Mississippi state-record gator weighed 792 pounds and measured 13½ feet; photo by Jesse Phillips
Posted on 09/18/2014 11:24:46 AM PDT by Kartographer
Swamp training will never be the same for Sgt. Jesse Phillips, a mortarman for the U.S. Marines, who recently participated in his first-ever alligator hunt and helped bag a Mississippi state record.
The massive gator weighed 792 pounds and measured 13 1/2 feet from nose to tail. It was the largest male gator bagged in the state, with a belly girth of nearly 70 inches.
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I only had it in Cajun Chilli and it was too spice to tell anything!
If it’s done right.......if not you got yourself a plate of shoe leather.
That Marine considers it a salamander.
I’ve had it a few times, and quite like it. I think every time I’ve had it has been breaded and fried in a form something like chicken strips. Has a good flavor, similar to, but not quite like chicken.
That’s one big gator.
“with a belly girth of nearly 70 inches.”
Wow, sounds like one of my old gym teachers.
Like chicken, but a little tougher (chewy)
He’s a Marine.
Shoulduh rode that sucker for 8 seconds...
That Gator could EAT my neighbor’s Prius and come back for seconds.
I had some in Florida that had been deep-fried. It was quite good but to be honest, dirty socks would probably taste good after being deep-fried.
The tail meat is.
I lived in South Florida and we LOVED gator. There is even gator jerky.
An animals’ meat is affected by what it eats. For instance, a raccoon that eats from a trash can is inedible. A raccoon that feeds from a corn field tastes wonderful. Most alligator meat is from farm raised alligators. Guess what farm raised gators are fed... chicken. You really don’t want to eat an alligator that is from the wild. They usually have a fishy smell- and not in a good way.
Small to medium farm raised gator tastes like chicken, good chicken if it’s not cooked for too long. Large gators, the couple times I tried them, had too much fat and were tough and chewy. I’d guess she liked it down there because Louisiana cooking is an art and way better than the cooking just about anywhere else, if you don’t worry about how healthy it might be.
Yep...that Justin Wilson guy was awesome!
Tastes like frog legs...which tastes like chicken...which tastes like...chicken.
Really if you like frogs legs(and I do) that’s what gator tastes like. Kinda like chicken....
I've added a lot of Tabasco to my diet lately. I've also discovered the cheap imitation "Louisiana Hot Sauce" sold at Dollar General stores is almost as good.
Not only has my weight gain stopped since I've started doing this, but my sinus stay clearer and I don't get bad colds. So there's got to be something healthy about that Louisiana cooking. I'm really going to have to figure out a visit one of these days so I can complete my 50 states.
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