Doug Freyburger 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.
>
> A few months ago I saw a frozen package at the local seafood store and
> bought it so I could cook it when my wife was out of town. She's not as
> adventurous with food as I am.
>
> > Is this a good meat?
>
> Not the way I cooked it it isn't. I made it into a stew with jicama,
> carrots, onions, some fresh herbs from the flowerpot on the deck. It
> came out pretty nasty.

Hmmm . . . this helps me resist the temptation.

> I've have gator jerky that was okay so I don't know what I did wrong
> with the stew.

So far, I've learned there's tail and non-tail,
and three color variants (of which white is best).

It kinda sounds like you bought the same thing
I was looking at. This may be by-product from
the tail and white alligator meat industry, and
there might not be any good way to prepare it.