Louisiana Snapping Turtle(Catch*Clean*Cook) Cajun Made Turtle Sauce Piquante 

Hi Ken. You probably get tired of hearing my old stories, but I gotta give you one more. I'm 72 years old in 2 more days, but I remember very well when I was a kid and Dad and his friend Joe would catch a very large snapper on the bayou and bring it to our house to clean it, and the 2 moms would cook it. There was 7 kids in the lee family and 5 in the Sarvaunt family so it took a large turtle to feed all of us including the eggs. Watching you cook your turtle was like watching my mom cook turtle. except she used water cause we didn't have canned chicken stock "cost to much" and used tomatoes out of garden instead of canned tomato paste for the same reason. I am so glad I found your channel, you bring back wonderful memories. Have a great day Kendall....

I knew that Turtle wouldn't make it out of trouble when that Cajun music started! lol🤣

I'm 73yrs old, lived in the upstate of S.C. all my life. We called snapping turtles cooters. Growing up we would make set hooks and set them out at night around ponds and creeks in the area to catch the cooters. We would buy beef hearts from a few local butchers to bait the hooks. Beef heart makes the best bait because they're real tough and hard to get off the hooks. We used big hooks we called cooter hooks. We made rounds all night checking the hooks. We kept the turtles alive in big galvanized steel tubs until we had quite a few before cleaning them all at one time. Then we would have a feast with all the family members and friends. Kids today don't know what having fun is. I did teach my grandsons how to do this!!

I was about 19 years old when my grandfather made me turtle soup. I was in the hospital at the time and he said I would never get better eating that stuff. When I tell you after eating that turtle soup i was out in two days. I miss my grandpa. 😢

Hello Ken, I am from Maryland an we grew up catching an eating snappers. Your video brought back memories of the good old days on the farm. Thanks

My husband is in the army and we are stationed in Alaska. I’m from the south and my family still lives in Louisiana and Mississippi. Watching your videos brings me my sense of home and comfort. We love your recipes and videos!

I'm 69 and been eating turtle since I can remember, Grandmother always had the best. I used to take turtle sandwiches to school.

My brother used to fix turtle all the time he was a good hand at cleaning them people would have him clean them for them a lot....he was also good at cooking them also....he always rolled his in cornmeal and flour if I remember rightl...I remember how good it was....I haven't had one I would say in over 30years...but I still remember how good it was

When my grandaddy was still alive we ate turtle weekly. He cooked about the same way over here in Mississippi. My kids even love till this day. Great job

Wow! I have never seen anyone clean, cook or eat turtle. It looks so good. Very educational and entertaining. Thanks Ken!

*I found one by my house that I keep as a pet now. I never thought about eating him 🤔*

I'm in Virginia, and I've had about 7 or 8 turtles. I usually fried it up rolled in flour, and also made a turtle soup. Absolutely loved it

I watch your channel to prepare for the inevitability of what I may have to do someday. 😂🤣 Y'all sure make it look good.

Hey Kendall, I'm a yank from the State of Wisconsin, but when I was stationed at both Pensacola Fl and Biloxi, MS in the winter of 98-Summer 99' in the Air Force I got hooked on that Southern Soul and Cajun Food!! I've tried countless so called authentic Cajun spots in both Chicago and Milwaukee through the years, and NOTHING COMPARES to being in the good old south for that amazing fresh cooking. I can't believe the size of those amazing blue crabs and how you guys caught 3-5 at a time down there. Yummy. It stinks watching all these great amazing food and food prep videos only to go cook a burger or brat on the grill up here in the cheese state. Please keep making more and more videos, I thoroughly enjoy them sir. In closing, I had an Air Force friend from outside Monroe, LA who let me go frogging with him one night and bugs aside I had a blast and the frogs were so yummy!!! Once again thank you for the very informative content and if you ever offer charters or ride alongs for crabbing/frogging I would totally sign up for sure! Thanks. Patrick from Wisconsin.

Growing up in Southest Texas and the proud decendant of Cajun ancestry, I have experienced Snapping Turtle many many times before. This looks perfectly delicious. Well done my man! I could not have done any better myself! You are totally awsome! Keep these videos coming.

My grandfather taught me and my brother how to catch clean and cook snapping turtles. I've got one in my garage that I'll be preparing in a couple weeks. Great video.

Can always count on Ken to make me hungry 🤤 GREAT JOB on the sauce podna !!

My grandmother made turtle as often as the men in the family could catch them. My uncle and his wife did as well and My Mother cooked turtle when I caught a big one. Liked it!!! Rick

Cleaned a many a turtle before I was even a teenager but had a suggestion for you.....when we did ours we would nail the shell to a large board which held it in place while we cleaned it...made it a lot easier and kept it from slipping and sliding.

Love your videos , keep them coming . I really enjoy the down home feel of the videos, keep doing what you do Sir

I enjoy your channel Kendall and you always make your dishes look so delicious. My granny would cook anything that we killed and brought home. I remember taking soft shell turtles that we would catch from the creek and she would pressure cook them and make a hash. Seems like onions, potatoes, turtle and salt and pepper. It was delicious over rice.

