I guess? I've never seen it. Getting the turtle isn't the problem. Finding a recipe that's decent is. I know one chef who's parents restaurant used to sell snapper soup. I tried to get the recipe from him before. He hasn't given it up yet. I'll ask him again. Another mystery of the kitchen is...Why are monkey dishes called monkey dishes? Who came up with that. I asked Jeeves and he came up with a hole lot of nothing.
Interesting you should mention this--I was just having a discussion about how Joy Of Cooking used to contain turtle recipes. Turtles used to be reasonably popular delicacy; now, for whatever reason, they've disapeared from our diet like so much else. Keep me posted on whether you get a turtle recipe.
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My friend showed me an old copy of Joy of Cooking that had a squirrel recipe in it! There was a whole "game" section.
I always said I'll eat human if they cook it right...
