Some of you have great pictures and sometimes I have great views, but yesterday I had a prehistoric monster.
This was my second day observation, she wasn't around the first day when I set the point!
we have been watching a snapping turtle the past two days. my guess is she has been laying her eggs. she is on a high spot, next to a pond, and the landscapers mowed around her. looks strange. she is also next to a sidewalk, so she snaps at the kiddos that are walking to school. mi dos centavos
Co-worker has a few tortoises (Torti?). He caught a female laying eggs one day last week. He made off with 25 eggs that are now in an incubator. Apparently he wants to be their "Mama".
Tell him I have recipes!!;-)
How do you prepare one?
to eat? Is it worth it?
How do you prepare one?
http://www.nola.com/food/index.ssf/2013/12/new_orleans_turtle_soup_recipe.html
How do you prepare one?
> to eat? Is it worth it?
My grandfather caught snapping turtles regularly. They are pretty good, sort of greasy. Worth it? That is a matter of opinion.
He caught them with set poles on the river bank. Then he would stick a handle of some sort (rake, shovel, etc.) the turtle's mouth and cut it's jaws with a knife so it couldn't bite him. Now it could be safely transported to the house. Next he boiled water and scalded it and scraped off all the leeches (not an appetizing thought). Then cut off it head and breast plat and removed the legs, neck and tail (that's all the meat as turtles have no torso). It was a lot of effort, I watched him several times. I ate it and liked it, but I kind of had to put the leech thing out of my mind first.
He used to cut out their hearts and set them on the well top. It would beat for hours after being removed from the body.