I'm so glad after reading the comments that despite the fact that I will never cook a turtle I'm not the only one that just watched part 1 and 2 for the heck of it!!!!
I cleaned one once and after it was all cut up and soaking in salt water for over an hour the meat was still moving. And don't mess with the cut off head!
Is no one gonna ask HOW that turtle kept moving for over an hour? How the head could snap without blood flow from body? Talk about fcked up... Now I want some turtle soup....
Several animal's muscles keep moving after they are dead, frogs, snakes etc., but they are dead. The brain in long past feeling anything being done to the body.
i like how alot of people think this is messed up but they dont complain when they're eating fried chicken or hamburgers or steak. how do u think they prepped it to ship out for cooking
Agreed, if those kind of people were to watch videos on slaughter houses on how they slaughter the animals before packaging the meat, then I'm pretty sure they will understand then
The way I see it, catching killing cleaning and cooking your own meat is the most humane way to treat animals that we eat. We would all eat less meat and the living thing had a good life up to the end, not cooped up in a cage or pen. People would respect nature more and understand what it takes for all that tasty protein to arrive at your local grocery store. Fight the true cruelty... mass produced meat and meat byproduct. If you want to eat meat, stop the cruelty to animals and become a hunter. If you don't want to eat meat fine, don't eat it. Small local farms are good too if you are lucky enough to have one around.
Eric Lundy thanks for that comment! I couldnt agree more! As a Hunter n fisher most of my meats are caught or killed and cleaned by myself and my children. You wont get a better meal than one you work for and earn.
honestly dont care if someone is a hunter but if we didnt have farms and instead all 7 billion went hunting...................more animals would go extinct than usual. im fine with going to the grocery store and buy my disease free meat.
Agreed - always good to add one more "just in case" skill to the old mental toolkit. I'm just wondering why the hell he didn't reduce that stock down into a broth... :P
After reading some comments about the movements after the turtle head was cut off, I figured I’d try to provide a brief explanation. I’m a 1st year neurology resident physician. The movements seen here are just neuronal reflexes, more exaggerated than what you’d see in a human. You do not need an intact spinal cord for such reflex, as the the signal for the movement is not originating from the brain, but from the cell body of an interconnecting neuron located at the spinal cord level, for each respective neuron, which senses the physical stimulation from the outside, and initiates a motor reflex. In a spinal cord injury, you would only lose reflexes at the level of the injury, not above and not below that level. For example, when a human touches a very hot object, a lot of time you move your hand back without even thinking about it. That signal to withdraw your hand is a reflex that did not come from the brain, but was initiated at the spinal cord level. That’s why you see that these movements are not coordinated among the different limbs. There is no inter-communication between the different reflex arcs of the spinal cord, as there would be if the signal had originated from a higher processing level (brain). Hope that helps!
UA-cams algorithm takes me to some strange places. I know im deep in the rabbit hole when all the videos are russian and... Well you you can guess from there.
True. Like if I ever have to do this. I dont think I could butcher while it still moving like he did. Makes my skin crawl. Reminds me of a beheaded chicken.
Why would a 58 year old handicapped woman be watching this! It brings back memories of my Grandmother, when I was 14 years old, I remember her going to a meat store to get a turtle, but I understand why she pulled out a hatchet, she took that hatchet, and knocked the he.. out the turtle, she said it could still be alive, I took off running! I didn't see the turtle no more, until it was sitting in the prettiest brown gravy. I would love to tell you I didn't eat it,but I can't, that was the best meal I ever ate!
my late paw-paw , who passed away back in 2002, grew up in Louisiana, made the best turtle soup around, he got the recipe from his grandma, I actually have the recipe now but there is no way I can make it like my paw-paw made it.
I don't see food until it's cooked and on a dinner plate. I see a turtle. You need serious psyciatric help if you can't distinguish a dead animal from turtle stew.
Gruesome at first. But then I got to thinking. This man is not only wise, but I very seriously doubt his family will go hungry. Ever. I say, that's a lot of meat for one turtle. Job well done. End result...looks delicious.
Reymond James Hon, women have been doing this for centuries too. I grew up hunting, fishing and helping to butcher anything brought home. Also, its not that spectacular a feat. Anyone can do this. The sign of a "real man" is a different set of standards that include being compassionate, non-violent towards people and not ego/control driven. Not one man in my family would have ever said what you said (limiting it to men, and considering growing or catching food a sign of moral character). All of us women in the family were treated and raised up in equality. But I do agree folks today need to learn the basics again, reconnect. Like I said, anyone can do this. Its awesome he posted this, he is a good, patient, intelligent teacher with his demonstration and explanations.
At work waiting on paint to dry boss man came by and seen me on my phone. Didn't say anything about the phone but started watching with me then asked me where we go for lunch today.
It's a cold blooded animal thing. You can have headless, skinless, gutted, motionless frogs in a bowl of pure water, drop a couple of tablespoons of salt on them and the ones on top can jump out. That's why it's good to have their heads cut off so they can't see where they're going and get away...
I know a lot of people complain that it's inhumane but I think this is genuinely as good as it gets. He killed it quickly, didn't make it suffer, and he got every piece of meat off that he could. It lived it's life and wasn't wasted like the store bought meat everyone eats. Also this was very informative and looks amazing. I'm hungry now😂
Cleaning that amphibian was a chore...that guy made it look easy... Despite the scary soup scum around the edge of the pot, The final product looked really tasty
Haha! I was thinking the same thing. I don't doubt that it tastes very good but the amount of work that goes into the preparation should almost qualify it as a delicacy. 😁 Very informative video; I would've missed the backstraps if I was doing that work on my own for the first time. 👍🏻
They believe that on some quiet nights just after the sun has set you can hear the sound of him snapping when the cool summer breeze drifts across the lake.
@@thebluebro9583 Yeah I know! LOL well, look, I can take the criticism.... after all it is constructive... although a backhanded one. But also, new rule according to this [Asian Characters]: Don't ever comment on a video unless its the most witty comment ever! Don't even share a quick little opinion or ANYTHING if mr comment police might give it an eyeroll. SMH
Saw a guy take a small air compressorand after cutting the head off the turtle he shoved hose down neck and blew air. It helped rip meat from skin, said it made cleaning so much easier. Was on Bizarre foods with andrew Zimmerman.
