How to Make Alligator Meat Taste Absolutely Delicious

Wide Open Country ^ | March 29, 2020 | JAKE HARRIS

[Hot Tabasco]

There hasn’t been a wild alligator seen in Michigan for over a hundred years. They must have been hunted to extinction......

[Lockbox]

How to Make Alligator Meat Taste Absolutely Delicious

I must of missed the How to catch Alligator episode........

[fso301]

Florida-based YouTube stars Robert Arrington and his wife Sarah will teach you how to properly prepare, grill and fry an alligator tail.

I've checked in on the guy's YouTube channel over the years since before he got married. He's done quite well for himself but since becoming a YouTube celebrity, I stopped watching.

When it was just him recording and sharing what he did as live-aboard captain of a wealthy person's fishing boat who loved the Florida outdoors, his videos had a genuine quality to them.

Now he's just using his videos to show off his toys and peddle sponsor's merchandise.

[Does so]

I picked frog legs from a menu when I wasn’t particularly hungry. Seemed like a lot of work , but Florida has some large frogs!

Anyway, they had a pleasant, delicate taste. I wouldn’t turn them down.

[Fido969]

Don’t eat for 5 days. Anything will taste delicious.

[strider44]

Had some years ago when I was stationed down in Ft Rucker Alabama. It’s ok, fried to a crisp. Had some rattle snake too. My southern pals loved seeing my Yankee-ass eat stuff like that. Good times.

[piasa]

If they were only the size of pigeons we would call them quail hawks, because they would be too small to kill a chicken.

[piasa]

Marinate in orange juice, garlic and thyme or oregano then grill, or fry, or wrap in half cooked bacon and bake.

Or soak in buttermilk overnight, and right before cooking give it a shot of House of Autrey seafood breading or Zatarain’s cornmeal breading and fry it.

[Zhang Fei]

[If they were only the size of pigeons we would call them quail hawks, because they would be too small to kill a chicken.]

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Really? The reason I ask is because eagles have been known to take down small animals nonetheless larger than they are. Golden eagles average about 8 lbs, but are known to attack far larger animals:

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https://wildlife-damage-management.extension.org/how-large-of-an-animal-will-an-eagle-attack/
[Golden eagles sometimes attack large mammals; deer and pronghorns of all ages have been observed being attacked or killed by eagles. Records also exist of bighorn sheep, coyotes, bobcats, and foxes being killed. Occasionally, golden eagles kill calves, sheep, or goats. However, attacks on animals that weigh more than 30 to 40 pounds (14 to 18 kg) are uncommon. Where golden eagles prey on domestic animals, they usually take lambs and kids, but some become persistent predators of domestic livestock as large as 500 pounds (227 kg). ]

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My guess is that this works more or less the same way that lions take down larger mammals - their muscles, talons and beaks are up to the job.

[moovova]

I’ve eaten alligator tail. It’s great.

[jdsteel]

Took my wife and 2 young kids to an alligator preserve in FL where we rode an airboat for an hour looking at gators in the wild.

Afterwards we got deep fried gator nuggets. Everyone, even the picky eaters, loved them!

[Hiddigeigei]

I’ve eaten alligator meat (hamburger). Maybe it wasn’t prepared correctly, but I found it a bit too gristly for my taste.

[Texas resident]

Gator and frog legs are great fried. The gator meat needs to be marinated though.

[moovova]

I’ve only eaten alligator tail once. It was during the shutdown after Hurricane Hugo when everyone was pulling everything out of the freezer and bringing it to block cookouts. The neighbor two doors down, a good ol’ boy from Louisiana, breaded the tail meat, deep fried it and then put the hot meat in layers along with raw onion rings, each layer separated by a dry paper towel. He stacked the layers in a small cardboard box. Left it all there to “steam” in its own heat, I guess. Opened the box...and we ate the tail and the raw onions. It was very good. Seemed almost like fish.

Never had any since, but I’d try it again. But, I’d also be happy just having fond memories.

[slouper]

Best way to enjoy alligator meat is to buy the meat along with some choice ribeye’s. Go home, throw away the alligator meat, put the ribeye’s on a charcoal grill until you achieve your personal level of doneness. A gas grill can be used if need be.

[Grimmy]

Best way to enjoy alligator meat is to catch, kill and grill it *after* it’s been useful in disposing of one or few of the more annoying people in your life.

Is it still cannibalism if you’re eating the critter that ate your enemy?

[slouper]

Its a gray area, fine line so to speak, Ha!