Chicken & Turtle Soup

[Barnyard Dawg]

We cull our chickens out periodically, yesterday we culled a small white leghorn that was still laying eggs, and my wife made a soup, after butchering the chicken she butchered a turtle, for those that have a hard time with chickens I sure wouldn’t recommend trying this. The soup contained pork bones, a whole chicken and a three and a half-pound turtle with shell added, along with some other ingredients she added. The turtles are very tasty this time of the year since it is cold; it is dark meat.

 

[hypnofrogstevie]

They dont sell turtle around us but it does sound pretty good. I think I will stick with regular chicken soup lol

 

[jacque]

Sounds nummy, but I think I'll leave out the turtle tooooo, I just can't bring myself to try new foods.....

 

[silkiechicken]

Mmmm turtle soup. I have a 8 inch shell left over from one, and a oh... 14 inch or so shell from the one from my grandparents 50th anniversary party.

 

[adoptedbyachicken]

Turtles are very common here, they are the painted turtles. Are they the ones you use? I have no clue how to get started on that but it sounds interesting.

 

[Barnyard Dawg]

Painted turtles would work just fine since they are plentiful and I believe are considered a game species, which would require a fishing license in some or most states to harvest them? We get ours from an Asian market I don't know if they are wild, imported or farm raised. They are between 3-4 pounds the roosters are the best eating, my wife can tell by the shell shape and the female have eggs so not as much meat. She will cook them like she would a lobster first by placing them whole in boiling water so they urinate and defecate so they are clean internally before the butchering takes place.

 

[KingsCalls]

Turtles are ok but, THE SHELL WAS ADDED? I've never heard of this. I could do the soup without the shell..!

 

[silkiechicken]

Just boil the whole turtle in with all the soup. Fish out the shell before eating

 

[Scrambled Egg]

Ever hate yourself for looking at something really nasty and gross or taking a big inhale when something smells horrible??!! That is how I feel about this thread, man I knew I shouldn't have looked!!!!! I have picked tutles up out the road for years and yers. I've had them as pets. Poeple give me glass, resin, ceramic..turtles for presents...now I will think all day about them floating in a a soup pot, man I wish I hadn't looked, lol!!!! Darlene

 

[picklespickles]

i had no idea you could buy turtles in the store to eat. there is an asian market a few towns over. mabye i'll take a look see.