When I was a kid, my father frequented a restaurant that served "turtle soup".
Are turtles the only reptiles that humans eat?
Posted on 03/12/2024 7:45:27 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Zanzibar, Tanzania — Eight children and an adult died after eating sea turtle meat on Pemba Island in the Zanzibar archipelago, while 78 other people were hospitalized, authorities said Saturday. Sea turtle meat is considered a delicacy by Zanzibar's people even though it periodically results in deaths from chelonitoxism, a type of food poisoning.
The adult who died late Friday was the mother of one of the children who succumbed earlier, said the Mkoani District medical officer, Dr. Haji Bakari. He said the turtle meat was consumed Tuesday.
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When I was a kid, my father frequented a restaurant that served "turtle soup".
Are turtles the only reptiles that humans eat?
I ate sea turtle in Mazatlan, MX in 1977. It was damn good!
People also eat alligator, snake, and other reptiles.
I’ve had turtle before. Its flavor was too strong for my liking.
Fried frog leg are awesome!
Green Turtle Inn & Restaurant, Islamorada. Have eaten turtle steak there many times 60 years ago.
I have had snapping turtle, multiple times, and it tastes great.
Of course, everything probably tastes great, pan fried.
Turtle soup, lyrics Cole Porter, voice, Sinatra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asH5-stfwf0
I have really enjoyed rattlesnake and alligator, but I have had strangely difficult to swallow alligator.
Not enough meat, but tasty.
Turtle got revenge from his grave... err.. from within the stomachs of its eaters. (same thing though)
I’ve eaten soft shell turtle. Too greasy for my liking.
Turtles are not kosher or halal, so I guess these people weren’t Jews or Muslim.
A sufficiently large dose of vitamin C will counteract almost any poison; but medicine worldwide remains in the dark ages on that subject.
The sportsmans clubs around here used to all have turtle fries. Fried turtle, mashed potatoes, cole slaw, and kneecaps.
Alligator is common today even in restaurants all the way up here. Turtle, snake, and iguana are still common enough by those with access to them. I know other types of lizards used to be a lot more common the further you go back.
I take a turtle once in a while. Ive had snake elsewhere but there really arent much in the way of edible size ones here and the few that exist are rare enough to just let them be. Lizard wise I guess Im just entirely out of luck, we dont have any.
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That’s why we cooked four of five dozen at a time.
But how did it taste?
(Answer to your question.... I have eaten snakes, iguanas, and alligators.)
We used to eat Sea Turtle eggs in GITMO.
I’ve heard it tastes like chicken.
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