My Grand father made the best snapping turtle stew ive ever had,growing up a lot of our food came from the mississippi.Deep fried beer batter catfish was a favorite too.If you have never had it dont just judge it out of hand.When you grow up poor you do what you have to,to feed a large family.We knew how to survive,and thrive.
If u dont wanna see it Don't Watch ! Alot of people don't know how it's done. Most of us "Country Folks" can fish, hunt and forage but the MAIN objective is knowing what to do once you have harvested Any of this sustenance. Wild game is great when handled, cleaned and Cooked correctly.
Tim Mann I'd like to see city folk scrounging for trash to eat during a city emergency while we are getting all the food we need from the land. Maybe they can eat sewer rat.
Rand Bruso they are too dependent, they demand food for a VERY cheap price. Then most of them turn around and run the farmer in the ground because he is a law abiding, CHRISTIAN, 2nd amendment advocate, hard working, contributor to society annnnnd want the food for Nothing. I hate the city, I'd rather be out in the "sticks" sittin in the woods ANY DAY. COUNTRY BOY OR DIE !
Rand Bruso I guess they could eat rats, the Chinese do, they even sell it in some restaurants (that's a fact for all you commie snowflakes out there). But like Tim Mann says, you still have to know how to process it when you catch it. Then you have to cook it. City folk don't eat anything that doesn't come in a nice shiny package and their cooking knowledge is limited to a 5 minute microwave cycle. They can't even boil water without a recipe, that's why they need starbucks to make coffee for them at $10 a pop.
Extremely, informative. A little hard to watch at certain parts but useful to know if ever placed in a survival situation. I appreciate the fact that about 99 percent of the catch was used and not wasted.
That's crazy that the head cut off and spine severed the head can still function and the body still function. Medical Researchers should study that for a cure for spinal cord injury paralysis.
@@bobman11100 "It's the same when a person dies," ….Are you serious? LOL when people die their arms and legs are NOT moving like that. You sever a humans spinal cord they don't move the limbs are paralyzed if the spinal cord is damaged/severed severely.
@@peacetoallx "very common" baloney, sorry but you damage a mammals spinal cord, a humans spinal cord and the brain messages do not get to the limbs and the limbs do not move like that. Human body becomes paralyzed.
I was raised on a farm and killing and cleaning chickens is also kind of disgusting..alot of work plucking and gutting..not fun to do or witness..but they taste good..
Thank you for this information. My dad and his dad were snapping turtle hunters too. My dad always said that he would teach me how to do this, but he passed away before he was able to show me. Thanks again!
Andrew Sauseda after about 15-20 minutes the nervous system shuts down, or you can run a rod into the spine to stop it. This turtle cannot feel pain though it is dead.
Turtle that lives with master Roshi had ultra instinct the whole time and was the strongest fighter in all of dragonball z and super. All of that and then gets killed by a fisherman with a puny power level of only 5.
Actually, I think I will try it again. When I had it they had it all prissied up with little garnishes and swirls. My sister caught a 37 pound alligator snapping turtle a few yrs back. Next time I'll get it and make some.
MaMa use to put them in a stock tank changing the water daily to clean them out, before butchering them. Then go out to the railroad track and pick you some Polk salad makes a great meal. Goes good with grilled gar, and a big glass of sweet tea can’t find meals like that in a restaurant. And the shell makes a great cereal bowl
@@curtisgomez5374 are you kidding me? they didn't have the luxury to only kill "birds and mammals" if you didn't hunt, you didn't eat. they ate whatever they could find.
Because there are hundreds of things our ancestors did that we dont have too because someone else doea, so many of us are ignorant to the raw deal... I love steak but know I could not handle butchering the cow..
Fat T - exactly...so they can be liddell people who live this way. so while all the hippies eat their hormone pumped grocery store foods...i will enjoy and appreciate what nature gives me
You are the first person I have ever seen that cleans and cooks snapping turtles exactly like I used to. It's been about 30 years since I ate turtle but still remember how good it is.
I'm interested in adapting all of this to a "survival" type situation, vs. a "backyard BBQ" situation. It's the end of the world, and the local Walmart was looted months ago. You've got a snapping turtle. What's the fastest and most efficient way to get the nutrition from the snapping turtle into your belly without getting sick, etc... I wonder about parasites. Do you find them, are they hazardous, etc... He through the entrails out. Were any of them edible (liver, etc....). Can the fat be used for anything? Can you feed the entrails to dogs? In a post-apocalyptic situation, you'll want to keep your dog(s) alive too.
Thank you ,I've enjoyed this video so much, you are skillful with the knife and a great cook ,loved how professionally you explained the whole process ,and how neat and clean everything was,thank you
i have never seen ..some one catch a snapping turtle much less cook one ...now iv seen the catching ...n taking it from the shell ...iv seen the boiling with the vegetables ....n iv seen the frying ....how ever iv never tried it so that will be my next bucket list iv got too try it ...thanks ...got too find A place that sell it cooked ....thanks all....
I've skinned chickens, pigs, squirrel, rabbits, etc and I have never seen an animal like a turtle that just wont stop wiggling! LOL Its much easier watching this after a bottle of wine too ! :)
Pigs can go for a fair bit after but you're right. Never seen another thing keep going as turtles do. Watched all this stuff growing up. It always was interesting to me to see how my food got to the table. It never bothered me but I guess it just depends on the environment in which you are raised.
Yep, the big kickers usually come from the water. Various reptiles will go for a bit, but nothing like a turtle or an octopus. I've also had some catfish that still seemed to be fighting while cooking in the pan.
Come to South Louisiana and we'll show you how to cook turtle. Parboil and fry?! Marinate, season and brown the meat, remove the meat and saute your trinity (onions, bell peppers and celery) along with some garlic. Add the meat back then add water and dry seasonings. Slow cook and eat over rice.
@@BlackMasterRoshi That's what is referred to as mirepoix in French culinary tradition. But in Louisiana Cajun and Creole cooking, they use bell pepper instead of carrot and call it the trinity.