We Ken added the garlic to the pepper and onions, I was wishing I had smell-o-vision. Never knew about calming down the musculature by putting it in the freezer before cleaning. Same reason to put eels on ice first! Thanks for the tip!

Kendall this made my Southern heart happy!

I use to say I would never eat turtle but the way you made this will change my mind. That fresh tomato and corn from the garden looks ridiculously good!

Thank you for this video! Got three turtles in the freezer. Definitely going to try this recipe.

That looks so good. Love the way you cook.

Everything looks delicious. Catch clean and cooked up so well. I would love to have a plate of food. Thank you. I have never had a turtle meal.

That was Grt,showing from catching it,to stufng yourself with it,Realy Grt,Thankyou.Ron Bateman,Draper, Utah

Ken, Everytime you start cooking, I get hungry. Your videos are always great and I'll admit freely, You're one helluva Chef. Keep it up. Great presentation!👍

I have cleaned these turtles for many years and what I do to alliviate those "twitching" muscle spasms is, I cut off the end of the tail and use a 12 or 14 size piece of copper wire and run it up into the spinal channel and it instantly kills all the nerves - problem solved. BTW, great job, I like your cleaning method.

I don't know how I found this channel but this guy is so cool, I'd love to try his recipes 👍

Yes sir !! I wish I had a turtle to clean and cook. I live in Maine and all we have now is scallops and lobster. This is it. Im about ready to move south. Thanks , a fan from Downeast.

I’m from Opelousas and I enjoy cooking and eating turtle. My children enjoy it also thanks for the video and keep them coming!!

That was quite the feast my friend. Looks wonderful. Nicely done as always.

When he said ,” my boy can cut tomatoes” that was so sweet he sounds like a proud daddy no matter what his son does!

I have never had "turtle" but that meal looked good!! You did an amazing job.

C'Mon Kendall you gotta invite me over the next time you make this.

I imagine smelling the food - look soo good- haven't had that since I was a little girl - love your videos-

Buddy I enjoyed watching you cook that turtle. Thanks for taking the time to share!

I eat Turtle Soup at the Gumbo Shop in New Orleans some 40 years ago. It was fantastic!!!

That was a lot of fun and it was delicious!

My family was living in an old farm house (it used to be a dairy farm) in Gonzales La. My brother and one of his high school friends caught a snapping turtle that was about the size of the one you cooked. We were fishing in a cow pond on the farm property. My brother and his friend dispatched, cleaned, and cooked it. Man, I tell you what, that was some kind of good!

I ❤ turtle soup! I your turtle meal looks really tasty too. Thanks for sharing! 💯

Awesome video and detailed process. On my bucket list!

The difference between ANY zoo in America and a zoo in Louisianna is that the other zoos have placards telling where the animals originate, diets, gestation, life span, etc., in Louisianna, the placard ALWAYS includes a recipe!😀

Whoa that looks good my man…I have had the pleasure of eatin turtle several times and I would put it at a top 5 best meal for me…thanks for this one man

Wow this was awesome 👏🏽 thanks for sharing.

Oh my goodness, that looks amazing, keep'em coming ace, God bless

Sure would like a video of cast netting for shrimp .

Haha just like all the Cajuns I know. Picked his dinner up off the road haha. Looked good Sir. When life presents you with dinner don't pass it up.

I enjoy all your videos. Thanks for the extra effort it takes to make them.

My grandfather was an expert at catching them mostly by hand under the banks of creeks. He would pull them out by their tails and dump them in a feed sack that mostly one of the grandkids like me dragged along in the creek. We would cut their heads off and scald them in a big tub of boiling water, scrub clean, then cut the shells off, skin them and divide the meat. Some of the meat they would bread and fry, the rest fry in a little oil and onion, then slow boil in milk and butter. Topped off with a little hot ketchup and crackers. It tasted like salmon stew a little fishey but really good.

I have never eaten turtle but you made it look good. 😎

Never had turtle before, that looks good

Great Job. I’ve cooked the turtle meat in a pressure cooker with green tea and favorite spices, for @ 15 minutes on 15 psi. Once cooked I lightly dredge in a seasoned flour mixture and fry in peanut oil until golden brown. A little salt and hot sauce,👍🏻

Some of my fondest memories are of my brother and I setting turtle hooks with my father. My father was a great cook. He always parboiled turtle first . Cracker meal, salt and pepper, deep fried until golden brown. Add the meat too a couple of slices of loaf bread and a home grown tomato. Good eating. My father was friends with a local game warden and he would help when he had time off.

Come on man!! There is chicken or beef you know!😂😂😁

When I thought I tried everything this guy comes with a turtle. Guess that's next on my list

I got chef boo thin 😂😂😂😂 y’all cracked me up in laughter

enjoyed the video, haven"t had a turtle meal in 54 years

That looks absolutely great .I would have thought that table was used so much it wouldn't have a chance to set long enough to get dirty

Smothered Okra. Never heard of it… on the menu, coming up! Gotta try it.

