Illegal Recipe!

[Delmonico]

I bet that got your attention, the subject of this recipe, the Green Sea Turtle is on the en-dangered species list.  This could get you some serious jail time, but i bet it would be good eatin."

Of course that might be one of the reasons they are endangered, they taste good.  Recipes for Green Sea Turtle show up in almost any cook book of the time.  Even then they were expensive, I have seen 30-50 cents a pound quoted for turtle steaks.  Most hotel and fancy eatin' houses bought the whole turtle live and they could weigh up to 500 pounds. 

It is suggested that one buys your turtle meat from on of these places, they often have some to spare.  One would not want to buy a whole turtle for home use unless you were having a lot of guests.

Green Sea Turtle Steaks

Cut into slices about 1/2 inch thick.  Rub them well with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper 1-2 hours before cooking.  Broil till well done.

There is evidence that these turtles were packed in ice and shipped by rail to fancy places far inland in the 1880's and
1890's.

For my own protection, "Kids don't try this at home, not only would you violate local, state and Federal laws, you would violate Internationl treaties.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Howdy, Del!

This is another old post, but I just discovered it.

Do ya have any recipes for Snail Darters?  Or perhaps Spotted Owl?

[LazyK Pejay]

Or the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. I think there are two or three in Alabama somewhere. The steaks are a bit tiny though.

LazyK Pejay

[Forty Rod]

Dang!

I thought we was makin' brownies.

[litl rooster]

Dang!

I thought we was makin' brownies.

not endangered on the Left coast

Howdy, Del!

This is another old post, but I just discovered it.

Do ya have any recipes for Snail Darters?  Or perhaps Spotted Owl?

spotted owl use the Bald Eagle recipes

[Trinity]

Dang!  I thought we were talking about liquid refreshment!  Oh well, pass a bald eagle drumstick over please! 

[Danny Bear Claw]

Yum, yum!  Turtle steaks!  Now let's all go club some baby seals!       

[Guns Garrett]

Mmmm .... would that be seal veal?

[jiminy criquet]

I myself was hoping for a recipe for Delmonico steak.

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Q-A/DelmonicoSteak.htm

[Bristow Kid]

Delmonico,
Do you think your recipe would work with Snapping Turtle?

[Major 2]

I'm showing some age here 

There was a restaurant in fact it still there http://www.keysdirectory.com/greenturtleinn/
But, in the Fifties you could get Fried Green Turtle Steak, and it was GREAT !

When Green Sea turtle was no longer legal, I remember, he preparied Abalone the same way, it too was wonderful.
It is one of the memories, Ill never forget. We ate there several times, I can still almost taste those steaks they were that good !

Click the History Of Green Turtle Inn for a photo of the same Building as it looked in 1947 to about 58.

[Grizzle Bear]

Ya know, tuna just don't taste the same anymore, since they took the porpoise out of it..........

GB

[Cherokee Jem]

Hehehe.... Any new idea on steak flavors?