[Magdalen] Swan Lake.

[Jay Weigel]

I remember a home health  patient telling me, "Turkle (sic) is mighty good
eatin'. Seven different kinds of meat in a turkle."

On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 10:31 AM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am ashamed to say I've eaten turtle (in the Caribbean).
> It's incredible!
> Tender white meat, but firm.
> Very clean flavor.
> More like veal than chicken.
>
> This turtle had been harvested from the ocean.
> Have to say, I probably wouldn't catch, kill, and gut a snapping turtle
> even if I were starving.
> They're dangerous, they're ugly, and they live in filthy ponds.
> -M
>
> On Thursday, October 3, 2019, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net>
> wrote:
>
> > I have a repro copy of the Escoffier Cook Book.  His recipe for turtle
> > soup starts out with “Go catch a turtle."
> >
>