Warning: this one is a little graphic. Those 1950 Junior League Ladies meant business! No cushy butcher for them, they did the dirty work themselves...lol .. I think I would prefer to get my Cooter postmortem 🤣
Charleston Receipts was first published in 1950 and is the oldest Junior League cookbook still in print.
So let's break down this down...
Cooter - Fresh water turtle (how one knows its female is not my area of expertise) 🤣 Fresh water snapping turtle has the texture of frog legs or lobster. The four legs and tail are dark meat, the neck and back straps are white meat
Irish Potato - White potato - similar in taste and texture to russets, though with their much thinner skin you can skip the step of peeling
As I understand it, turtle meat is quite expensive, costing upwards of $40 per pound. you could substitute with chicken or ground beef, or oxtails
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