People cleaned animals, on the reg till 1900ish. This was a skill people had for thousands of years. Buturching is an art and skill. Shame today 95% of Americans can't do so. It's messed up Billionaires like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg and Mark Cuban only eat what they kill. Seriously, they all have had phases to raise, slaughter, kill their own meat.
From the bird bait to skinning a turtle that's fighting back... I was told the heads don't die until the sun sets. The meal looked superb. Now I know what to do with the pond full of snappers in front of the house.
I was told all these cautionary things too; but when we got a big turtle to eat back in the mid '60's I can tell you that the head could still bite down on a stick a day or two later! My mother cooked it German style with Sauer kraut in a Dutch oven - delicious!
It's 2:30 in the morning here in Canada and all I can think is God that looks good snapping turtle back straps kind of want to get out of bed and go catch some
The snappers around my area (Six Nations Reservation Ontario Canada) are getting rare to catch because we use them for ceremonies so they're really wanted on our reserve and so many other Iroquois reserves. We make rattles out of them. We sew them up. The only things we cut off are the claws and the tail so it bleeds out. Some folks make really nice rattles! Haudenosaunee proud! Mohawk Nation Bear Clan here!
Jeff Porter I got kids in Brasher and Malone. Mesena. We have lots of snappers in Southern Virginia. Maybe reach out to the Meherrin and see if y'all can work out a trade?
I’m 72 years young. I’ve probably cleaned and cooked 30-40 turtles in my life but I haven’t done one in 40 years. My husband and father-in-law would kill them, and myself and mother-in-law would clean cook and cook them. Dad would have my husband hold a small tree branch (1- 1 1/2 inches) and the turtle latch on. Dad would cut off the head and with the stick still being held by the the turtle, throw the head in a bucket. It was usually safe in a couple of days when the turtle releases the stick. There was always something heavy on the lid to stop anything from getting into into the bucket. It was always interesting cleaning the turtle.
Whipper Snapper, I don't know if you are familiar with prepping and eating wild game but meat that is natural has its own flavor. Unlike the processed and mass produced meat that most people are used to. Seasoning is not required for wild caught meat. Ask you grandma/grandpa how chicken tasted when they were young compared to the pale, white shit they call chicken in the stores. No comparison.
Very informative.....thank you so much for your time and effort......would never have known that a turtle has back straps under all that.... i was ready to throw them away with the shell.....great things your daddy taught you.
No one can remember how they got to this or why they watch the complete video but we did because it was our time to know,
Tyrone Alleyne best comment lol. I have no clue how tf I got here 🤣. But I watched it all! Crazy how they keep moving that long.
😂😂😂
I couldn't leave 😂
You're right Tyrone🤣🤣 I don't know how I came upon this video.
I looked it up
How to clean a snapping turtle:
Step one: get somebody else to do it all
Step two: enjoy
Then it's not the person doing it..
I almost wooshed ya. Thats a rip
Lift his tail and wipe his ass
Lolol 🤣🤣
Where's this fella when i need him. I could sit back with a beer and wat h him work all day.
I have no reason why I'm watching this
Ariana Marquis me too
Iam just curious so I watch this video ahah
One more stupid vídeo..
Ariana Marquis me too
Ariana Marquis 😐
"Hey hun, you know where my turtle tools are? I'm a shootin an intructional video with Les at the gas station".
Bourne Bergeron LMAO
I'm so glad after reading the comments that despite the fact that I will never cook a turtle I'm not the only one that just watched part 1 and 2 for the heck of it!!!!
Fuk, I did the same. lol
Hey, if you ever get stranded and need to survive, now you know
Snapping turtle is damn good eating
After watching this video I will never eat a turtle and I'm willing to try anything 😱 I love 🐢....
realist 4life is it though? When you compare it to a steak from your local grocery store?
Who else was wondering how long this turtle was gonna be able to keep moving his legs?
I cleaned one once and after it was all cut up and soaking in salt water for over an hour the meat was still moving. And don't mess with the cut off head!
I did man .. its amazing how its keep moving till end .. 😬
Is no one gonna ask HOW that turtle kept moving for over an hour? How the head could snap without blood flow from body?
Talk about fcked up...
Now I want some turtle soup....
Several animal's muscles keep moving after they are dead, frogs, snakes etc., but they are dead. The brain in long past feeling anything being done to the body.
@D D yes! That was all I could focus on
Why didn't they show anyone eating it? Perhaps its better served in a restaurant "Waiter I'll have the deep fried turtle, and MAKE IT SNAPPY!"
😂😂🤣
thats funny good one.
Great joke David, ya friggin' ball slap.
it tastes like ecoli swamp pus thats why
Dad joke of the year 2019
Everybody wants to eat but not many want to understand how it gets to the grocery store then to your table
Our grocery store does not carry turtle meat.
@@Zootat neither does mine LMAO but you get the point
I have no clue why I'm watching this but I couldn't help but to keep watching 😳
YOUNG ZAYY 🤦🏽♂️facts bro
Same
Some time I just wonder why I watch these videos
You're not kidding. I just couldn't stop.
Me too
i like how alot of people think this is messed up but they dont complain when they're eating fried chicken or hamburgers or steak. how do u think they prepped it to ship out for cooking
John Lagarde Right?
most people have no idea what their grocery store meat goes through before they buy it...if they did they probably wouldnt eat it
I have absotively posilutely no reason to be here, but I am. 😳😳😳😳Great video.😂😂😂😂
Agreed, if those kind of people were to watch videos on slaughter houses on how they slaughter the animals before packaging the meat, then I'm pretty sure they will understand then
I think what's wrong is how they play around with the body and laugh at the situation, that's pretty messed up
If you're going to cook the thing, fine, but don't make the poor thing spend it's last moments in a Ford!
JCReptiles,
Your right, put it in a rust bucket Chevy ,with the paint peeling ! Be sure and keep your Tetanus shot up to date :-)
At least with a rust bucket chevy you don't need to bring sandals for your walk back home.
:- ) Have a good day !
