I know, but it's good!

[Chefnot]

Slow food: Turtle soup is a throwback to an earlier elegant time
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 8 hours ago
"His turtle soup was like vegetables soup," he says," but spicy and that's what made it so good." While many states have banned harvesting of snapping ...

Found one headed for my pond the other day and he's in the freezer. Can't wait to make it.

[ibcheft]

Lookin back with Justin Wilson had his turtle soup show on just a little bit ago. He is on RFDTV now one show a week showed twice, once Saturday mornings and once late evening, not sure what day. He showed the bone in a turtle, it was weird looking. Then he started naming the different flavored meats that were in a turtle, I had some turtle before but tasted like turtle, guess if I had gotten down to the nitty gritty, the piece I had was more like beef texture, but the flavor was different. It did have a lot of vegetables in the soup, I never heard of anything but turtle soup, do they eat it any other way ?

[Food Network Fan]

One turtle and you have enough to make soup? What kind of turtles do you have in Ohio?

[isilzha]

Good thing I never showed you guys the dead turtle I found on the beach a couple years ago. It was huge (and really gross).

[MiseEnPlace]

My grandma told me about going snap turtle hunting with her boyfriend. Apparently, he liked to catch then and eat them. They would make soup. I always thought that was disgusting. And she said there are 7 different tasting meats on a turtle. I can't figure that out... chicken, beef, fish what else? Until reading that article I thought this was some thing only done in WV. I had no idea other people made turtle soup!

Turtles kinda freak me out, so I don't think I'll be dining on them

[Chefnot]

, I never heard of anything but turtle soup, do they eat it any other way ?

When I had my 4-H trapping club, in the summer we would trap turtle and have a big turtle fry as a fund raiser. Old timers came from near and far. We pan fried the turtle and then baked them for about two hours. It was good.

One turtle and you have enough to make soup? What kind of turtles do you have in Ohio?

It was about a seven ponder so I'm sure I netted plenty for the soup. The one in the picture was too small (they are a major pain to clean.) Anyway, who would have thought a turtle could climb a fence? It's trying to climb out of my rabbit enclosure.

[BerryBaby]

You have turtles like that in Ohio? I've been there many times and have never seen a wild turtle.

[Food Network Fan]

We have the land terrapins but they aren't that big.

[BernerMommy]

I think that turtle is one food I would have to pass on. I would think too much about all of the ones that I have moved out of the middle of the road so that they did not become road-kill.

[Food Network Fan]

I do that too. I have even got my husband to do it a couple of times ... reluctantly.