Alligator meat

[Kobicook]

Finally, my first topis post! Have been lurking forever.

Made a Norman Van Aken recipe for a salad with alligator meat, greens, vegetables and blue cheese. We had frozen gator tails from New Orleans. We've had gator before and liked it. But in the salad it was WAY TOO fishy. What should I have done? A friend said I should have soaked the meat in salt to draw the unpleasant taste out -- like you do with eggplant. Any other thoughts?

[Wilfrid]

Sounds unusual. Alligator meat is widely described as chickeny rather than fishy.

[tommy]

well, i've had alligator only twice as i recall, and i remember those versions as tasting like fishy chicken.

[Jason Perlow]

I wouldnt say its fishy. Kind of like a tough pork.

Alligator is particularly good in spicy sausage when used in a gumbo. I've also had fried alligator nuggets, but they were a bit tough. The fibers in the meat need to be broken down.

Frank's Smokehouse Alligator Sausage

[SobaAddict70]

Must taste like fish flavored pork then.

SA

Edited February 25, 2003 by SobaAddict70 (log)

[afoodnut]

Fishy old rubber tires, dredged up from the swamp. And did I mention chewy?

[Bux]

I wouldnt say its fishy. Kind of like a tough pork.

Had some in Louisiana. It fit that description. Another white meat, fried and not too tender, but I don't recall anything fishy about it. Maybe there were passing pork off on tourists for all I know.

Alligator is particularly good in spicy sausage when used in a gumbo. I've also had fried alligator nuggets, but they were a bit tough.

Never had it in sausage. About those nuggets, anything like Rocky Mountain Oysters? Tough nuggets, that's a bitch.

[Orik]

alligator=very slightly fishy chicken

nutria=somewhat fishy rabbit

how about some fishy moose?

[afoodnut]

Bux Posted on Feb 24 2003, 09:34 PM

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...I've also had fried alligator nuggets, but they were a bit tough.

... About those nuggets, anything like Rocky Mountain Oysters?

The Buckhorn Exchange in Denver includes alligator and rocky mountain oysters in an appetizer selection; the oysters seem delicate and tender compared to the alligator.

Orik  Posted on Feb 25 2003, 03:58 AM

how about some fishy moose?

Great fishy moose

[ChrisTaylor]

How would you go about tenderising the 'gator meat if you wanted to make, say, deep-fried nuggets?

[sculptor]

How would you go about tenderising the 'gator meat if you wanted to make, say, deep-fried nuggets?

I suspect that mechanically tenderizing it with a Jaccard would be your safest bet.