Have you ever had turtle soup before?

[Syringer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_soup

I never knew this was actually real and eaten in civilized places in this world..Is this one of those common knowledge things that people with my level of ignorance don't know of, or is it actually..weird to other people?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Common knowledge but, here's a real shocker; food grows! It's not manufactured unless you eat at school or in a fast food place of course.

 

[nismotigerwvu]

Yeah, my neighbor (from Ghana) is still perplexed that I haven't cooked my pet turtle, he always jokes about how my soup mix is doing.

 

[KeithTalent]

This will always be what I think of when I hear turtle soup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1KSaUEu_T4

KT

 

[kranky]

I've had it.

 

[Carbo]

Turtle soup, alligator sausage, cold beer.

 

[coinz]

If you think that's bad look at some of this http://www.cracked.com/article...ng-foods-in-world.html

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Yep, had it. Occassionally I go to a restuarant south of where I live and have their fried trio special: turtle, alligator, and frog legs.

Turtle is good. Tastes like chicken.

 

[JS80]

Originally posted by: Syringer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_soup

I never knew this was actually real and eaten in civilized places in this world..Is this one of those common knowledge things that people with my level of ignorance don't know of, or is it actually..weird to other people?

Are you implying turtle soup is uncivilized? How is it different from eating lobster?

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: nismotigerwvu
Yeah, my neighbor (from Ghana) is still perplexed that I haven't cooked my pet turtle, he always jokes about how my soup mix is doing.

I chuckled

 

[gsellis]

I have helped make it. You just don't make it from endangered sea turtles. Alligator snappers and Softshells go in it too. Last time I had it was about 25 years ago. My dad used way too much pepper though.

 

[LS21]

Originally posted by: Syringer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_soup

I never knew this was actually real and eaten in civilized places in this world..Is this one of those common knowledge things that people with my level of ignorance don't know of, or is it actually..weird to other people?

before WW2, in the east coast, terrapins (for cooking) were as common in household as a sprig of thyme

source: James Beard American Cookbook

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Originally posted by: Syringer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_soup

I never knew this was actually real and eaten in civilized places in this world..Is this one of those common knowledge things that people with my level of ignorance don't know of, or is it actually..weird to other people?

?Forgive him, Caesar - he is a barbarian and considers that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature.?

 

[DrPizza]

It's actually one of my favorite types of soup. Delicious.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Syringer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_soup

I never knew this was actually real and eaten in civilized places in this world..Is this one of those common knowledge things that people with my level of ignorance don't know of, or is it actually..weird to other people?

ah...Syringer being his usual dumbass self.

I guess being on the menu of a multiple-James-Beard-Award-winning restaurant (among many, many other award-winning restaurants) just isn't civilized enough for his delicate tastes.

 

[JulesMaximus]

No, nor will I ever have turtle soup.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Yes.

I've also eaten Squid/Octopus while still alive. Eel Still alive. They keep falling off the plate because they try to run away.

Its it kind of sad how they sometimes kill the turtles. They put into the hot water alive like a lobster. Except they don't make them heart wrenching banging noise because they move too slow too.

Anyway, I've had a lobster while it was still alive. They cut the tail half off and like, stuff it. While the top half is struggling on the plate.... Interesting way to eat, dont you think?

 

[D1gger]

Look here if you want to watch an iron chef battle with turtle as one of the ingredients. You can see them cleaning and cooking turtles starting about 1:00minute into the video.

 

[Farang]

No, I'm not an environut but turtles are one place I draw the line. Thanks in large part of Tim Cahill's "The Shame of Escobilla," unfortunately I can't find an online version of his article about the destruction of the Escobilla turtle population.

I'm all for weird foods but people need to think about what they eat.

 

[reeserock]

no, and I wont eat frog either.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Originally posted by: Farang
No, I'm not an environut but turtles are one place I draw the line. Thanks in large part of Tim Cahill's "The Shame of Escobilla," unfortunately I can't find an online version of his article about the destruction of the Escobilla turtle population.

I'm all for weird foods but people need to think about what they eat.

I've thought about the issue of eating animals alot. Why is it bad to eat animals? People act like eating dogs or turtles are the worse thing you can do, but what about things like pigs, who have a very high intelligence, and arguably know whats happening to them when taken to a slaughterhouse to be killed.

Its a rough world out there. Animals are going to be food for other animals. We just happen to have an advantage.

Now, when something is being over hunted to extinction, thats another story, but I guess its just another part of humanity, the complete occupation of an environment, and forgetting about balance ( The Matrix, I know)

Not targeting this at you, but just as a general view of things.

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13

Originally posted by: Farang
No, I'm not an environut but turtles are one place I draw the line. Thanks in large part of Tim Cahill's "The Shame of Escobilla," unfortunately I can't find an online version of his article about the destruction of the Escobilla turtle population.

I'm all for weird foods but people need to think about what they eat.

I've thought about the issue of eating animals alot. Why is it bad to eat animals? People act like eating dogs or turtles are the worse thing you can do, but what about things like pigs, who have a very high intelligence, and arguably know whats happening to them when taken to a slaughterhouse to be killed.

Its a rough world out there. Animals are going to be food for other animals. We just happen to have an advantage.

Now, when something is being over hunted to extinction, thats another story, but I guess its just another part of humanity, the complete occupation of an environment, and forgetting about balance ( The Matrix, I know)

Not targeting this at you, but just as a general view of things.

You misunderstand me. I've eaten dog and would again if I were back in north Vietnam.

Turtles aren't a sustainable food resource. They are a wonder of nature, and in the case of Escobilla one of the most beautiful phenomena in the world was destroyed because poverty surrounded eggs worth enough to disregard ethics and law.

Also places like Escobilla have (or had) tourism potential, the potential for the area to be lifted out of poverty. Instead short-term benefits were reaped by outside businessmen, one who, under the guise of scientific research, killed many hundreds of turtles at Escobilla for no reason at all. Piles of them were found rotting when their endangerment had reached critical levels, because of neglect.

So not only is it unethical environmentally, it hurts the tourist industry that some of these parts of the world desperately need.

Now I don't know if they legitimately harvest these things in some cases, but I can guarantee the demand for turtle outweighs the sustainable supply. In SE Asia I'd see turtle eggs in markets and you know these people are just plucking them off the beach without any regard for keeping them there in the future.

 

[Mo0o]

Yeah i've had it before. Pretty good