Green Turtle and Terrapin
Ingredients
Directions
Secure the turtle on its back with its neck over a tub or hang it by its hind flippers.
Tie the fore flippers to prevent struggling.
Cut off the head and let it bleed overnight.
The next morning, lay the turtle on its back on a large dish or inclined board to collect blood and water.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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