JCReptiles 😂😂😂😂😂😂
JCReptiles that’s great bro 😂
Anybody else feel uncomfortable watching this but still have a desire to watch it?
yep @Virt ue
But you do need to hit the gym though, Fuller. 😅
Yes
@Virt ue hahahaha!
Michael Fuller yes
The way I see it, catching killing cleaning and cooking your own meat is the most humane way to treat animals that we eat. We would all eat less meat and the living thing had a good life up to the end, not cooped up in a cage or pen. People would respect nature more and understand what it takes for all that tasty protein to arrive at your local grocery store. Fight the true cruelty... mass produced meat and meat byproduct. If you want to eat meat, stop the cruelty to animals and become a hunter. If you don't want to eat meat fine, don't eat it. Small local farms are good too if you are lucky enough to have one around.
If only my state had cattle season.
Eric Lundy thanks for that comment! I couldnt agree more! As a Hunter n fisher most of my meats are caught or killed and cleaned by myself and my children. You wont get a better meal than one you work for and earn.
don t think turtles will make it to mass porduction lol
honestly dont care if someone is a hunter but if we didnt have farms and instead all 7 billion went hunting...................more animals would go extinct than usual. im fine with going to the grocery store and buy my disease free meat.
revelation online , really not trolling you, but just because you buy your meat at a store doesn't guarantee it's disease free.
Sometimes you just need to know stuff
Yep, ya never know when the SHTF and you need to feed your family..
Kennis Bass I agree
This comment is divine
Agreed - always good to add one more "just in case" skill to the old mental toolkit.
I'm just wondering why the hell he didn't reduce that stock down into a broth... :P
Kennis Bass right , I never knew you could eat them.
If there's ever an Apocalypse and I'm starving to death this may come in handy if the Zombies don't get me first.
That is funny brother! LMAO
I don't know. The way that meat was squirming I think I'd rather eat a zombie!
After reading some comments about the movements after the turtle head was cut off, I figured I’d try to provide a brief explanation.
I’m a 1st year neurology resident physician. The movements seen here are just neuronal reflexes, more exaggerated than what you’d see in a human. You do not need an intact spinal cord for such reflex, as the the signal for the movement is not originating from the brain, but from the cell body of an interconnecting neuron located at the spinal cord level, for each respective neuron, which senses the physical stimulation from the outside, and initiates a motor reflex. In a spinal cord injury, you would only lose reflexes at the level of the injury, not above and not below that level.
For example, when a human touches a very hot object, a lot of time you move your hand back without even thinking about it. That signal to withdraw your hand is a reflex that did not come from the brain, but was initiated at the spinal cord level. That’s why you see that these movements are not coordinated among the different limbs. There is no inter-communication between the different reflex arcs of the spinal cord, as there would be if the signal had originated from a higher processing level (brain). Hope that helps!
HellaWasted bruh that wasn’t cut off, it was ripped off
Hello. Great analysis. I learned something. Thank you! Best of luck in your career in medicine.
I’m glad to see you explained this for those who don’t understand it.
Ya, great. But why was the head still biting?
Bruce Evinson no he ducking cut it off the video was edited for murder
I feel like I just watched a 26 minute Mortal Combat Fatality...
Eric Hickman 😂😂😂
Right? FINISH HIM......ALREADY! 😂
🤣
Eric Hickman finish him
Reptile most likely dislikes the video😂
I went from watching videos about old Cadillacs to this, and I have no idea how...
Suggestion video's strikes again. lol
💀💀💀💀😂😭
UA-cams algorithm takes me to some strange places. I know im deep in the rabbit hole when all the videos are russian and... Well you you can guess from there.
mind control, I was watching flat earth vids and ended up here, wtf
Lmao
I have no idea why I just watched this. I started out looking for fried chicken recipes and suddenly I’m watching a turtle’s head go flying off.
Lmao
Describes my situation exactly!
Me Too, looking at fried fish then BOOM
Haha same was looking deep fried shrimp tutorials
Pork chop recipes for me
This is like a tragic car accident...it's hard to look away.
Have you used a garden hose. Cut head hose clamp hose to cut off head .tighten the clamp turn on water. It pops skin loose from the body. Very easy
Its not tragic though. This is just instructional and tasty
True. Like if I ever have to do this. I dont think I could butcher while it still moving like he did. Makes my skin crawl. Reminds me of a beheaded chicken.
Why would a 58 year old handicapped woman be watching this! It brings back memories of my Grandmother, when I was 14 years old, I remember her going to a meat store to get a turtle, but I understand why she pulled out a hatchet, she took that hatchet, and knocked the he.. out the turtle, she said it could still be alive, I took off running! I didn't see the turtle no more, until it was sitting in the prettiest brown gravy. I would love to tell you I didn't eat it,but I can't, that was the best meal I ever ate!
Tina Cosom. Any memories of mom are good, Tina. Sounds like a good time.
Memories of our grandparents are the best memories
my late paw-paw , who passed away back in 2002, grew up in Louisiana, made the best turtle soup around, he got the recipe from his grandma, I actually have the recipe now but there is no way I can make it like my paw-paw made it.
@ Mike y, it never hurts to share a good recipe, I live where the only turtles I see are pets :)
Makes me remember my grandma cooking me rabbit when I was just A kid, good memories!
For the love of God what algorithm just brought up cooking turtles in my feed??? I couldn’t help but watch🤦🏻♂️
Lol
A tasty algorithm
same here, was watching how to grow carrots lol
Ken Tonn same 🤦🏻♂️
@@luannalovell Now, you're getting an idea what to do them.
Its 330 am I'm so stoned and I just learned how to clean and cook the ninja turtles 😤I have no idea why I clicked this video
Lmao
Me too bruh
Ahhhhhh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I wonder if Michaelangelo or Donnatello would taste better ?
Lol I got here from music videos somehow
Son when he pulled the head I thought he was gonna keep pulling and rip it out😂😂
EL CHAPO dude seriously me too, I’m still recovering 🛠
I kinda thought so too. It definetly had me cringing a bit
bruh i was like NOOOO 😂😂😂
Lol nooooo
I had to look away - until now I thought he did. However, that head was pretty ragged for such a sharp knife.
