"Gregory Morrow" > wrote in message
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> Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>> I just noticed the new Asian supermarket near me is
>> carrying frozen alligator meat for $5.99 in 1 lb. packages.
>>
>> Is this a good meat? The package says it's bone-in,
>> so I have no idea how much of that is meat, nor how
>> difficult it is to separate the meat from the bone.
>> I believe only the tail is eaten, and if it's anything
>> like oxtail, it would be full of bones.
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>
> AFAIK alligator tails are a lot bigger than oxtails, so maybe the
> bone-to-meat ratio would be bigger...
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>
>> I also don't have any idea how it should be cooked.
>> Should I succumb to the temptation, what are the
>> best methods? I'd consider BBQ, but there have been
>> air pollution Nazis around here hunting down people
>> who burn logs in their fireplaces, so I'm not sure
>> I'll ever BBQ again.
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>
> At this moment I am making chicken and sausage gumbo, I'd not be averse to
> using it in a gumbo...
>
> Also what is the "toughness quotient", I wonder...does it require a long
> slow cooking or...???
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>
> --
> Best
> Greg
Long, long time ago, I know that I had alligator prepared several different
ways. As I recall, all of it was in small pieces like stew meat. I think
both preparations were floured and one was fried the other perhaps a kind of
stew. I liked it a lot and my husband liked it as well and he's from the
mid-west where they are suspicious of anything 'foreign.'
Janet