George Shirley wrote:

> 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.
>
> Nope, all of the gator meat is eaten. Some as gator burgers, some made
> into gator sausage, and most is just cooked and eaten. The tail is a
> large one and has lots of really good meat on it.
>
>>
>> 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.
>
> Is it against the law to have a fireplace and to burn wood in it? If
> not, the hell with the ap Nazis.
>
> You can cook gator meat the same way you would any other meat, baked,
> roasted, BBQed, fried, stewed, you name it. A short Google search
> would give you tons of gator meat recipes.


What's it cost down yer way, George...or can you "bag" yer own 'gator...???


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Greg