Alligator OK to eat on Lenten Fridays, archbishop clarifies

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Lochias said:
You’ve never had breaded, deep-fried alligator bites with *sauce piquante *before, I’d wager.

Mmmmmm.
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Awww…you’re making me feel the pains of nostalgia for good 'ole southern cooking.:crying:

The most “exotic” cuisine I’ve found since moving north is scrapple and shoo-fly pie.😃
GEddie said:
LOL!!!

I wonder if that makes snake ok, then, as both are reptiles? Or does living on land make it verboten?

ICXC NIKA
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Looks like your snake question has been answered. You gettin’ ready to wrestle rattlers with your bare teeth or something?😃
 
Allegra said:
Hmmm. My grocery store just started selling frozen alligator. Is it as good as fresh? I might have to buy some just to see my husband’s face!
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I don’t know for sure; I’ve never had it previously frozen. But if I had to wager, I would say no. In the first place, I don’t think *any *meats are ever has good when they’ve been frozen first (though I know some will disagree). But secondly, gator meat can be pretty tough to begin with, so freezing it might worsen the texture significantly.

Just guessing.🤷
 
Lucky7 said:
Fair enough of course, but

Yuck.
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I’m from the South and I agree with you, LOL. I have family members who LOVE alligator tails and always order it when we go to a Cajun restaurant, and I’m always secretly wishing they’d sit me at another table! 😃
 
I like alligator. Rattlesnake is good too. I had frogs legs once and they were okay, but it was hard to tell what they actually taste like because they were deep fried and all I really tasted was seasonings.

I always thought the “tastes like chicken” thing was a joke, but alligator and rattlesnake actually do taste a bit like chicken.
 
Lucky7 said:
I’m sorry, but when was alligator ever acceptable to eat?

Yuck.
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Don’t knock it if you haven’t tried it! Unless you are one of those overly picky people, I’ll bet if someone gave it to you to eat and didn’t tell you what it was, you would like it.
Alligator meat, when breaded and fried, is like eating breaded chicken cutlet. It has a similar texture and taste.
 
Alligators have had it too good for too long. Serve me some of that!
 
Delaine75 said:
I’m from the South and I agree with you, LOL. I have family members who LOVE alligator tails and always order it when we go to a Cajun restaurant, and I’m always secretly wishing they’d sit me at another table!
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How does that work? Is it like lobster, where they bring you the entire tail, and you spoon out the tender, tasty part while leaving the hard, inedible outer shell? I could see where that would get a little awkward, even messy, if the tail was very large. Is the tail eaten as a common dish, or does everyone get their own?
 
Dale_M said:
How does that work? Is it like lobster, where they bring you the entire tail, and you spoon out the tender, tasty part while leaving the hard, inedible outer shell? I could see where that would get a little awkward, even messy, if the tail was very large. Is the tail eaten as a common dish, or does everyone get their own?
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I’ve only seen alligator meat after it’s been processed. You buy it cut up into pieces.
 
I learned a long time ago when I first arrived in Japan that not liking a food is more a matter of one’s mindset rather than flavor. If you think it will taste bad, then it usually does. The difficulty is in reaching a point where you do not judge a food before you taste it. Of course, there are certain foods which I dislike, even though I’ve tried to eat them over and over again. Liver is one of them. Anyway, alligator, so I’ve heard, generally tastes similar to what it eats. In the wild an alligator will eat fish, turtles, snakes, and so on, and will generally have a muddy taste. Most alligator meat these days comes from a farm and the animals are fed chicken, so, as others have said, alligator does indeed taste like chicken. Most restaurants which serve alligator buy it frozen, so I see nothing wrong with frozen alligator from a supermarket. It would probably taste like chicken nuggets. Some of the best alligator I’ve had was served as fried nuggets, garnished with lime or a slightly spicy piquant sauce, but I’m sure there are a million alligator recipes just waiting to be discovered.
 
Lucky7 said:
Ok, OK!!! I concede! 😛
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yippeee a convert. 😃

The first time I tried it was many, many years ago. Only a few restaurants had it on their menu. I went out with some friends for dinner. They knew the owner of the restaurant. They hadn’t printed a new menu so we didn’t know they had alligator. The owner brought out a plate with what looked like chicken nuggets and asked us to try it. I knew something was up b/c he wouldn’t say what it was. I picked at mine, I pulled it apart. It looked like chicken so I ate it. It was only after we all said how much we liked it that he told us it was alligator. I was sold on it right then and there.
 
There are no gators for several hundred miles, else I’d have some.

ICXC NIKA
 
GEddie said:
There are no gators for several hundred miles, else I’d have some.
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I live a long ways from gator country, but this thread inspired me to look for alligator while I was shopping in the grocery store. And I found it! 🙂

It was in a large chain store, one which is very common in Iowa and some surrounding areas. One version was mixed with pork, so I figured that wouldn’t do. But the other was pure alligator nuggets, coated with spicy cornmeal mix. It cost $12 per pound, but, hey, wouldn’t it make a nice Lenten treat?

:hmmm:

Maybe not for the penitential day of fast. 😊

(Unless my pocketbook was doing penance) 😃
 
Dale_M said:
I live a long ways from gator country, but this thread inspired me to look for alligator while I was shopping in the grocery store. And I found it! 🙂

It was in a large chain store, one which is very common in Iowa and some surrounding areas. One version was mixed with pork, so I figured that wouldn’t do. But the other was pure alligator nuggets, coated with spicy cornmeal mix. It cost $12 per pound, but, hey, wouldn’t it make a nice Lenten treat?

:hmmm:

Maybe not for the penitential day of fast. 😊

(Unless my pocketbook was doing penance) 😃
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👍 👍 👍

Here you go, for the full gator-nugget experience: buzzle.com/articles/piquant-sauce-recipe.html

You’re welcome. :cool:
 
Bill_Martin said:
I like alligator. Rattlesnake is good too. I had frogs legs once and they were okay, but it was hard to tell what they actually taste like because they were deep fried and all I really tasted was seasonings.

I always thought the “tastes like chicken” thing was a joke, but alligator and rattlesnake actually do taste a bit like chicken.
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I had roasted frogs’ legs once. They were good, but a bit overdone. (it can be difficult to not overcook something so small)
Lucky7 said:
Ok, OK!!! I concede! 😛
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You still aren’t obligated to try it. 😉
 
Dale_M said:
I live a long ways from gator country, but this thread inspired me to look for alligator while I was shopping in the grocery store. And I found it! 🙂

It was in a large chain store, one which is very common in Iowa and some surrounding areas. One version was mixed with pork, so I figured that wouldn’t do. But the other was pure alligator nuggets, coated with spicy cornmeal mix. It cost $12 per pound, but, hey, wouldn’t it make a nice Lenten treat?

:hmmm:

Maybe not for the penitential day of fast. 😊

(Unless my pocketbook was doing penance) 😃
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I live in a coastal region where the seafood can be really good (there is one avenue where literally every restaurant has a greeter stationed with a pot of clam chowder to entice customers). I have heard multiple suggestions that Friday abstinence is not penitential here.

Except perhaps for the “pocketbook fast”.
 
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