Cooking Snapping Turtle
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2015
- Hey guys, here is how I cook another summer treat here in the hills. Not much of a recipe to go by, just your favorite fried chicken recipe will do fine. Thanks for watching, and God bless.
J
Video to processing snapping turtle:
• Cleaning Your Snapper ...
This is exactly how I do my turtles.
I haven't had fried snapper since I was a young boy in Illinois, when my Grandad was still alive. I'm retired in Florida now..after watching this it brought back so many memories.....I'm getting some if I get the chance, and yes it is very GOOD as I recall. Thanks J.
I am hungry as heck now. That looked amazing and I love what you said about eating things in the summer and different in the Fall and Winter.
That pan of left over grease looks like it would make some INCREDIBLE gravy! yum.
Something on my bucket list! Never had snapping turtle!
Great find!
Delicious!
We used to purge them for 30 days.
Really made a difference than eating a freshly caught one.
Thanks for sharing.
My granddaddy would put them in a rain barrel and feed them leftover bread and biscuits for several days. He would change the water every few days until it stayed clear. Grandma's fried turtle was the best and one of the things a miss the most.
As grandkids we would always go bump the barrel to see if there were any turtles in it. :-)
***** Haha. it sounds as if we shared grandparents~! And yes, we kids always bumped the barrel too.
I dare you to stick your finger in there! LOL
I haven't had turtle for many years. Never heard of the nail trick either. We always fried ours as well but cut the meat into smaller chunks. Fried it all up and then put a little water in the pan and covered to steam a while. seems to finish cooking faster and more tender. With it all in smaller chunks you never knew which part you were getting but all was good. Great video and keep em coming.
i love snapping turtle, i started catching them with my grandpa and uncle since i was 6-7. i was taught to process them just like you did, keeping them for a few days in a stock tank or cooler is the key.
just a reminder to everyone some states have restriction on turtles.
in wisconsin, our season is from july 15 to nov 30 and they have a slot size, meaning you can only keep them 12 to 16 inches, and have a max of 3 in your possesion, you also need a fishing, or small game license.
love your channel J. your doing a great job brother keep up the great work
I am glad to see you cooking with your cast iron pot on top of a glass stove, I have been afraid too, people are always saying it will crack. Love your videos
Looks yummy!
Never ate turtle... but I'd try some the way you cook it!
One of my mother favorite foods. I grew up eating these. I had one climb out of the back of a truck, tailgate closed.
Just want to say thanks. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge man. Please keep it up.
Never had turtle. I can catch loads of turtles in local lakes and may give it a shot. Thank you very much for the video.
Thanks for the vid. My curiosity send me here. Ty very much. Appreciate it 😄
"If you don't have enough bacon fat to fry a turtle, you're just not eating enough bacon my friend." Words to live by !😂
Very good video I like the cooking part and the way you can easily adapt the four and spices to change the recipes
That was fantastic bro. I'd love to do something like this. Us city boys don't know how to do a damn thing.
Awesome ! Thanks for sharing !!!
I've just started watching your channel. I find it informative. God bless you brother. I am a retired Nurse, sorry your wife had that happen to her. You are a man of honor. Thank you I didn't know there were many left. I'm not as young as my picture, only one I had. I took care of both parents and sounds like you have a lot of love. Poor turtle. I know that is how to live off the land. You are doing great. At least you are surviving. I'm just trying out homemade air conditioner. Works great...Check some out (you probably have).I'll be back to watch more. I have a house in town limits, can't grow chickens or wild, but have a garden. Do your kids like to garden? Great video.
Love these videos, learning lots ❤ thank you!
Holy Crap!! Thanks for the video Jon, I've wanted to eat turtle for years now. My grandfather used to do them and I forgot how. If you get a chance do more on cooking them please. !! Thanks man.