I found both parts 1 and 2 to be very informative and nicely edited. Great videos.
Me too I never used 🐦's b4 I will try that next time
This guy knows what he is doing.
Brian Smith so why did he clean the board he put the meat on and wore gloves to cut it up? Afterwards he just barehanding everything
Dude, his heart is still beating at 12.30 when more then half of him is on the cuttingboard/ground. Those things are beasts!
Jeff Russel this is crazy!!! There’s almost nothing left and it’s still going 😳
It was beating the entire time ❤️😛
I just commented on that too before I saw yours. Definitely hard to kill.
Turtle: "Guess I'm having sparrow for lunch. What could go wrong?
Boston Red Sox Fan lmaooooooo
And I don't want to shock people but all the meat we eat comes from something that was alive. I don't see a turtle. I see food
Hope you dont have a dog..... ;)
Facts but just think for those who eat meat if they went hungry and had to their dos or cat they would
I see both. I like turtles. Fascinating critters. But I know where to catch them, and will eat them if I need the meat.
I'm not against your comment but if you were walking and just saw a snapper you would call it food?
I don't see food until it's cooked and on a dinner plate. I see a turtle. You need serious psyciatric help if you can't distinguish a dead animal from turtle stew.
Gruesome at first. But then I got to thinking. This man is not only wise, but I very seriously doubt his family will go hungry. Ever. I say, that's a lot of meat for one turtle. Job well done. End result...looks delicious.
No they don't like fords, it's gets them in the pot faster.
Great eating Abigail.
I'm wondering if I might just give this a shot... I'll have to watch the video a couple more times.
Yes indeed, especially sinceche could bring back fish and other game from the same area he got his turtle. And legally as well.
These men can do what most people can't and that is hunt for their food and prepare it. These are real men!
Except for it's not hunting it's fishing or turtling whatever you want to call it but it's not a traditional form of hunting.
sexist.
Reymond James
Hon, women have been doing this for centuries too. I grew up hunting, fishing and helping to butcher anything brought home.
Also, its not that spectacular a feat. Anyone can do this. The sign of a "real man" is a different set of standards that include being compassionate, non-violent towards people and not ego/control driven. Not one man in my family would have ever said what you said (limiting it to men, and considering growing or catching food a sign of moral character). All of us women in the family were treated and raised up in equality.
But I do agree folks today need to learn the basics again, reconnect. Like I said, anyone can do this. Its awesome he posted this, he is a good, patient, intelligent teacher with his demonstration and explanations.
Nigga stfu I rather eat grass for the rest of my life
Michelle Dougherty my kind of woman
It’s hard to find a woman that hunts and fishes 👍
Just imagine what kind of meat you could get off of one of the really monster snappers.
At work waiting on paint to dry boss man came by and seen me on my phone. Didn't say anything about the phone but started watching with me then asked me where we go for lunch today.
Johny Watkins this comment needs many more upvotes. I don’t know why but it made me smile inside ;)
aj200415 it made you smile because you’re a psychopath
@@HomesteadAtLast poor vegan.
I’m at work too lmao
Love it.
*Shredder* : "okay Foot Clan, watch and learn"
LMFAO 😹
LMAO holy shit this was good.
This is what shredder has ordered
Tonight I dine on turtle soup!
😂😂😂
The way the turtle was still moving during the whole process had me like wtf
It's a cold blooded animal thing. You can have headless, skinless, gutted, motionless frogs in a bowl of pure water, drop a couple of tablespoons of salt on them and the ones on top can jump out. That's why it's good to have their heads cut off so they can't see where they're going and get away...
Yeah they could of waited until it completely bled out.
timwell59 love your last sentence. That’s probably got someone so sad. Lol ;)
@@ladyruler9585 That wouldn't have stopped it. They are a lot like snakes where you can be roasting a snake and the damn thing is still moving.
Yep. Too much
This came up in my feed so i said Ahh why not, ive got a half hour to kill! U never know when you may have to clean a turtle in a 711 parking lot
I know a lot of people complain that it's inhumane but I think this is genuinely as good as it gets. He killed it quickly, didn't make it suffer, and he got every piece of meat off that he could. It lived it's life and wasn't wasted like the store bought meat everyone eats. Also this was very informative and looks amazing. I'm hungry now😂
There's no brain to process the pain, so therefore there's nothing cruel about it.
He also threw the baby back in the pond
The heart and liver is meat too and he just threw those away. So no, not every piece of meat is used.
Im supposed to be studying... Now I want to catch a turtle and eat it.
Dee Maya same
If that's u in the picture 😋😘😍
lets go Dee Maya
Dee Maya they are good eating make your own beer batter and cook them up they are good.
Cleaning that amphibian was a chore...that guy made it look easy...
Despite the scary soup scum around the edge of the pot,
The final product looked really tasty
All of these hypocrites just live to go to restaurants and fast food joints and pretend meat grows on trees lol
lol ikr
So TRUE.
Everybody wants their steak on a plate. But nobody wants to kill the cow!
That's true - it's a bit cruel, but having a little bit meat is ok, especially when you catch it on your own and it lived long and in the nature
Word
You did a great job explaining each step and I like that you kept it simple. This my first snapping turtle I am cooking, wish me luck and thank you!
After watching this, I'm thinking a bowl of snapper soup should cost about fifty dollars!!
Haha! I was thinking the same thing.
I don't doubt that it tastes very good but the amount of work that goes into the preparation should almost qualify it as a delicacy. 😁
Very informative video; I would've missed the backstraps if I was doing that work on my own for the first time. 👍🏻
John Wortham Turtle meat is awesome. It was cheap until rich folk found out how good it was!
My sentiments exactly
No joke that looks like a lot a work. I think I catch the fish instead. But thanks for clearing the pond of predators!
At least about 75.
Ive heard snappers dont like riding in fords
Lol!!
Steven Goodwin h
Same
only the blondes
Yep I agree. It’s Because turtles know they gonna be in the bed a a long time as the owner is pulling all his buddies’ stuck chevys out of the mud!!
Some say the head is still snapping to this day...
