Turtle Meat for Eating
by JMartin on Dec 30, 2007 with 12 Comments
Turtle meat is rare gourmet fare with a flavor similar to veal.
Turtle meat is rare gourmet fare with a flavor similar to veal. Fresh turtle meat can be found occasionally in the eastern half of the United States, especially around Key West, Florida, where turtles are caught commercially. Canned and frozen meat or steaks are sold in some markets. Canned soup is the most common turtle product available on the market shelves.
Live turtle is prepared for cooking in the following manner:
- The head is cut off
- With a sharp knife, cut the skin where it joins the shell, pull the skin over the legs to the feet, and cut off the feet
- Cut through the joint between top and bottom shell
- Insert the knife under the lower shell and lift off, remove the entrails
- Remove meat from upper shell in quarters
- Steaks may be pounded, browned, and then simmered in a sauce. Or the meat may be chopped and used in a sauce, soup, or stew.
The fins and eggs are eaten as well as the flesh. The fins are simmered in water to tenderize them. Then, they are dipped in a batter, browned, and cooked in a rish sauce. When the eggs are boiled, the yolks harden but the whites don’t. to eat turtle eggs, the tops of the shells are briken off, the whites and yolks are flavored with butter, salt, and pepper, and then the contents are eaten. They are exotic to serve at lunch or supper.
Three and one half ounces of raw turtle meat has 90 calories, while canned meat has about 105 calories.
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April Ann | May 15, 2008 | Reply
Hella gross I don’t like eating turtles yuck!
turtlelove212 | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
Im perticularly a fan of the new turtle spread, goes great with patatoe wedges =D
Keith Parsons | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
No, but for extra tenderness just go with it on 212 degrees for a good hour and a half c:
TurtleExpert | Aug 11, 2008 | Reply
Excuse me this is getting alittle pg13 can we keep this All Turtle Related Thanks.
Swim on,
TurtleExpert
Anthony | Oct 13, 2008 | Reply
Recently i caught turtle through my fishing net. I freed it becaue don’t know it can be eaten…..
country_angel650 | Jan 22, 2009 | Reply
Is it ture that turle meat has about seven different flavores of meat?? If so what are they??? Thank you
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Jim Pursell | Mar 22, 2009 | Reply
Did you ever try to buy some turtle meat? It’s difficult to find and if you do, it’s whopping expensive! I read that snapping turtle is very similar tasting to the preferred, but protected, green sea turtle. I’m going to try it this summer.
C Demos | Apr 4, 2009 | Reply
Where can you find canned turtle meat?
Katie Dahl | Apr 22, 2009 | Reply
that sounds so nasty!
I have two of my own turtles and i can’t imagining eating a turtle…
Donatello | Jul 1, 2009 | Reply
Turtle heads are delicious
Bob | Jul 28, 2009 | Reply
Haha i read this after watching Cannibal Holocaust. Don’t know if I could kill and eat a turtle
michael | Sep 22, 2009 | Reply
any body now where i can sell turtle meat