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So, is Alligator on any menus?

ktulu wrote:So, is Alligator on any menus?

Do they taste like, ?

I hear it tastes like chicken. ;) If you want some gator meat try here: http://www.gatorbob.com/

Darksin wrote:I lived in Florida most of my life and never heard that.

It is actually on the books. But tell that to the guys who do the airboat rides in south Kissimmee.

avengador1 wrote:I bet Gatorland would have come to remove it for free and they are only about 20 minutes away from WDW.

Ha!

ktulu wrote:So, is Alligator on any menus?

Heck yeah. I love gator meat. It's like chicken but more lean.

security officer wrote:if i remember right after 5-8ft they have to be put down due to homing instinct

Nope. Disney hauls them off to their Wildlife Preserve at Lake Butler and none have yet returned. I know of at least one 8.5-footer who made that trip.

ktulu wrote:So, is Alligator on any menus?

Not at Disney, not since Boatwrights took it off the menu about a decade ago.

I keep hoping that the Florida/Caribbean booth at the Food & Wine Festival will offer it, but no luck yet.

Sadly, it's generally considered a novelty item. The few places that don't consider it such are (in my experience) country places that deep fry and over-salt everything too much.

I can attest that it can be tasty, but it's more like rattlesnake than chicken.

:gator2:

Zazu wrote:I can attest that it can be tasty, but it's more like rattlesnake than chicken.

:gator2:

Hmm. Gonna have to try rattlesnake. And it makes sense, since chicken is of an aviary nature.

i will never eat rattle snakes, im embarass to say i have a fear of snakes they can move but dont have any legs that the devil the bible even says so

security officer wrote:i have been to florida since 1999 so im surprise
if i remember right after 5-8ft they have to be put down due to homing instinct

I think it was anything over 4-5 foot was a required state kill in Florida, then again that also varies by state so who knows if it could vary by county? Anything smaller is generally relocated from what I remember.

I've only ever heard of them killing a gator if it's gotten a tooth for humans.

Though I've also heard the reason why it's illegal to harass/kill gators is because too many people confuse them with American Crocodiles which are endangered.