LOL 😂 😂😂 😂 WOW
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jah .. jah .. jah .. 😂
They believe that on some quiet nights just after the sun has set you can hear the sound of him snapping when the cool summer breeze drifts across the lake.
I wonder lol yooooo about 30 years later
When he grabbed that mouth with plier, I imagined the turtle going “ah! Ah, ok, ok!
Uncle! Uncle!”
*eyeroll* That comment is why you only have 80 subscribers.
LMAO! I though something similar! as if it met its match!
Looks like the comment police has noticed this comment and got jealous LMAO!
@@thebluebro9583 Yeah I know! LOL well, look, I can take the criticism.... after all it is constructive... although a backhanded one. But also, new rule according to this [Asian Characters]: Don't ever comment on a video unless its the most witty comment ever! Don't even share a quick little opinion or ANYTHING if mr comment police might give it an eyeroll. SMH
@@DEI-HIRE hah hes got 79 more then you so who's doing what wrong wong?
Came here just for the comments. 😂
Dexter Morgan Damn straight I'm trying to reply to all of them lmao
There's some real funny ones.
Thing is, they aren't trying to be funny.
the turtle is still twitching as he is cutting 12:37 and the heart is still beating. thats a tough critter.
It's a small dinosaur.
It's a bunch of clustered cells.
@@calcosPR Javier learned all his Natural Science and Biology when he was in school at the Juvenile Detention Center.
@@calcosPR
Hahaha. Good one
That heart can beat for days
Saw a guy take a small air compressorand after cutting the head off the turtle he shoved hose down neck and blew air. It helped rip meat from skin, said it made cleaning so much easier.
Was on Bizarre foods with andrew Zimmerman.
My Grand father made the best snapping turtle stew ive ever had,growing up a lot of our food came from the mississippi.Deep fried beer batter catfish was a favorite too.If you have never had it dont just judge it out of hand.When you grow up poor you do what you have to,to feed a large family.We knew how to survive,and thrive.
TIN MAN does these things have a dick?
I'm never going to catch and cook a turtle but I just watched part 1 and 2 for the heck of it.
I'm right here with you.... Looking up how to catch a sparrow as we speak 😂
Never
Same
I was like, don't tell me this critter ain't feelin nuttin with all that "snake" squirmin. Yuck. Nope, I ain't doin it
@@tahoshin11 😁😁😁😁 Me too😬
If u dont wanna see it Don't Watch ! Alot of people don't know how it's done. Most of us "Country Folks" can fish, hunt and forage but the MAIN objective is knowing what to do once you have harvested Any of this sustenance. Wild game is great when handled, cleaned and Cooked correctly.
Tim Mann I'd like to see city folk scrounging for trash to eat during a city emergency while we are getting all the food we need from the land.
Maybe they can eat sewer rat.
Rand Bruso they are too dependent, they demand food for a VERY cheap price. Then most of them turn around and run the farmer in the ground because he is a law abiding, CHRISTIAN, 2nd amendment advocate, hard working, contributor to society annnnnd want the food for Nothing. I hate the city, I'd rather be out in the "sticks" sittin in the woods ANY DAY. COUNTRY BOY OR DIE !
Tim and Rand. Most sense I’ve read in the comment section in awhile. Good to know folks like you are still out there.
Rand Bruso I guess they could eat rats, the Chinese do, they even sell it in some restaurants (that's a fact for all you commie snowflakes out there). But like Tim Mann says, you still have to know how to process it when you catch it. Then you have to cook it. City folk don't eat anything that doesn't come in a nice shiny package and their cooking knowledge is limited to a 5 minute microwave cycle. They can't even boil water without a recipe, that's why they need starbucks to make coffee for them at $10 a pop.
Nunya Biznis thanks nunya....that's the code of a Sportsman.....don't like it unless you're gonna eat it. Except for poisonous snakes. Lol
For 26 minutes I forgot about work, politics, syssy leftists, ecofascists and else
Crazy
Whats an ecofascist
"Imma throw a little salt in there."
**throws a whole handful of salt in the pot**
Word!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭
He uses the tablespoon in his hand. I do the same measuring sugar to put in my coffee.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Go cry somewhere else pussy
Extremely, informative. A little hard to watch at certain parts but useful to know if ever placed in a survival situation. I appreciate the fact that about 99 percent of the catch was used and not wasted.
That was my thought also. But it is useful information should a need ever arise!
If need be cut all the meat out clean the shell. Then flip the shell and place it in a fire and cook the meat in the shell.
These guys remind me of my old man
He could eat anything that can be hunted
13:40 The heart is still going?
Saw that too. Freaking nuts
Hearts are controlled by the autonomic nervous system and usually beat for a while after death.
Yeah but without a head it feels nothing. Organs function and spasm after death
That's crazy that the head cut off and spine severed the head can still function and the body still function. Medical Researchers should study that for a cure for spinal cord injury paralysis.
It's the same when a person dies, snakes do the same thing. Nerves can still work after severed.
Free Soul its very common its a natural nerve ending response
@@bobman11100 "It's the same when a person dies," ….Are you serious? LOL when people die their arms and legs are NOT moving like that. You sever a humans spinal cord they don't move the limbs are paralyzed if the spinal cord is damaged/severed severely.
@@peacetoallx "very common" baloney, sorry but you damage a mammals spinal cord, a humans spinal cord and the brain messages do not get to the limbs and the limbs do not move like that. Human body becomes paralyzed.
@@freesoul3371 That's obviously not what I meant. But if you don't know the difference between a human and a reptile then it's not my problem.
Guy:Came all the way just to wash a turtle with hot soapy water
*Same guy then proceeded to tear off a turtle's head*
*proceeds to SAY USE A BOLT CUTTER*
That dude is a magician with that knife! No way I'd be able to do it that clean.
Amazing, i gotta have some. Hell i forgot what i was looking for to end up here now.
I'm so glad chickens don't have shells.
born with a shell
Now that's funny. Made me laugh out loud.
I was raised on a farm and killing and cleaning chickens is also kind of disgusting..alot of work plucking and gutting..not fun to do or witness..but they taste good..
