Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Holiday

For the second time in my life, last night I ate alligator.

I was celebrating.

7 comments:

John Gallaher said...

Taste like chicken?

Paul said...

Uh, not really. It's denser. Spicier. It tastes good, I think.

Oliver de la Paz said...

It IS good. I had it the last time I was in New Orleans. It was deep fried and I had it with french fries and a beer. Yum.

Catnapping said...

is it blubbery? it their legs look ultra muscular, but the bellies, not so much.

we got no crocs or gaters up here, but i've had bear - in stew and jerked/smoked...

i hated it in the stew..it was gamey and guhreasy, but i LOVED it jerked, and especially smoked.

Paul said...

The cuts I had last night almost remind me of something like cube steak, though better. It didn't seem esp. greasy, though it was deep fried, so....

John Gallaher said...

Oliver,

But doesn't something deep-fried mostly taste like something deep-fried?

Catnapping said...

I love okra, deep-fried...if it's in little bits, about half an inch long...but even just seeing okra any other way, and I gag.

So if I was gonna try something new, that would be the way to do it.

I like frog legs, sauteed in butter or in olive oil, and they're amphibian... So it seems like alligator would be a good thing to try.