Gregory Morrow wrote:
> 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...???
>
>
You have to have a special permit to hunt gator. Of course if you run
over one on the bayou road who's to know if you just chuck it in the
back of the truck for cooking later. Gator mostly runs about six bucks a
pound around here and more for the tail meat. The trappers sell the
hides, the meat, and even the heads, they fix the heads up with
taxidermy and sell them to the turistas. I haven't hunted gator in
years, or even had to run from them in twenty years. Good thing as my
running is about the same speed as Bre's Turtles.