First Ingredient for Turtle Soup?

[YORNOC]

This is great! My son (11 year old) is smiling ear to ear reading this!

[monkeyball]

Good shot Charlie. Had "turtle " vegetable soup at a trapping convention once. It was really good.

  I use to lifeguard at a local hotel years ago and actually held the door open for Mr. Johnny Cash himself. He was dressed in a black trench coat and cowboy boots and was really a tall guy.

                                                      Good Shooting,
                                                                    Craig

That's a biggun Charlie!

Congrats,

Bisch

[njloco]

Nice shooting Charlie !

[ron w]

You are something kiddo.........  

[Sean B]

Nice shootin bud!!

[elkken]

Looks like a Pope and Younger for sure ... we have a few turtles in the small lake near my house but I never though of shooting one for dinner ...    :rolleyes:  maybe !

[Lucas K]

That's a big one, should get a couple of meals! Congrats.

[Big Ed]

Good stuff bud!!

[Izzy]

Nice turtle Charlie. Sure are smelly critters. My Gram was fond of eating turtles in Puerto Rico but Ive never tried em.

[rainman]

The nail in a board to hold them works great. I cleaned 2 last night in an hour.  Also using water pressure to get the skin separated from the meat works.  If you have Catfish skinning pliers this also helps.

[Bill Turner]

Use to be a restaurant called the "Green Turtle Inn" in the Florida keys. Their turtle was exceptional. They served it with a dark brown gravy. Something special. Can taste it as I type. Thanks for the memories.  

[IndianaBowman]

Great job Charlie!  We saw a few on the river while bowfishing Sat night.

[awbowman]

Nice job.  

Just make sure you crack the hinge of the back corner of the mouth before disposing of the head.  Those things will snap something in half days after they are dead.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Thanks for the kind words.

Terry, Still chasing Carp?  wouldn't want to eat those turtles    :rolleyes:   .....

Rainman.. 2 in an hour???? man that's fast. I've tried the hose trick but couldn't find a  clamp to fit around this neck.

AW, I cut out the meat on the side of the head, supposedly those are the muscles that operate the jaw. On this one, it made for white meat the size of my hand.

This one is in the pot now. I will make some stew and freeze the rest.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Craig, you held the door for mr. Cash?  must have been neat.

In NY only legal manner of taking turtle is with bow or gun.  Keeping in a  stock tank wouldn't seem like a  good option if I wanted my arrow back?

Turtle soup used to be a  staple at all the local restaurants.  It was a favorite food of Pres. Taft who was no stranger to fine dining. If you recall they put a  special tub in the white house for him.

After his love affair with turtle the rich started enjoying it as a  delicacy. After it became common, most places bought canned turtle and made soup from it.

Eventually Lambs Heads became a  cheaper alternative but Turtles still were being hunted in large quantity. My dad used to tell me he caught them as a  kid and sold them to restaurants.

They have fallen off the main stream popularity here but are still considered a  delicacy in many other countries Like Izzy mentioned.

I am happy I have tried turtle. Although I will not kill a  lot, its a  nice treat every year.

[awbowman]

Never thought of skinning the head CR.  Hmmmmm, guess we normally have more than one, which yields plenty meat.  I'll have to check it out next time.


I love turtle.  Turtle meat is about $19 a pound around here.  We catch our own just like you.

[Frenchymanny]

Great shooting Charlie, congrats!
I just discovered at Denton how good turtle soup is.

F-Manny

[TREESLEEPER]

Ever clean a turtle with a paper towel? Just pick up his tail and wipe! Nice turtle. You don't have to walk far with them before they get heavy. Good luck.

[awbowman]

What you guys need is a good Cajun Turtle Sauce Picante cooked low and slow in a black iron pot. It comes with a few cold ones to pass the time.  Oh my that's good stuff!!