I was just wondering, never had any. Caj, oldman45, Do you guys eat gator?

it's fishier than chicken. I'm gonna fry some with some frog legs this weekend. It tastes more like rattlesnake.

It does taste like snake, better than chicken.

It tastes so good I have thought about hunting them. It's not like we have any shortage of them...

charlie sherrill,
I've led a sheltered life, I've never eaten rattlesnake either. I have heard people say that rattlesnake is good though.

I have not had Alligator but i have had frog's leg's and they do taste like chicken.

mmmm Florida chicken. Great when it's hot. Cold, the more you chew the bigger it gets.

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I wonder if Alligators think people taste like chicken.

To me it always had the consistency of Lamb, but a taste all to its own.

Little restaurant outside Gainesville (FL), Cross Creek, in the 80's would serve it cubed and deep fried, I would get it in a combo with fried soft-shell crab and rice and gravy. Man that was good!

Not a big gator fan-seems like the more I chew it, the bigger it gets. Would rather eat chicken

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The 2 times I ate gator it was kinda like eaten a muddy chicken leg. Once was in N.O., La. at a very famous eatery and the last time was in lower Miss. I will pass when its offered again..............

Tastes like wild frog legs, to me.
A little fishy, but about like chicken.

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Gator tastes more like eagle - Ya know, that fish taste kinda back there.
Rattlesnake tastes more like owl - Ya know, that mouse taste kinda back there.

Stuff tastes kinda like what it eats.
Squirrel has a nutty taste, etc.

Y'all actually eat chickens?
It's gotta taste like - Well, ya know (ain't no yuck emotion thingy)

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Howdy,
I'm kinda with Deadeye on this.
If you can get it wild it is a lot better than some of the farm raised gator that spends it's life living in it's own filth.
I never thought frog or gator tasted like chicken.
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Mike

I thought it tasted more like a pork tenderloin, only a little tougher.
I have had it fried and in a gumbo.

It's pretty good--depending on how it's served and who is doing the cooking.
It can blow up in your mouth if care is not taken. I like catfish, oysters, shrimp, red fish, trout and flatfish better---don't really care for craw fish---have to work too hard for the morsel you get.
Red Beans and Rice will stay with you---now dang it all-I'm gettin hongry again.
Blessings

PS---i have an honest to goodness good snappin turtle story to tell---but its long. That is if'n you want to hear it.

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Guess I'm the exception. I had it once, at a local seafood restaurant. "Deep fried alligator nuggets". Don't know what part of the gator it came from (although I thought people only ate the tail). Don't really remember what it tasted like, but I do know that I was so impressed I decided I wasn't gonna eat gator again.

Like Coors beer, it had a lot of hype, but didn't live up to it.

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Just like ^^^ these guys, don't care for it.

i agree w/ Charlie Sherrill, it is more like snake. We serve it in my resturaunt - grilled, fried or blackened - little bite sized pieces scattered over a bed of fresh greens and a little honey mustard dressing......yum!!!

I thought you would like nutria better.

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I've never tried gator, but I have eaten everything else mentioned here--including nutria, which I thought was delicious. As far as the whole, "tastes like chicken" description, let's be honest, only chicken tastes like chicken. Everything has its own flavor, and in the case of all things mentioned here, to me that is a good thing. I think I'll have lunch, now...

Sure, let's hear it.

I had gator in Florida, Kissimee, I think the name of the place was. This was at the gator show where the one-gloved Michael Jackson lookalike would lean off his perch, to which he was chained in case the gator got him, and drop chicken carcasses to the leaping gators below. It was served fried in batter on a little cardboard hotdog container. It was okay, but nothin' to write home about... I bet it is good if cooked properly like ol geeser is talkin' about.

Hmm. Maybe it did kinda taste like snake now that I think about it.

I asked my pal 'Wally Gator' and he said "Actualy y'all are a lot like pork."



I sent off to "Cajun Grocery" for some cajun battered alligator tail. Yes it does taste just like chicken. The only differance I could see was, Gator is somewhat chewier. And costs 6-8 times as much. (10 after shipping & handling)

taste like fryed wild turkey to me, not bad but not as good as coon or armadillo.

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Blackened, fried and baked are the ways to cook gator tail. And, yes, the tail is the only part one eats.

I ate my first as a young policeman. We had several that encroached into the city and rarely would the Game and Fish folks respond at night, so ... we handled the situation and disposed of the carcass.

Still find it in a few restaurants, but I've never found it to taste as good as home-cooked gator tail.

Rattle snakes encroached, too, and were summarily dispatched. I took one home after its demise, used a little Shake N Bake and took it into the station asking the female records clerks to try my first batch of home-made chicken. They fell for it, but were pretty mad when the facts became known.

This was back in the late 60s and one could get away with things then that would land someone in a lot of trouble today.

Bob

It's hard to believe there is a person on this board that hasn't had "gator slim-jim" at the gunshow. Those things are all over the place.

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To me it tastes like alligator.

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Gator's on the menu as an appetizer at a few local restaurants, as is what's claimed to be rattlesnake meat. It is invariably heavily breaded and deep fried, and variously seasoned from mild to unrecognizable. It's pretty high on my "what's the point?" list --- both bland, blond, pretty much tasteless meat, relying on spices and/or batter to make it interesting. I've long since quit bothering with rattlesnakes as food --- not worth the risk and bother of dealing with them, for so little meat as they provide. Gator's are few and far between, although not unknown, in these parts...

It is a mild tasting meat and like jkc said, it tastes like the batter it is prepared with. I do prefer the tail as it is white as some fish. It is more chewy than chicken, more like pork.

I have eaten nutria sauce piquante (pronounced sos pee-kon). Sauce piquante is a spicy red stew served over rice.

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Does chicken taste like chicken?

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Gator tastes like a very tough, greasy, gamey chicken.

WAIT A SEC!!! coon really! come on man,,i wouldnt eat a raccoon if it was the 2nd,3rd or 4th meal left on earth,lol,,{possum,skunk,crow...] im not eating a raccoon!

Alligator tastes kind of like pork to me, if it is not cleaned well by someone who knows what he is doing it will taste fishy, more like rancid fish!
I never order it in a restaurant same for softshell crabs which often have the same problem if not cleaned well or frozen too long.
I have a buddy who catches alligator and some times drops off a bag ot two of meat. They clean it well and it is still good after freezing for several months. My favorite way is small chunks seasoned with cajun seasoning, dusted with a bit of flour and deep fried, or in a creole soup recipe which is very good, topped off with a spoonful of dry sherry.