If they did, after cutting off over to head, you'd boul it like you would an egg maybe..
I like exotic food but turtle I'm done!!!!!!
P.S it looks good.
Thank you for this information. My dad and his dad were snapping turtle hunters too.
My dad always said that he would teach me how to do this, but he passed away before he was able to show me.
Thanks again!
That is fighting back without thinking. How does it have ultra instinct?
Andrew Sauseda after about 15-20 minutes the nervous system shuts down, or you can run a rod into the spine to stop it. This turtle cannot feel pain though it is dead.
Tyler Labbe I am not concerned about such things. I was referencing a Japanese animated show.
Andrew Sauseda lol that dude had no clue
Andrew Sauseda it's not dead if Heart still pumping
Turtle that lives with master Roshi had ultra instinct the whole time and was the strongest fighter in all of dragonball z and super. All of that and then gets killed by a fisherman with a puny power level of only 5.
The ting i love about this video its vegan free
I’m vegan and I love these kinda videos
Don't waste the soup w/ veges, give it to vegans.
Hahaha
Too bad you can’t have any cause it’s Halal-free too Islam boy
I have no clue how I got from how to change a main relay on a 2000 Honda Civic to this. WTF
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Pep Nyc
exactly!
😂😂😂😂 same here
OMG..it is food! If a bowl of turtle soup was put in front of you ...you'd taste it and you'd love it..Get real...whimpy
. Hell of a lot better than McDonald's
Many years ago I had turtle soup in a high class,high dollar restaurant but didn't much care for it. Maybe I should try it again.
If u want turtle soup catch it and clean it yourself oh it taste a million times better that way
I eat turtle soup once a year that's from my family an south Louisiana
Actually, I think I will try it again. When I had it they had it all prissied up with little garnishes and swirls. My sister caught a 37 pound alligator snapping turtle a few yrs back. Next time I'll get it and make some.
*No Turtles Were Harmed In The Making Of This Video*
Zombie Prodigy niggas sleep on this comment had me dead I swear🤘🏾😂😂
Zombie Prodigy 😁
LMAO
I'll have some turtle soup, and make it snappy lol
@MerRy Hearts
Bahahaha
you happy
8D You win the Internet !
@@mike22pls
It was fitting. Lol
@@MrPunkforlife
It was a snappy line. Lol
Cheers
Used to keep mine in the bath tub, till one day the wife went to take a bath!
She didn't see the humor that I saw!
MaMa use to put them in a stock tank changing the water daily to clean them out, before butchering them. Then go out to the railroad track and pick you some Polk salad makes a great meal. Goes good with grilled gar, and a big glass of sweet tea can’t find meals like that in a restaurant. And the shell makes a great cereal bowl
Buckwild 65 Has4
I bet that cereal bowl made your corn flakes taste better.
Loved your comment.
Fellow Country Boy from Texas
Polk salad and fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches damn good stuff
@SS3 Goku it makes em stronger dude thats why they can beat yo ass easy
Polk salad is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
this is what our ancestors have been doing for thousands of years, idk why people are being so emotional in the comments.
Somehow I doubt it. Birds and mammals maybe, but that turtle prep took forever.
@@curtisgomez5374 are you kidding me? they didn't have the luxury to only kill "birds and mammals" if you didn't hunt, you didn't eat. they ate whatever they could find.
Because there are hundreds of things our ancestors did that we dont have too because someone else doea, so many of us are ignorant to the raw deal... I love steak but know I could not handle butchering the cow..
Because they've lost their way and are just now finding their way back. Nature never lies.
Nah my ancestors grew potatoes.
Legend says the turtle is still moving to this very day.
Skierxman not possible as this got eaten after they filmed this video
@@jtg1365 wow you're dubmn you thought he was serious? Lol
I would have never guessed that turtles have back straps, but now I know.
Don't understand why people complain. Like why did you click on the video then? 😂
I agree 😎
To complain, duh.
Fat T - exactly...so they can be liddell people who live this way. so while all the hippies eat their hormone pumped grocery store foods...i will enjoy and appreciate what nature gives me
Jason Ha I know right
And they eat chicken
Good thing i was searching how to make Strawberry Wine .. now i know how to clean and cook a turtle.
Rino Illiano 😀😀
Did you ever make the wine ?
@@TheeLifted-Bodhisattva first time making it
These are the people who will survive the collapse.
Cygnus Floyd that’s why I watched.
You are the first person I have ever seen that cleans and cooks snapping turtles exactly like I used to. It's been about 30 years since I ate turtle but still remember how good it is.
I know right? I caught them ,me and dad cleaned them and mom cooked them! Hell yeah!
Great video - very instructive! I'm guessing that all the down-votes are because you used Bud Light in the beer batter. ;-)
Aww
Better beer = better batter
Bud Light isn't beer at all.
too much work. My first food to see that actually needs a complete tool box for preparation
A blonde girl said to me a snapper is a car that cuts grass
I'm interested in adapting all of this to a "survival" type situation, vs. a "backyard BBQ" situation. It's the end of the world, and the local Walmart was looted months ago. You've got a snapping turtle. What's the fastest and most efficient way to get the nutrition from the snapping turtle into your belly without getting sick, etc...
I wonder about parasites. Do you find them, are they hazardous, etc... He through the entrails out. Were any of them edible (liver, etc....). Can the fat be used for anything? Can you feed the entrails to dogs?
In a post-apocalyptic situation, you'll want to keep your dog(s) alive too.
@@tightywhitey6466 I would have eaten the dogs first.
I dont know why Im watching this or kept watching but damn it I couldn't turn it off
same here, so bizarre
Same here
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Thank you ,I've enjoyed this video so much, you are skillful with the knife and a great cook ,loved how professionally you explained the whole process ,and how neat and clean everything was,thank you
rip the teenage mutant ninja turtles
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i have never seen ..some one catch a snapping turtle much less cook one ...now iv seen the catching ...n taking it from the shell ...iv seen the boiling with the vegetables ....n iv seen the frying ....how ever iv never tried it so that will be my next bucket list iv got too try it ...thanks ...got too find A place that sell it cooked ....thanks all....