Cool Video!!! I just set and watched this with my Grandson...they just found a smaller on in their creek. He thought it looked good (so did I LOL)
Thansk for sharing
Thanks John. It's funny that you did this video today. A couple of days ago, my neighbor across the street started yelling for me to bring my big-ast gun and shoot a big-ast snapping turtle that was under her deck.I yelled back that you don't shoot a snapper, you chop it's head off! If it hadn't came out of the polluted creek behind her house I would have cleaned it out just like you did before dispatching it....and cooking it. YUM! Only thing is, YOU FORGOT THE GRAVY!!! LOL!!!!!
Thank you for the upload.. Nice looking farm set up what i could see. Loved your other the fishing channel one also.. sub`d shared.
i am looking forward to catching,cleaning & cooking my 1st turtle here in SE`rn part Colorado.
Awesome stuff, brother! I could smell that turtle cooking through my phone screen!
that's impossible
This man is very well spoken, a good narration.
That looks like the best way to cook it up! Yum!!!!
yummy ! great video my friend !!
John, love the video. Hater's are gonna hate and there's folks who simply don't have a clue through no fault of their own. Seems there's less & less opportunity for people to get back to their roots. To get their hands dirty in a garden, to smell wet chicken feathers and learning to check what's on their shoes before going back into the house. To eat fresh fruit straight from the plant that produced it. Nor to experience Silver Queen sweet corn on the cob, 10 minutes from the stalk.
Can't stress enough, how helpful your videos are (can be) to the latter group of folks mentioned. We never know when hard times are gonna strike. Whether in our personal lives or a much larger situation. I'm sure with every how-to video you do, that you do help someone(s) to be a little more self-reliant and independent. While they may not remember all the details of xyz, you've planted a seed.
And, at the same time, you can still teach old timers, like me, another trick or two. Thank you for that, my friend. Much appreciated. May God bless the seeds that you sow.
love it! thanks J.
You know what I say to haters? If you don't want to see it, don't watch it. Plain and simple. Damn, now I'm gonna harvest a snapper this summer lol.
Outstanding video yet again!
Can't beat that snapping turtle meat! One of my favorites! Just had one recently!
man you did a great job! love some turtle! we cook about 4 very summer here in WV
People gotta eat. Brings me back to my days in South Carolina. Good video.
Turtles are more important than people.
ssshhh before he eats you turtle
I thought you were wearing a tie, for your Turtle Processing Video.
Nope....just a neck knife!
God Bless Brother!
Peace!
Thanks!
As always.....God Bless!
Hawk.
I've never had turtle. But, YUMMMM. Making us hungry for sure !!!!!!!!
Solid video! Thank you.
Its good to see that I'm not the only one that likes turtle.
I'm going go try one soon
I sure miss your homesteading videos. Blessings!
"if you don't have enough bacon grease to fry a turtle, you just aint eatin enough bacon my friend" lol
Some old timers call snapping turtles cooters.... Thanks for sharing how to prepare them for dinner..... I've always wondered and now I know....
Thanks for sharing J!! I think them city chef folks would consider that a delicacy... or not lol I think Ficken for a name works well, You never cease to inspire.
You are the man... nice work !!!
If I ever get the opportunity to eat turtle I now know what to expect. Looking forward to it. Yum!
My grandfather used to trap snapping turtles when I was a kid and I used to watch him process them (can't believe I had the stomach for that as a little kid!)
I always refused to eat it though. I guess it was just the thought of it being turtle.
My grandmother told me years later, when I was in my 30's, that I had eaten more turtle than I ever knew !!! whaaaatttt?????!!!!!!
She said they always just told me it was chicken!! Lol!
***** She's not the only one. Have some Bambi folks in my family who won't eat venison. Claim they don't like it. Funny, that they seem to enjoy a big pot of vegetable + meat soup that's a holiday tradition around here. They just take it for granted that it's beef and chicken in my soup. lol (For someone with a sincere conviction, I'd tell them what's the the pot. If someone asks, I won't lie about it. However, for the rest, it's pot luck!)
Oldtimer Lee Our D.I.Law is a "bunny" lover and wouldn't eat one if she or the kids were STARVING... or would she...I'll never tell. Oopssss, I guess I just did. We raised meat rabbits for years back in NC, canned 'em too, and now were just waiting for the heat to breakto replenish. Rabbit tastes like ... RABBIT!
