How to tell the difference between a gator and a dog?

[tombogan03884]

 Don't give me that Junkie, Zoo's up here aren't the ones that list cooking instructions for the exhibits.  

[Walter45Auto]

I am, they taste great!     (gator tail is GOOD!)

No wonder you and I get along so good. 


"Mama says alligators is onery cause they got ALL THEM TEETH and NO TOOTHBRUSH."

[fightingquaker13]

I do love Florida, where along with no running with scissors we learn things like, check your boots for scrorpions, leaf piles for coral snakes, look under your car for alligators,  your engine block for pythons, and always remember to kill your hogs with a knife lest someone call you a sissy.
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[jerry]

Gator tail is good, but the cheeks are better. 

You can fry them up just like fish.  The best I've had is blackened dipped in butter.

[Timothy]

"Mama says alligators is onery cause they got ALL THEM TEETH and NO TOOTHBRUSH."

Naw.....It's their medulla oblongata.....Mama's wrong!   

Never had gator, even when I lived in Florida.  Couldn't afford to eat back then!  Just drank gallons of beer and survived on carbs and Marlboro's.....

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[twyacht]

I've always really enjoyed eating, cooking gator,.



Cooking gator,, yeah that's the ticket..and a nice pair of boots...

tt and I will be in the corner enjoying some gator tail.

[fightingquaker13]

Naw.....It's their medulla oblongata.....Mama's wrong!    

Never had gator, even when I lived in Florida.  Couldn't afford to eat back then!  Just drank gallons of beer and survived on carbs and Marlboro's.....

You didn't miss much.I'm probably dissapointing my cracker gator poaching side of the family, but its the truth. It has the consistency of chewy pork (the tail being all muscle) and tastes like swamp mud. Now in fairness, if you treated it like ox tongue and let it sit in milk or a brine for an hour or so and then did a slow braise like for short ribs or shanks with a nice sauce (I'm thinking wine, butter, mustard and a bit of Lea and Perrins), it might work. However, I've only had it fried or sauteed and have never been impressed. My verdict is that they're great for scaring Yankees, controlling the poodle population and making boots. Beyond that I'll pass them by.
FQ13 who is wondering what that girl has on her feet and why. He then asks, who cares, and appreciates the rest

[Hazcat]

FQ,

All I can say is....

...LEARN TO COOK!

Lobster can be chewy and tough as well as tasteless if cooker wrong.  So can Kobi beef!

Gator meat is MUCH like a shell fish (lobster, clam, etc) cook it correctly or it is chewy and  tasteless.  COOKS FAULT not the ingredient.

[fightingquaker13]

FQ,

All I can say is....

...LEARN TO COOK!

Lobster can be chewy and tough as well as tasteless if cooker wrong.  So can Kobi beef!

Gator meat is MUCH like a shell fish (lobster, clam, etc) cook it correctly or it is chewy and  tasteless.  COOKS FAULT not the ingredient.

I've never cooked it. Or even seen it in the store, except for some very sketchy looking frozen stuff at Publix. The only gator I've had was at seafood joints and its usually fried. I gave up and go with the fried oysters instead.
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[Hazcat]

FQ,

Take that (admittedly) questionable tail and let it get to room temp.  Now put a little oilive oil on it the dust with garlic salt and pepper.

Grill or pan fry in a med to high pan / grill.  What you are going for is slight crispy edges and a nice warm center.  After you get this righ the you can start experimenting and incorporating into other dishes.