I never eat a turtle in my life but I love watching your videos clips. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ ❤❤❤

I grew up in northwestern Missouri on the river bottoms. We ate a lot of snapping turtle stew. Great stuff.

i'm still waiting on you to do a kill cook and clean on a nutria rat lol

“Dang-it; you’re killing me!”

I am from Africa and these cooking methods reminded me of home . Thank you

Thank you for showing the turtle cooking. Wonderful job...

I’ve had turtle soup & frog legs deep fried in Mexico

17:09 - You know it's good when the eggs start to fall off the bone..

That chopper with the lever was the true star of the video

hello brother im from east tx . i have eat turtle when i was little so i dont rember . i am also a jug liner and a trapper . live almost off grid . electricity only . no running water or tv . absalutly love it this way . lol im not hillbilly just old school and country to the bone . GOD bless

The bad part of this is I know how that smells and I'm not there. 😀

That’s what I’m talking about 😆men eating like men. Those were grown man servings.

I can tell you have done this a time or two!!! Love the channel, subscribed my friend!

Man I wish I was there !! But I know how to do it know kfred we appreciate yall thank u very much

My dad would eat those eggs like it was candy. He would fight you for them.

I had an uncle who ran a drag line for Orange county and everything he would come across a big Ole turtle he would load in the back of the truck and bring it home. Him and grandpa would clean and we would BBQ that suckered and oh lord it was so good. Thanks for 5he memories.

Best video in turtle cleaning and cooking ❤

Love this channel. My Dad God rest his soul, Fixed a Soft Shell Turtle. Good eating.❤

You made a great looking plate and cleaned it like a pro. That had to be delicious. Bon appetit!

Boy oh Boy that is a meal for a king . We would keep the meat in the pot and put the onions an pepper to cook with it for more flavor. That food would make a puppy pull a freight train . Yum yum . Thanks for that video

Had to subscribe and add a comment because the Turtle Piquant video was so much fun to watch from start to finish. Going to watch all your videos!!

Two things happen whenever I watch your videos. It reminds me of hanging out with my Dad and I always get hungry!!😂😂

Hi. This is my first time seeing a video of yours. Ive never eaten turtle, but your preparation is wonderful!!! Thanks

Not only are you a great outdoorsman, but a great cook as well, I had soft shell turtle when I was a kid, I haven't had it since I've been grown, I love it, now that I watched you clean it, I will be eating me some turtle, I never knew how to clean it, that's why I haven't eaten it... thanks for the tutorial on cleaning turtle

In the 1990 I went to New Orleans twice a month on business. Loved the turtle soup and soft shell crabs at a place in Kenner just down the street from MSY...airport....Thanks for the memories.

I'm so glad to see this episode i wanted to know how you cook it then i know it will be good 💯 also I will love to get your cook book

Great videos much love and respect from Opelousas Louisiana looks delicious 💪💯

Love watching your videos! Tons of love and support from Pennsylvania! Keep em coming !

I sure miss my new Orleans L.A. cooking. But now I'm homeless in Florida no thanks to my brothers. All that awesome Cajun & Creole cooking i & my mom enjoyed so much

Couldn't ask for a better video. You did a fantastic job explaining it step by step and even if I never eat it I loved the video. THANKS I'll give you a 10 all the way around. 😊😎

I have never ate turtle,but I would,after watching you cook.

Doesn't get much fresher than grabbed off the road! Really cool video.

I've had turtle soup at Bookbinder's restaraunt in Philadelphia, Pa. They sell it in cans at the grocery store, too. For some reason I seem to remember that they changed the species of turtle they used in the 90's . I'm eager to try it myself with some fresh caught snappers.

Hello Ken, I worked for Schlumberger Canada open hole wireline and had 6 month transfer to Natchez M I lived in lake Concordia Louisianan, there was small country bar called the oilfield lounge , Every Friday night was customer appreciation night. the owner and his wife and local folks would cook up great homemade cajun food , turtle sauce on dirty rice like what you just made was A dish that was made and tasted fantastic, they also had a squirrel and dumplin stew one night and deep fried gar balls one night all homemade . You made me hungry lmao mouths watering , Sorry for being long winded I would like to say hi to Earl and Betty Wahl if they see your channel and hi 5,s to you Ken thanks for the video cheers from Alberta

Awesome! Ca c'est bon! I had snapping turtle once a few years ago. We went to a guy's house that my dad grew up and is friends with. He had caught it and cleaned it and cooked it just like this with tomatoe slices and corn and smothered okra. It was fall of the bone good! My family's from Evangeline Parish and dad grew up with a lot of this cooking and now I'm trying to learn.

Looks amazing!!

Just two good Men enjoying some good ol Turtle.

That thing was probably the best dish I ever had. I had it fried up and put sesame seed sauce over it and had mashed potatoes n corn on the cob.. it was delicious.