[Magdalen] Swan Lake.

[Christopher Hart]

I've never even thought about cooking it myself. I'll leave that to the
pros, but I do like good snapper soup.

On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 9:57 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> A recipe I had in an old cookbook started out by saying, “in a large soup
> pot, boil [the turtle] until the head and feet fall off...”
> That was as far as I got!
>
> > On Oct 2, 2019, at 9:21 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > They are mighty good in soup though.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 7:12 PM Marion Thompson <
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> But please don't start a purge of snapping turtles!!!!!!!
> >>
> >> Marion, a pilgrim
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 12:28 AM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> >> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> There was a report today of an attack on one of our residentswans by a
> >>> snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina).
> >>>
> >>> These large turtles are common in lakes over the eastern half of North
> >>> America,and are notorious for grabbing ducklings and other small birds
> on
> >>> water.Snapping turtles are the terror of swimmers in the lakes of the
> >>> UpperMidwest, even though they are not known to attack humans.  If they
> >>> arecornered on land, however, they can be quite dangerous.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> There was some damage to one of the swan's feet, but this large bird
> >>> isfunctioning well in spite of the injury.
> >>>
> >>> The lake, part of this Pocono gated community, has a half dozen swans
> >> that
> >>> remainall winter.  A portion of the lake (Beech Mountain Lake(s) is
> kept
> >>> ice-free forthem all winter.  They are beautiful on the lake, but I
> >>> understand they can getrather vicious.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> David Strang.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Christopher Hart
> >
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