was the common starting point for turtle soup (the most common local turtle dish). Then we shifted to alligator snapping turtles (also known as "cowan," with a Cajun French pronunciation). That looked promising, because some people were farming them. They all failed: turtles grow far too slowly. Now most turtle meat comes from the Carolinas, Virginia, Iowa, and Kansas (of all places). It's usually the common snapping turtle. You might find frozen turtle meat at Langenstein's and Dorignac's. But it's more challenging all the time. As a result. most restaurants serving turtle soup now use other meats (usually veal) as well. Some recipes--like the great one at Mandina's--use no turtle at all anymore. Revised 3/10/08 Copyright © 2008 Tom Fitzmorris. All rights reserved. |
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