turtle soup

[nitefisher]

dose anyone have any good turtle soup recipes?.

[nitefisher]

there must be a recipe in someones drawer some were? my dad is 96 years old and can only remember that it was made something like bean soup. any help would be greatful he may be 96 but he calls me every day asking when im making the soup, and i don't have a clue were to start. other than i already have them meat.

[irvingdog]

If you've already gotr the cleaned meat, that's 90% of the battle. I just did a Google search and found roughlt 15 different recipies.

They all sound tasty. I had Turtle soup a few times as a kid. Soul food style with greens and corn bread. It was great.

[nitefisher]

i will check it out, did you see one that is made like bean soup?.

[big musk411]

I used to be a catering cook for a while, one of the other cooks was telling me about it. You like soak the meat in milk for a day then soak it in salt water for a day[or vice versa, I forget]. Then you flour and sautee' in butter. This recipe was picked up by his father when he was a chef at a real fancy hotel. I guess the meat will still move after a couple of days too.

Anyone else here of this method?

Matt T

[Jim Uran]

If it was me I would cut the meat up in stew size pieces, flour it and fry it in butter or margerine for a while with some onions (covered) and let it simmer for a while with a little water. I would add that to a bigger pot and maybe add some potatoes and carrots, what ever other vegetables you like, Maybe you could even put a little bouillon in there if it's a little to bland. Throw some Wild Rice(already cooked) in there before the vegetables get done. MAn I'm going to have to go get me a turtle now bwcause that sounds good. HA HA HA..

[nitefisher]

that sounds almost like the recipe my dad is talking about except he said beans or split peas. thanks for the info it helps alot.

[IFallsRon]

I've always heard that you need to pressure cook the meat to get it tender and hot enough to kill anything left behind.

[Jim Uran]

Nahhh you don't have to pressure cook it. A buddy of mine fries it like chicken, and he throws it in the oven for about an hour or so with a little water in the bottom of the roaster, man it is tender and tasty. Like with any meat it is how it is handled before you cook it.

[nitefisher]

7 different kinds of meat in a turtle and there all good if made right. the less stress an animal has the more tender they are. and how they are cooked is also very important. no need for presure cooking. only if you are canning meat deos it have to be presure cooked.

[SilverLakeBoy]

That is a rumor that has been around for years. there are two different kinds of meat light and dark just like on a chicken, I have been trapping and butchering turtles for years, and our local sportsmans club has an annual turtle soup feed every October we make about 110 gallons. I will post you a recipe tomorrow.

[nitefisher]

thanks i will look forward to the recipe.

[PRWoody]

A little tip for cleaning turtles, take a light wire,

we used piano wire, and slip up the rectum. It breaks

the spinal cord and the legs will go limp.

[nitefisher]

how the heck do you do that? and how fine of wire?.

[turn_in_poachers]

Whoa. Wish I wouldve found this post earlier. I was bass fishing last Friday and caught a snapping turtle on my popper. I thought it was a fish of a lifetime until a big ol' shell surfaced up. It had to be about 2 1/2 ft across, pushing 15lbs. I just cut my line and it swam away with my popper. I told my coworker about it and he's been giving me dump about it ever since. Told me I shouldve kept it. i found a site www.exoticmeats.com and they have a 5lb bucket of turtle meat going for almost $20/lb. I wish I wouldve kept it. I wouldnt know where to start with it though.

[PRWoody]

I see you have gone from "water" to "wire". Nice to see

the edit, but, are serious on your 1st question??? Let

me get this straight, you are not sure on how to insert

a wire up a turtle's rectum? My only advice call you

local proctologist for assistance! Anyway, just keep

pushing the wire up the rectum, you will start to hear

and feel the spine break up. Plus, you will see the

legs go limp. Wire gauge, play around with it, until

you are successful.

[nitefisher]

how funny, thats who i tell my kids there going to have to call when there not good. size 9 1/2 shoe. thanks for the info, i clean lots of turtles every year but we just make it like chicken in the oven after we fry it.

[PRWoody]

Always necessary to have a sense of humor on this site!

Some more advice, if the diameter of the wire is larger

than the diameter of the rectum, probably not going to

work!

[nitefisher]

thanks for the humor and info, i am going to give it a shot the next turtle i get. may you catch the fish of a life time.

[nofishfisherman]

Quote:

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A little tip for cleaning turtles, take a light wire,

we used piano wire, and slip up the rectum. It breaks

the spinal cord and the legs will go limp.

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Man, it sucks to be a turtle. OUCH.

[nitefisher]

ya i thought the same thing, but turtle tastes so good.