Diamond-back or Salt-water Terrapin

Ingredients

• 1 thick, fat diamond-back terrapin
• salt (to taste)

Directions

1. Plunge the terrapin head first into a kettle of boiling water.

2. Add salt and cover the kettle; cook for 15 minutes.

3. Remove the terrapin and take off the black skin from the shell and the nails from the claws.

4. Wash the terrapin thoroughly in warm water and remove the shells.

5. Take out the dark green gall bladder, sand bag, entrails, and remove the head.

6. Preserve the eggs if there are any.

7. Keep all pieces of meat, along with the fat and legs, in water until ready to use.