Sunday, April 06, 2008

Hacking the giant turtle

Head hackers at work. Planet Pepe ululates.
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12 comments:

Pepe le Pew said...

Yeah, we just hate turtles.

4/06/2008 9:51 AM
Tecumseh said...

Have some turtle soup, Pepe. It's good for your back, according to the Reuters report.

4/06/2008 11:00 AM
Arelcao Akleos said...

Mock Turtle Soup is for stinking Kufrini like Lewis Carroll. Islam is The Real Deal.

4/06/2008 1:58 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...

Sea turtles kick ass. They have evolutionary longevity on their side. Hope we (the royal Human We) can manage it appropriately, cause I'd hate to see 'em go extinct.

Anyone here ever have turtle meat? (don't just say it tasted like chicken, either)

4/06/2008 3:43 PM
Pepe le Pew said...

nope. had me some gator though. boring.

4/06/2008 5:39 PM
Arelcao Akleos said...

I had turtle once. Vietnamese style. Tasted nothing like chicken. More like asparagus....
Oh, wait, that's because it was cooked with asparagus.
Ok, chicken it is.

4/06/2008 5:50 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...

I suppose gator's a bit more bountiful in your swampy regions. Is there some kind of creole way of fixing it, Pepe?

AA, stick with chicken.

I think I remember Darwin saying that turtles were handy sources of food on the Beagle, as they could be kept alive roaming the deck until, well, it was time for more turtle soup. Turtles are sacred to many northern Plains Native tribes, and the Mongolians have been a bit infatuated with them, too (saw a massive ancient turtle effigy in the history museum in Ulaanbataar).

4/06/2008 7:49 PM
Pepe le Pew said...

Don't know about the many ways to eat gator. The one I had was on a skewer sold out of a French Quarter shack: there may be better seasonings but my guess is the people who eat this regularly probably season it with ketchup.

4/06/2008 7:55 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...

This recipe looks like it might be decent.

4/06/2008 8:57 PM
Tecumseh said...

I had once gator in Red Stick. Not bad, but nothing too exciting, yes. That recipe sounds good, indeed. A cholesterol blast!

4/06/2008 9:12 PM
Pepe le Pew said...

You are right mft. This sound good. I'll try and find out which restaurant makes this locally and report.

4/06/2008 10:54 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...

Yes, I'd be interested to see how it turns out. Get pics too, if you can. It might be a while before I can get down to visit the bayou.

4/07/2008 3:10 AM

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