Brennan's Turtle Soup

[Bill Miller]

We are serving 26 at a dinner party next week and the first course is turtle soup.Brennan's cookbook lists Airline Seafood as a source of meat, but they can't get it anymore. Anybody have any ideas where in Houston I can get it?

[Kent Wang]

You may want to try the Chinese supermarkets like Hong Kong and Welcome. Although I don't ever recall seeing turtle there they might be able to get it for you.

[greensNbeans]

airline seafood on Richmond has it sometimes, but I have never tried it there

[Bill Miller]

louisianafoods.com is a site to find turtle meat and other things. I got it from Brennans. Airline Seafood doesn't have any.

[FoodMan]

We are serving 26 at a dinner party next week and the first course is turtle soup.Brennan's cookbook lists Airline Seafood as a source of meat, but they can't get it anymore.  Anybody have any ideas where in Houston I can get it?

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Did you try Pete's Fine Meats on Richmond? They have all kinds of game and exotic meats, so they might have it.

[yimay]

i don't know about meat that's already been processed and ready to cook, but i've seen live turtles at the huge Hong Kong shopping center grocery store out on Bellaire. it's possible they might have frozen turtle meat. if they don't have it they might know where as i've been to many chinese seafood restaurants with live tanks, and seen many with live turtles. you could possibly try to buy some from the restaurants.

[Bill Miller]

Just to let eveybody know--I got the meat from Louisiana Foods in Houston and after I ordered it the PR lady at Brennans emailed me that they would sell it for $16/lb (about what I paid for it). The soup turned out beautifully--their recipe is the real thing--we served 26 very happy guests. The book is a keeper.