Wild Game

Cajun Turtle Sauce Piquante

This is a Cajun classic, often done with alligator, but equally good with snapping turtle, which is what I used here. Sauce piquante is a bit of a mash-up between gumbo and an etouffee.

Southern

Creole Turtle Soup

What do you do when a friend drop ships you a dead snapping turtle? You make Creole turtle soup, that's what. One of the weirdest things to land on my doorstep become one of my favorite new soups...

Podcast

Hunt Gather Talk Podcast 3

In this episode of the Hunt Gather Talk podcast, we talk about exotic proteins - meats and fish that are delicious but often overlooked. Muskrats, beavers, snakes, turtles, woodchucks, even some weird fish.

Recipe

Venison Sauce Piquante

I had my first Cajun sauce piquante a year ago, in a grubby cafe near Houma. It was made with alligator, and it was awesome. This version is made with venison, and it's just as awesome.