/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.12888658]

What does turtle taste like?

How do you cook it

[Anonymous No.12888662]

>>12888658
You slit it's throat, drink the blood, and boil the rest in a hotpot.

[Anonymous No.12888673]

>>12888658
Peel off and clean top shell and use it as a bowl for the rest of the meat which you will stew

[Anonymous No.12889017]

ate a snapping turtle as a kid. it reminded me of corned beef in both texture and flavor, if memory serves. not sure how it was prepared, but despite having it's head nearly blown off by my father, the thing really refused to die. heart was beating for like a half hour outside the body and it was basically walking around with no head whatsoever

[Anonymous No.12889440]

>>12888658
I've had it grilled and it tastes like frog except less fishy, was good.

[Anonymous No.12889762]

>>12888658
>>12888662
>>12888673
>>12889017
>>12889440
okay shredder

[Anonymous No.12890407]

>>12888658
My two tortoises do the same thing sometime when I scratch or rub the shell near their butt, what does it mean?

[Anonymous No.12890670]

>>12890407
They want you to breed them

[Anonymous No.12890742]

>>12888658
Chinatown Chicago sells turtle
Tonight I dine on turtle soup

[Anonymous No.12890778]

Like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAGtUIwGQ_o

[Anonymous No.12890970]

>>12888658
>have tortoise
>one day it just dissapears
>four years late bitch appears
wtf lads

[Anonymous No.12891249]

>>12888658
Every time I see this thumbnail my immediate reaction is disgust because I think's a knife sticking out of it's back. Then I click it and am pleasantly disappointed.

>>12888662
You sound chinese. Are you chinese?

[Anonymous No.12891271]

>>12890407
it's just an instinctual response to something rubbing on it

[Anonymous No.12891366]

>>12888658
Gamera doesn't like you very much!

[Anonymous No.12891396]

>>12890970
tortoise are born with a mutation that teleports them to a different realm where they are safe and happy for some time
thats how they survived all this time
did you honestly think those shells protect them at all?

[Anonymous No.12892966]

Tastes like a combination of tuna, turkey and beef, listed in order of strongest to weakest flavour.
Make a dark roux from lard or bacon grease and compound it with tomato paste, finely minced onion, lots of brown paprika and a little garlic. Set aside.
idk how to clean and cut turtle; I buy it already done for me, so I'm gonna assume you get it the same way. Saute cut-up turtle in lard/bacon grease until coloured, but not cooked through, then add laurels and stock. What sort of stock? That really depends. Fish, chicken or a blend of the two is best, but any would be nice so long as it's plain. This means it will likely need to be homemade. Fish is easiest, since you can use fish tea (dried anchovies steeped in hot water), but a properly made chicken stock will give a better texture to the stew.
Anyway, bring to the boil then lower heat to maintain a simmer and cook several hours, skimming scum as it forms, until meat is tender.
Add the compounded roux and dissolve to thicken.
Adjust salt to taste and stir in lots of freshly picked thyme.
Serve with rice and a bottle of malt vinegar. You can use lemon, if you'd prefer, but I like the vinegar.
It's best eaten with some not-too-sweet vegetable side dishes, like collards, stewed okra (which can also be added to the turtle stew, if you'd rather do it that way) or red bell peppers and lima/fava beans braised with bacon.

A note: some people add carrot to this. I do not. Carrot is very sweet when cooked and I think the sweetness doesn't match well with the turtle meat, but you do you, boo. Maybe you'll like it that way.