Moonman
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I was just wondering, never had any. Caj, oldman45, Do you guys eat gator?
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DOES ALLIGATOR REALLY TASTE LIKE CHICKEN
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charlie sherrill
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it's fishier than chicken. I'm gonna fry some with some frog legs this weekend. It tastes more like rattlesnake.
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It tastes so good I have thought about hunting them. It's not like we have any shortage of them...
mg357
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I have not had Alligator but i have had frog's leg's and they do taste like chicken.
doublesharp
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mmmm Florida chicken. Great when it's hot. Cold, the more you chew the bigger it gets.
JcMack
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I wonder if Alligators think people taste like chicken.
southflorida-law
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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!
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!
CAJUNLAWYER
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Not a big gator fan-seems like the more I chew it, the bigger it gets. Would rather eat chicken 
3daman!
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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..............
35Rem
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Tastes like wild frog legs, to me.
A little fishy, but about like chicken.
A little fishy, but about like chicken.
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)
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)
mstuhr
Member
I'm with Deadeye
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.
Thanks
Mike
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.
Thanks
Mike
Will Carry
Member
I thought it tasted more like a pork tenderloin, only a little tougher.
I have had it fried and in a gumbo.
I have had it fried and in a gumbo.
williamlayton
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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.
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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Alpo
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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.
Like Coors beer, it had a lot of hype, but didn't live up to it.
red14
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Not a big gator fan-seems like the more I chew it, the bigger it gets. Would rather eat chicken
Just like ^^^ these guys, don't care for it.
ol' geeser
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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!!!
REM 3200
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Not a big gator fan-seems like the more I chew it, the bigger it gets. Would rather eat chicken
I thought you would like nutria better.
