[Dean Romig]

This evening Kathy and I took a short walk down River Street and as we were crossing the bridge over the swampy feeder creek I looked down and saw probably the biggest snapper I have seen in almost twenty years. I've caught a lot of snapping turtles in my time and always have given them to people I know who know how to butcher one and how to prepare the various meats in a big snapper. This turtle would go 40 lbs. easily. I've only ever caught one that was bigger but I've seen one that would go close to 60 lbs.
For anyone who may doubt these weights, the record common snapping turtle was something like 64 lbs. taken right here in Essex County, Ma.

So, my point is... do any of you know how to butcher and prepare snapping turtle meat?