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From: Tim Conway on 14 Jun 2010 19:43 "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message news:4c16bd8c$0$5499$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com... > "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message > news:doua16tpmq283137jeb4ce3ne97r5567jk(a)4ax.com... >> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:45:23 -0400, "Peter" >> <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: >> >>>"Henry Olson" <henryolson(a)nospam.org> wrote in message >>>news:pnma16lh2vbfv7hjncs453vej6qkf59rlo(a)4ax.com... >>>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:51:40 -0700, "Bill Graham" <weg9(a)comcast.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> >>> >>>>> I ate turtle soup in a restaurant in Louisiana when I was a kid....It >>>>> was >>>>>delicious. But I haven't seen it here in the North, so I haven't eaten >>>>>it >>>>>again. >>>> >>>> Snapper soup is one of the best meals. It is claimed that there are >>>> about >>>> 7 >>>> different meat flavors and textures in a snapping turtle depending on >>>> which >>>> section you eat. Beef, chicken, pork, etc. flavors all from one turtle. >>>> You >>>> can't generally buy turtle soup. You have to catch your own and make >>>> it. >>>> As >>>> a kid it used to be my job to pull the turtle's neck out far enough for >>>> my >>>> grandmother to chop off the head. I'd take a sturdy shovel-handle. Then >>>> sitting down on the ground in front of the turtle I'd put one foot on >>>> either side of the head, feet against the shell, carefully. (These were >>>> large snappers, around 2 ft. across.) I'd get the turtle to bite down >>>> on >>>> the shovel-handle held level between my two hands. Then using my legs >>>> muscles to brace against the turtle, use all my arm and back strength >>>> to >>>> pull the neck out far enough for the hatchet to come down. Hang it off >>>> a >>>> tree limb by the tail for 1-2 days to bleed it out. Note: Do not play >>>> with >>>> the head after it has been chopped off. It's still alive for quite >>>> awhile >>>> and can easily take off a finger or two if you're not careful. >>>> >>> >>>I like mock turtle soup. >>>But, my efforts to find mock turtles have not been successful. >> >> You've got to walk away and turn back very quickly to catch them. >> They only mock you behind your back. >> > > > And the difference between them and the trolls in this group is? > > The trolls in this group will mock you to your face. ;-)
From: Peter on 14 Jun 2010 20:04 "Tim Conway" <tconway_113(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:hv6es5$vrd$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message > news:4c16bd8c$0$5499$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com... >> "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >> news:doua16tpmq283137jeb4ce3ne97r5567jk(a)4ax.com... >>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:45:23 -0400, "Peter" >>> <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: >>> >>>>"Henry Olson" <henryolson(a)nospam.org> wrote in message >>>>news:pnma16lh2vbfv7hjncs453vej6qkf59rlo(a)4ax.com... >>>>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:51:40 -0700, "Bill Graham" <weg9(a)comcast.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> I ate turtle soup in a restaurant in Louisiana when I was a >>>>>> kid....It >>>>>> was >>>>>>delicious. But I haven't seen it here in the North, so I haven't eaten >>>>>>it >>>>>>again. >>>>> >>>>> Snapper soup is one of the best meals. It is claimed that there are >>>>> about >>>>> 7 >>>>> different meat flavors and textures in a snapping turtle depending on >>>>> which >>>>> section you eat. Beef, chicken, pork, etc. flavors all from one >>>>> turtle. >>>>> You >>>>> can't generally buy turtle soup. You have to catch your own and make >>>>> it. >>>>> As >>>>> a kid it used to be my job to pull the turtle's neck out far enough >>>>> for my >>>>> grandmother to chop off the head. I'd take a sturdy shovel-handle. >>>>> Then >>>>> sitting down on the ground in front of the turtle I'd put one foot on >>>>> either side of the head, feet against the shell, carefully. (These >>>>> were >>>>> large snappers, around 2 ft. across.) I'd get the turtle to bite down >>>>> on >>>>> the shovel-handle held level between my two hands. Then using my legs >>>>> muscles to brace against the turtle, use all my arm and back strength >>>>> to >>>>> pull the neck out far enough for the hatchet to come down. Hang it off >>>>> a >>>>> tree limb by the tail for 1-2 days to bleed it out. Note: Do not play >>>>> with >>>>> the head after it has been chopped off. It's still alive for quite >>>>> awhile >>>>> and can easily take off a finger or two if you're not careful. >>>>> >>>> >>>>I like mock turtle soup. >>>>But, my efforts to find mock turtles have not been successful. >>> >>> You've got to walk away and turn back very quickly to catch them. >>> They only mock you behind your back. >>> >> >> >> And the difference between them and the trolls in this group is? >> >> > The trolls in this group will mock you to your face. ;-) > Anonymously -- Peter
