I have not eaten enough turtle to prove this but, I have had several different guys tell me that (if I'm not mistaking), there are 7 different "flavors" of meat to a turtle, depending on which part of the turtle it comes from. One is supposed to taste like chicken, fish, beef, veal, etc. but, like I said, I don't know...
Several years ago, I caught a 130 pound soft-shell turtle out of a pond when it snagged itself on my unbaited trotline. When I was out in the boat trying to get it's head out of the water enough to shoot it, a couple of black fellows came out in another boat to help. We finally got the turtle in to shore and these guys said that if I would give them the turtle, they would cook it and bring me a big pot of turtle stew...
Well, about 3 or 4 days went by and these same fellows came by the house and brought me a a 10 qt. pot full of turtle stew. I kindly thanked them for it, took it in the house and put it on the stove to heat up. In the meantime, I made a big pan of biscuits and by the time they got done, the stew was also ready...
First time in my life to ever eat turtle stew and I must say that to this day, 15 years later, I can still remenber had bad my stomach hurt from eating so much, it was that good
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