That was shredder.. he was a dick anyways..
I've skinned chickens, pigs, squirrel, rabbits, etc and I have never seen an animal like a turtle that just wont stop wiggling! LOL Its much easier watching this after a bottle of wine too ! :)
Pigs can go for a fair bit after but you're right. Never seen another thing keep going as turtles do. Watched all this stuff growing up. It always was interesting to me to see how my food got to the table. It never bothered me but I guess it just depends on the environment in which you are raised.
Rattle snake same way.. You can skin it and it'll curl up and down like a yoyo.. Cut out heart and poke it with a knife and it still beats.
Ya..i almost vomit watching this with my bare brain..😅
Yep, the big kickers usually come from the water. Various reptiles will go for a bit, but nothing like a turtle or an octopus. I've also had some catfish that still seemed to be fighting while cooking in the pan.
I think he's the guy who makes the Dominos Pizza boxes really fast.
Lol funny yep lol
Bruhhhh.. 😂😂
That's the kind of dinner that will fight you all the way to the table..... OMG LOL
Come to South Louisiana and we'll show you how to cook turtle. Parboil and fry?! Marinate, season and brown the meat, remove the meat and saute your trinity (onions, bell peppers and celery) along with some garlic. Add the meat back then add water and dry seasonings. Slow cook and eat over rice.
Stupid question from a city boy here. Are the bones, joints, and shell good for making a stock?
Laissez le bon-temps rouler!!
interesting, my holy trinity is onions/celery/carrots
@@BlackMasterRoshi That's what is referred to as mirepoix in French culinary tradition. But in Louisiana Cajun and Creole cooking, they use bell pepper instead of carrot and call it the trinity.
That shit sound good
That is a lot of work!
Spoiled fool
Sure because he doesn't have a day off to spend catching cleaning and cooking a turtle. Lol
Thanks for showing us city folk how it's done.
Thanks very much for both videos on Turtle catching, cleaning and cooking!
THIS WAS THE MOST INTENSE VIDEO I SEEN ALL DAY! Never thought I'll see a snapping turtle PRO! Put that ish in the Olympic 2024!!!
People cleaned animals, on the reg till 1900ish. This was a skill people had for thousands of years. Buturching is an art and skill. Shame today 95% of Americans can't do so.
It's messed up Billionaires like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg and Mark Cuban only eat what they kill. Seriously, they all have had phases to raise, slaughter, kill their own meat.
JohnnyV Val THEY CAN AFFORD TO DO IT!
@@JohnnyV_Val I feel you but...you must not have a Publix near you?? lol. That place is everything!!🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
@@haydenpulliam7949 lol...hell yea...i have to go to work during the day lol
Nearest Publix over an hour away!
The heart was beating the entire time. ❤️ @13:16
I came here to find the exact location of my car's starter.... now I know to do turtle stuff.
this is hilarious
Rumor is that turtle is still kicking his feet till this day..
I feel like it would be kicking after you eat it.
From the bird bait to skinning a turtle that's fighting back... I was told the heads don't die until the sun sets. The meal looked superb. Now I know what to do with the pond full of snappers in front of the house.
I know that's what they say about a severed snakes head.
I was told if you got bit they wouldn't let go it it thunders.
I was told all these cautionary things too; but when we got a big turtle to eat back in the mid '60's I can tell you that the head could still bite down on a stick a day or two later! My mother cooked it German style with Sauer kraut in a Dutch oven - delicious!
You better watch your ass lol
Informative video Les. That was a lot of knife work! I'd love to try turtle. Thumbs up to you.
It's 2:30 in the morning here in Canada and all I can think is God that looks good snapping turtle back straps kind of want to get out of bed and go catch some
The bottom plate is called the plastron! And the top is the carapace
The snappers around my area (Six Nations Reservation Ontario Canada) are getting rare to catch because we use them for ceremonies so they're really wanted on our reserve and so many other Iroquois reserves. We make rattles out of them. We sew them up. The only things we cut off are the claws and the tail so it bleeds out. Some folks make really nice rattles! Haudenosaunee proud! Mohawk Nation Bear Clan here!
Indian blood line here would really like to learn more about Indian culture
Jeff Porter I got kids in Brasher and Malone. Mesena. We have lots of snappers in Southern Virginia. Maybe reach out to the Meherrin and see if y'all can work out a trade?
@Dick Burns don't be upset DICK
I’m 72 years young. I’ve probably cleaned and cooked 30-40 turtles in my life but I haven’t done one in 40 years. My husband and father-in-law would kill them, and myself and mother-in-law would clean cook and cook them. Dad would have my husband hold a small tree branch (1- 1 1/2 inches) and the turtle latch on. Dad would cut off the head and with the stick still being held by the the turtle, throw the head in a bucket. It was usually safe in a couple of days when the turtle releases the stick. There was always something heavy on the lid to stop anything from getting into into the bucket. It was always interesting cleaning the turtle.
Jeff Porter I grew up eating snapper I'm Dakota on my rez we have alot of snappers
idk why tf im still watching this at 6 a.m ..i even rolled a blunt and smoked it while watching 😁😁😂
Dont feel alone
facts.. dabbed to ninja turtle
I just knew there wasn’t gonna be any seasoning and meat cleaning involved
Whipper Snapper, I don't know if you are familiar with prepping and eating wild game but meat that is natural has its own flavor. Unlike the processed and mass produced meat that most people are used to. Seasoning is not required for wild caught meat. Ask you grandma/grandpa how chicken tasted when they were young compared to the pale, white shit they call chicken in the stores. No comparison.
Like shit bruh lmfaooo straight bland turtle
Won't be worried about seasoning when you're in survival mode!
DaeMurda 🤣🤣🤣
Ikr..lmao
Very informative.....thank you so much for your time and effort......would never have known that a turtle has back straps under all that.... i was ready to throw them away with the shell.....great things your daddy taught you.
where's the sparrow?
Mike Strohbusch Great question
Lol. I was thinking the same thing I think it came off with the head
Sailing with the Black Pearl...
In the stomach would be a good guess
Good question where is the sparrow??????