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Pammie Doodle did he die from cancer ?
My grandmother did the same thing. We grew up eating lots of wild game and just never really thought to ask. But that one time I said "I love your fried chicken Mimi!" and she responded with "thanks dear, I'll make some next sunday" I realized that I was a really eating turtle, didn't slow me down a bit! 🤣
Another good video Man. Thanks
Great video. Haven't had any for years. thanks for sharing. To bad the trolls have to give you so many thumbs down.
I must commend you you need your own show u are very professional making sure the turtle was clean and you had gloves on.....you 🎸 rock!!!
Thanks for doing this video! Well I should say thanks for the link to the over videos lol.. I understand why you didn't show the cleaning process but the haters need to understand all meat don't come in a pretty styrofoam plate with saran wrap on it and sold in a store.. I love the 7 different flavors of turtles, I ate a few before. I never seen how to clean them though.
Great job i think the video was great got my mouth watering looks so good i have to try this some day =P
I didn't see the mashed potatoes,biscuits,and for the love of food-GRAVY, bacon drippings frying turtle. Also should have green beans or corn and iced tea. Love the vid's there chief...keep rocking them out there....lol...God Bless You and Yours brother.
Great video tried your way and it was dang good thank you wish I could send you a couple of pictures of a few I cought don't know how and while some law's have changed I haven't God bless.
Looks great!
Jnullo ,man it's five in the Am San Jose ,Cali and this ol Ranger is starving after watching bunch of your shows! Keep up the great work with the super cool attitude as well. Feel like one of the family . Thanks omg am I hungry though
I wish my daddy had lived to see youtube, he would have loved all these videos. We lived on a lake way out in the woods and we ate catfish, perch, bass, and crappie all the time, but he was always thinking of other ways to provide, hundreds of snapping turtles lived in that lake and the one and only time he decided to clean one, it was pregnant, all these orange looking globs were coming out of it and it just turned him off that idea for awhile, LOL. He didn't live a whole lot longer after that, but I think we would have eaten turtle eventually!
Cool story man. Kudos to ya dad from England
Turtles don’t get pregnant. They lay eggs.
Best UA-camr ever!!
yum that looks good
Love snapping turtle yum yum
My father said the same as far as the taste, depending on the type of turtle. He also said that the meat was like eating a chicken gizzard. A bit tough and chewy but still really good.
Yes your correct...
All that from 1 turtle? Wow! Love turtle soup too.
Great video!
Thanks
Looks great! My mother used to cook turtle exactly the same way. The legs are my favorite!
I hope leaving that comment made you feel better, but it really doesn't bother me at all. Have a nice day!
but cooking chicken, cows and pigs are ok?
I'm not a vegan. Turtles are my favorite animals. I wouldn't mind any other animal. Just not a turtle
***** u single?
***** O.o
Your videos are great but now I am hungry! haha subscribed.
God bless you too.
Im definitely going to try this!
Honestly I wouldn't eat this but I enjoyed watching you cook it.
Now this is one meat that I have yet to try and I guess I never thought about em too much, but golly, seeing how much meat is on that sucker, when I find the chance I'm gonna have some for dinner one of these days.
Great video!
Ymmm.....Ticken looks great! Thumbs up John, thanks for sharin' and so much food out there in Nature's Pantry!
Man that looked good! Now I'm going to be craving Ficken for a while! LoL
Great video!
looks good.
Looks good brother kudos and thanks
awesome video
I have not eaten turtle. I would love to try it!
Oh hell Yeah, cook it up JN!!
thank you for the video!
Mmmmm Looks Good Thank You
There will always be haters bro, don't give it much of a thought
Nice video!
I thought it tasted more like canned beef. Of course, never tried it fried (a rhyme) but sauteed and souped. But this is a good lesson for whatever game or fish you are cooking. Thanks, jnull0. Next time, explain all those tattoos.
