May 17, 2007: Croc for sale to be et
Spluch highlights this Xinhua item, a rather small photo for IotD but striking enough.
At around 11 am, the reporter made the discovery at the seafood section of the supermarket, spotting a decapitated crocodile with its body being cut up. The dead reptile attracted many curious shoppers to crowd around it, and one even used a handkerchief to open its deadly jaws to have a look at its teeth. Others were asking the staff if it's legal to eat crocodile meat, or how they should cook it.
I'm not sure about crocodile, but I've been to an farm where they raise alligators. They slaughter some of them for food, and you can eat them in the restaurant area.
It's a bit of a cliche, I know, but they really do taste like chicken. I can't imagine crocodiles are much different.
I had cajun alligator years ago at a local seafood restaurant - it was fantastic. Way better than chicken.
big deal. we eat chicken, fish, cows, lobster, oysters, pigs. why is eating a reptile considered so weird?
reptiles and birds are descended from that same dinos, so it makes sense tht they taste alike. the muscles are similar.
assuming crocs taste the same as gator, i would highly recommend this delicious firm, white meat. it's almost like lobster as far as consistency.
fyi, it does not taste like chicken. nothing tastes like chicken.
except chicken.
My hard and fast rule is: I don't eat anything that could have eaten me. It's a mutual respect thing.
Love the pic, UT.
It's so much fun going shopping in the International District. The fresh food section is like a tour through the morgue at the zoo.
In Florida I went to a party at a friend's lake house. When I opened the refridgerator to get another beer there was a gator head, much like the one in the picture, sitting on a tray on the top shelf. I guess it says something about my life back then that I didn't find it too unusual or disturbing. I'm not sure WHAT it says...:eek6:
I once had a meal at a restraunt it was strips of crocodile meat and kangaroo meat, both taste very good.
All you guys are gross--except for gravdigr.
Welcome to the Cellar, siroo & smurfalicious. :D
Watch out Gravdigr, Bri's put her stamp of approval on you.
This "delicacy" costs 198 Yuan per 500 grams, but its paws are slightly more expensive as they are sold for 300 Yuan each.
One yuan - $0.13 US.
So it's $1.46 per ounce or $23.35 per pound.
Taking account of the safety of its shoppers, the crocodiles are not slaughtered within the supermarket's premises.
Hey, that ain't fair. The Crocs should have a shot at eating the shoppers, too.
Know someone who ate crocodile meat... she said it tasted like chicken. LOL. Surprisingly for me at that time, the meat is soft... eeww... she even ate rabbit meat once...and snail... oh great... i'm having breakfast in a few minutes...that thought surely is appetizing.
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Snails are great on your breakfast cereal. They get shrinkage in cold milk, however.
You can get crocodile sausages here. I don't think they're anything special.
There's a few croc farms up north especially for the purpose of human consumption.
It's quite expensive.
It just sounds cool. "I'm eating crocodile sausage--on a steeck!"
A croc snag on a bun is how we'd say it. ;)
or even just have a croc roll
We often had slugs on our breakfast table back in England.
They weren't invited, mind you.
'gator meat not bad at all.
I once saw some crocs and gators at the zoo (South Louisiana). Them zoo folk were kind enough to put put signs identifying the genus, species, common name, and best recipe.
'rrr
I'm not sure about crocodile, but I've been to an farm where they raise alligators. They slaughter some of them for food, and you can eat them in the restaurant area.
It's a bit of a cliche, I know, but they really do taste like chicken. I can't imagine crocodiles are much different.
I have eaten many alligators, my uncle raised them and I used to help the state relocate them in my area from time to time. The farm raised ones taste like chicken because that is all they eat.
Wild alligators taste like alligator, a bit like a cross between fish and frog.
The light (tail) and dark meat taste very different as well. Most restaurants only serve tail.
I have eaten many alligators, my uncle raised them and I used to help the state relocate them in my area from time to time. The farm raised ones taste like chicken because that is all they eat.
Wild alligators taste like alligator, a bit like a cross between fish and frog.
The light (tail) and dark meat taste very different as well. Most restaurants only serve tail.
oookay... interesting...they taste like chicken coz they eat chicken... so...chicken eat chicken too? LOL.. i'm not asking that question to be answered..please... :p
No, not what I'm saying. They have a very bland and fresh food diet, so they don't taste like they normally do. They normally eat carrion.
Farm raised, grain/corn fed, catfish don't taste anything like wild catfish either.
but when all is said an' done, it's still not as good as a little
BBQ manatee.
Note to Philly natives...croc and gator can be purchased in the Italian Market.
I get all my "unusual" game meat there.
I did not know that...I'll have to take a trip over to 9th St. this weekend. Who's the purveyor?
Damned if I remember. He's on the river side, about halfway up. Look for the sign and the odd meat in the window. And I don't mean the goats' head that is in every butcher shop window.
Ask for the ostrich. It's damn good, very low fat and counts as white meat even though it's red. And it tastes like the finest cut of filet mignon.
If you go, get a business card for me. I always forget.
Has anyone tried cooking a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a turkey stuffed in a croc? Seems obvious to me.
Ask for the ostrich. It's damn good, very low fat and counts as white meat even though it's red. And it tastes like the finest cut of filet mignon.
I didn't like ostrich, the one time I had it. It was kind of slippery without being greasy. Plus the taste didn't match the color. I can't say it was bad, it just didn't jibe with my expectations, I guess.
Actually, I had 'Gator Bites at Pineapple Willy's two nights ago down at PCB. Not bad. :D
My hard and fast rule is: I don't eat anything that could have eaten me. It's a mutual respect thing.
Eh? Surely it shows more respect to eat those that could eat you - it's just bullying to eat those that can't (sez me who has never killed anything I've eaten in my life!)
she even ate rabbit meat once...and snail... oh great... i'm having breakfast in a few minutes...that thought surely is appetizing.
I know snails are an acquired taste, but I hadn't realised rabbit was considered grim...? Perhaps a British thing - rabbit isn't uncommon on the menu here, although I admit I haven't cooked it myself, it was a staple of my childhood. Works well in casseroles.
Snails are great on your breakfast cereal. They get shrinkage in cold milk, however.
That's why you make
porridge of them!
I
think I've had croc. I've had alligator but it was in quite an overpowering sauce so I can't comment on the finer points of the taste. Damn good though.
That porridge sounds good, but it also sounds like a lot of work.