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Father's Family Recipe · Historical Notebook · Printable
Fried Snapping Turtle
Ingredients
- Snapping turtle
- Flour (amount unspecified)
- Grease for frying
Notebook directions
- Cut off head, remove intestines and cut body into frying pieces.
- Dredge and fry.
Family and transcription notes
The photographed notebook records fried snapping turtle. The creator also remembers eating a distinct family snapping-turtle stew prepared with edible turtle parts using a beef-stew-style approach. She recalls that different parts tasted like different meats. The stew is a family memory, not a detailed written recipe. This archival outline is not a complete processing or food-safety guide.
These notes document an older family practice. They do not provide complete modern guidance for safe sourcing, species identification, processing, internal temperature, or storage. Use appropriate current food-safety methods for any actual preparation.