Hi. Brother I like your video . I didn't know you could eat snappers that's what we call them down here in . Austin Texas the only turtles we eat down here is the softshell turtle. LoL 😆 and I'm curious that you can eat those . Anyways keep up the good. Your friend from Austin Texas .
he'll yeah brother Bacon is amazing
Looks good.
John, can you also Can Turtle? I have never tried Turtle before, but the way you made it really looked good... Have a great Day.. Lori
yummy yummy yummy I want some turtle in my tummy!!!
boy that brings back LOADS of memeories - have eatin a TON of turtle - but not any in the last 25 years I'd say...Mom always took a whole day to prepare the turtle - she would do the same as you - fry - then - bake-then fry again - then pressure cooker - then fry again and then bake for 3 hrs - very very tender when she was done -
guess my question is, by watching how you do yours, how tender is it
turtlemanofdoom 2 kind of a pathetic little thing, aint you! - I mean look at your avitar its a box turtle for crist sakes! how old are you ? turtlemanofdoom 2 hilarious, don't choke on any cabbage out there I'd hate to hear of your fate! but if it starts to happen, please get a hold of me very quickly - I will come running with my lawn chair and a 6 pack so I can watch the show!
i like how all the small peices dissapeared while the big stuff was in the oven hahahaha
Love me some chambers county Alabama fried up turtle,biscuits and gravy !!!
I've got 3 turtles to cook. have a few friends coming over Saturday. just wondering a couple things. first do I need to debone the meat? second can I just put a large dutch oven on a outdoor gas burner and just deep fry it?
Haha J I don't know if you know but "ficken" is actually a German word... The verb form of a certain English word that has four letters, starts with an f, and ends with a c and a k. Sorry to point that out but I just thought it was hilarious. Anyway this is my first comment on you videos and although our lifestyles could not be more different (I am a small-towner from the southern Netherlands) I always enjoy watching your videos, you just bring such great character to the screen and you always know your stuff! Keep up the good work and I wish good vibrations on you and yours. -D
7:46 😂😂😂 Spot on!
jnull0
You mentioned that fried turtle was a little on the chewy side. Is it chewy like Calamari?
great video
Nice video man and thank you:)
Enjoyed the video John. Thanks for posting.
When I was younger, I had a small alligator snapping turtle bite my finger, I couldn't imagine a grown one biting it.
I picked up a turtle on the highway the other day and put it in the back of my little pickup, I had a couple of tillers and other stuff in there. The next morning I went to get the turtle and put it in a barrel of fresh water and somehow it managed to make it's escape,,I see lots of dead ones on the road but seldom get to pick up a live one.. They aren't as hard to clean as one might think, I use a razor knife to skin them with.
MissouriOldTimer There's a beaver pond wetland a few hundred feet from our home. See them fairly frequently. Have rescued a from the highway & returned them to safer territory. Did my heart good to see a fellow stop the other day, take one out of the road & return him/her to the wet side. Sadly, we have some young folks (boom box crowd) that'll run over anything they see in the road. Hear sliding tires and another black snake, is dead, for example. Take to eat is fine. Senseless killing for the sake of it .....
Oldtimer Lee I totally agree , I never kill black snakes or any other snake unless it's a copper head or rattler although I have never seen a rattler in our part of the country, the ones most people call box turtles (we called them terrapins,) are in the roads a lot and I know some kill just for fun, I never want to hit one, when I was a kid my brother and I had 24 in a big wooden box and we dug worms every day for them and later we felt it wasn't right to have them caged up so we let every one of them go.
MissouriOldTimer Same here with snakes. The only ones we dispatch are poisonous ones that actually come into our yard. Too much risk to people & pets to allow them to remain. OTOH, we welcome black snakes around our place, as they help keep down the mice population.
We have box turtles, too. Don't see them as often as we used to for some reason. Don't know if highway traffic or something else has taken its toll. Glad to hear that you & your brother released your collection. :-)
Good video
It looked good. I have never had turtle
He is a baby but still a good eating. Delicious stuff. Once you butcher one you will be a pro and you will actually try to get more of it.