I have a mental tag on alligator i that claims it tastes like veal, but I think it's really just that, when I tried it, it had been battered and fried and so tasted mostly of fried batter like a veal cutlet.
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jul 24, 2009 1:33:23 pm PDT #647 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 24, 2009 1:41:55 pm PDT #648 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'll echo Ginger - my forays into eating gator have been mostly chicken-like, with a bit greasier texture and a hint of fish oil flavor.
-t - Jul 24, 2009 1:43:40 pm PDT #649 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I know I've had alligator sausage, but that's full of other flavors.
StuntHusband - Jul 24, 2009 1:46:17 pm PDT #650 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
looks at y'all with growing alarm
The food in Seattle does not include these...delicacies. I think I'll just sit over here and drink some more coffee...
Barb - Jul 24, 2009 1:47:28 pm PDT #651 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”
Son, you're gettin' ready to hit Atlanta. Be prepared. At least for the sweet tea.
(Said with as southern a drawl as I can swing.)
tommyrot - Jul 24, 2009 1:55:16 pm PDT #652 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ND and I (and I think there were others) split some 'gator appetizers at the New Orleans F2F. It was nummy.
beth b - Jul 24, 2009 1:59:02 pm PDT #653 of 30001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
In some places you can order half sweet half unsweet
which is still very sweet
but I like my ice to have some sweet.
StuntHusband - Jul 24, 2009 2:06:29 pm PDT #654 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
I love sweet tea. LOVE. IT. It's this crocogator food NONSENSE that's causing my hackles to flee in terror.
dcp - Jul 24, 2009 2:12:15 pm PDT #655 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Then you probably wouldn't like squirrel, 'possum, armadillo, nutria, or rattlesnake, either.
StuntHusband - Jul 24, 2009 2:15:06 pm PDT #656 of 30001
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
...probably not, dcp.
It's not to say I won't try exotic new foods, but I'm...cautious. 4 of those animals are pests meant for death-and-disposal (someone in Oregon, close to my mom, thought that nutria would be a good FUR animal, and when that failed, just LET THEM GO. They've been eating the roots of the trees along the various riverbanks around Portland, causing massive erosion and plant loss. Bah.)