From: Pete on 14 Jun 2010 20:07 On 2010-06-15 00:43:52 +0100, Tim Conway said: > "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote in message > news:4c16bd8c$0$5499$8f2e0ebb(a)news.shared-secrets.com... >> "tony cooper" <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >> news:doua16tpmq283137jeb4ce3ne97r5567jk(a)4ax.com... >>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:45:23 -0400, "Peter" >>> <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: >>> >>>> "Henry Olson" <henryolson(a)nospam.org> wrote in message >>>> news:pnma16lh2vbfv7hjncs453vej6qkf59rlo(a)4ax.com... >>>>> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:51:40 -0700, "Bill Graham" <weg9(a)comcast.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> I ate turtle soup in a restaurant in Louisiana when I was a kid....It >>>>>> was >>>>>> delicious. But I haven't seen it here in the North, so I haven't eaten it >>>>>> again. >>>>> >>>>> Snapper soup is one of the best meals. It is claimed that there are about >>>>> 7 >>>>> different meat flavors and textures in a snapping turtle depending on >>>>> which >>>>> section you eat. Beef, chicken, pork, etc. flavors all from one turtle. >>>>> You >>>>> can't generally buy turtle soup. You have to catch your own and make it. >>>>> As >>>>> a kid it used to be my job to pull the turtle's neck out far enough for my >>>>> grandmother to chop off the head. I'd take a sturdy shovel-handle. Then >>>>> sitting down on the ground in front of the turtle I'd put one foot on >>>>> either side of the head, feet against the shell, carefully. (These were >>>>> large snappers, around 2 ft. across.) I'd get the turtle to bite down on >>>>> the shovel-handle held level between my two hands. Then using my legs >>>>> muscles to brace against the turtle, use all my arm and back strength to >>>>> pull the neck out far enough for the hatchet to come down. Hang it off a >>>>> tree limb by the tail for 1-2 days to bleed it out. Note: Do not play with >>>>> the head after it has been chopped off. It's still alive for quite awhile >>>>> and can easily take off a finger or two if you're not careful. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I like mock turtle soup. >>>> But, my efforts to find mock turtles have not been successful. >>> >>> You've got to walk away and turn back very quickly to catch them. >>> They only mock you behind your back. >>> >> >> >> And the difference between them and the trolls in this group is? >> >> > The trolls in this group will mock you to your face. ;-) More likely, only in writing. -- Pete
From: Henry Olson on 14 Jun 2010 20:27 On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:35:31 -0400, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> wrote: >"Walter Banks" <walter(a)bytecraft.com> wrote in message >news:4C15ADB5.7A136F38(a)bytecraft.com... >> >> >> tony cooper wrote: >> >>> >>> >That might be shredded skunk >> >> A vet friend of mine over dinner a couple weeks ago noted >> that there is nothing on a skunk that doesn't smell like skunk >> including the bottoms of their feet >> > > >Does this guy have a life. Really who would go around smelling the bottoms >of a skunk's foot. > >I've heard that a deodorized skunk makes a great pet.. They make great pets de-scented or not. You just have to be a little more cautious about startling or trying to reprimand your pet when it's not de-scented. Wild ones will also not spray you unless you give them reason to. One came to my door one winter night at about 2AM. It literally knocked on my door by using a jar stuck on its head until I woke up to answer the door. (A jar that was not from my discards I found out later. But from some neighbor 1/2 mile away.) It needed the jar unstuck from its head. After putting on old coveralls, just in case, I went out and pulled the jar off the skunk's head. It only sniffed my hand and waddled away.
From: Tim Conway on 14 Jun 2010 20:58
"Henry Olson" <henryolson(a)nospam.org> wrote in message news:dihd16ptdtbcn0brr6imq8epngf14qqv5u(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:35:31 -0400, "Peter" <peternew(a)nospamoptonline.net> > wrote: > >>"Walter Banks" <walter(a)bytecraft.com> wrote in message >>news:4C15ADB5.7A136F38(a)bytecraft.com... >>> >>> >>> tony cooper wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >That might be shredded skunk >>> >>> A vet friend of mine over dinner a couple weeks ago noted >>> that there is nothing on a skunk that doesn't smell like skunk >>> including the bottoms of their feet >>> >> >> >>Does this guy have a life. Really who would go around smelling the bottoms >>of a skunk's foot. >> >>I've heard that a deodorized skunk makes a great pet.. > > They make great pets de-scented or not. You just have to be a little more > cautious about startling or trying to reprimand your pet when it's not > de-scented. Wild ones will also not spray you unless you give them reason > to. One came to my door one winter night at about 2AM. It literally > knocked > on my door by using a jar stuck on its head until I woke up to answer the > door. (A jar that was not from my discards I found out later. But from > some > neighbor 1/2 mile away.) It needed the jar unstuck from its head. After > putting on old coveralls, just in case, I went out and pulled the jar off > the skunk's head. It only sniffed my hand and waddled away. > Cool. Nice story. |