Is alligator meat any good for human consumption?

[Jerzyk-The-Boar-Warrior]

Is alligator meat genuinely as tough and unpalatable as an old truck tire, even when marinated for an extended period and tenderized? What is the current trend in consuming flesh from this reptilian creature? Especially in Thailand and rurals of other countries with a similar adopted cuisine.

[Thadeus]

It's consumable but it's not good, that's why crocs are not farm animals.

[Ruckman_Void]

I googled Alligator Meant Nutrition and found a heap of info

"Alligator meat is a good source of lean protein, low in fat, and high in nutrients like potassium, iron, and vitamin B12.
A 100-gram serving of alligator meat provides 600 kilojoules (143 kilocalories) of food energy, 29 grams of protein, 3 percent fat, and 65 milligrams of cholesterol.
It also contains phosphorus, potassium, vitamin B12, niacin, and monounsaturated fatty acids.
However, it is important to note that like many meats, alligator can be high in cholesterol, so it should be consumed in moderation."

Seems ok!

[Electric Cupcake]

It is served many places in the south.

Even here in the north, it can be found on a stick at the state fair.

[Xero_Daxter]

I think an alligator would have a better chance to eat me instead.

[Jerzyk-The-Boar-Warrior]

Originally posted by Ruckman_Void:

I googled Alligator Meant Nutrition and found a heap of info

"Alligator meat is a good source of lean protein, low in fat, and high in nutrients like potassium, iron, and vitamin B12.
A 100-gram serving of alligator meat provides 600 kilojoules (143 kilocalories) of food energy, 29 grams of protein, 3 percent fat, and 65 milligrams of cholesterol.
It also contains phosphorus, potassium, vitamin B12, niacin, and monounsaturated fatty acids.
However, it is important to note that like many meats, alligator can be high in cholesterol, so it should be consumed in moderation."

Seems ok!

Like most meats sold from the factories, but a bit different and wild, not as common as beef, just like bears that are regularly hunted.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

I never had the chance to buy it.
I be interested to try it if available in a store near me for steak prices or lower.
I not care enough to travel 2 hours to amsterdam to and 2 hours back visit the 1 exotic meats shop that MAY have alligator for sale and likely charges 1000 euro for a tiny sliver of a few gram..

[Ruckman_Void]

Originally posted by Jerzyk-The-Boar-Warrior:

Originally posted by Ruckman_Void:

I googled Alligator Meant Nutrition and found a heap of info

"Alligator meat is a good source of lean protein, low in fat, and high in nutrients like potassium, iron, and vitamin B12.
A 100-gram serving of alligator meat provides 600 kilojoules (143 kilocalories) of food energy, 29 grams of protein, 3 percent fat, and 65 milligrams of cholesterol.
It also contains phosphorus, potassium, vitamin B12, niacin, and monounsaturated fatty acids.
However, it is important to note that like many meats, alligator can be high in cholesterol, so it should be consumed in moderation."

Seems ok!

Like most meats sold from the factories, but a bit different and wild, not as common as beef, just like bears that are regularly hunted.

Yep nothing special, but better than McDonalds...

[Jerzyk-The-Boar-Warrior]

Originally posted by Ruckman_Void:

Originally posted by Jerzyk-The-Boar-Warrior:

Like most meats sold from the factories, but a bit different and wild, not as common as beef, just like bears that are regularly hunted.

Yep nothing special, but better than McDonalds...

Everything there that you see is better than McDonalds that's highly processed and so much with added artificial colouring and 'flavouring' that the original taste 'beef' is supposed to have is not there so these are not burgers!

[Xero_Daxter]

If you think about it you can eat and make a boot from alligator. Kill 1 get 2 items.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

normally in average supermarket they sell

cow, chicken, pork.

if a good (more pricey) or larger supermarket they likely also have

sheep, turkey, duck.

others meats you must get at a butchershop

horse, goat and goose you likely find there.

wild meats.. harder to find.. specialty shops for wild meat.. that not every city has..
or wait till xmas when supermarkets will tenporarely stock ut :

boar, deer, rabit are those seasonal in supermarket.

hare, pheasant and quail you must know a hunter or visit these hunter shops

imported meats.. forget it..
1 year 1 supermarket chain had 3 exotic steaks.
*ostrisch
*zebra
*kangaroo
I tried all 3.

in a holiday in norway I ate moose.

but alligator? nope have not had that.

[Jerzyk-The-Boar-Warrior]

Originally posted by De Hollandse Ezel:

normally in average supermarket they sell

cow, chicken, pork.

if a good (more pricey) or larger supermarket they likely also have

sheep, turkey, duck.

others meats you must get at a butchershop

horse, goat and goose you likely find there.

wild meats.. harder to find.. specialty shops for wild meat.. that not every city has..
or wait till xmas when supermarkets will tenporarely stock ut :

boar, deer, rabit are those seasonal in supermarket.

hare, pheasant and quail you must know a hunter or visit these hunter shops

imported meats.. forget it..
1 year 1 supermarket chain had 3 exotic steaks.
*ostrisch
*zebra
*kangaroo
I tried all 3.

in a holiday in norway I ate moose.

but alligator? nope have not had that.

Either one of them is decent, i'm not shocked culturally unless these are kittens or dogs.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

Originally posted by Jerzyk-The-Boar-Warrior:

Originally posted by De Hollandse Ezel:

normally in average supermarket they sell

cow, chicken, pork.

if a good (more pricey) or larger supermarket they likely also have

sheep, turkey, duck.

others meats you must get at a butchershop

horse, goat and goose you likely find there.

wild meats.. harder to find.. specialty shops for wild meat.. that not every city has..
or wait till xmas when supermarkets will tenporarely stock ut :

boar, deer, rabit are those seasonal in supermarket.

hare, pheasant and quail you must know a hunter or visit these hunter shops

imported meats.. forget it..
1 year 1 supermarket chain had 3 exotic steaks.
*ostrisch
*zebra
*kangaroo
I tried all 3.

in a holiday in norway I ate moose.

but alligator? nope have not had that.

Either one of them is decent, i'm not shocked culturally unless these are kittens or dogs.

I refuaed to eat turtle or sharkfin as wel as whale.
had the chance for all 3..

but I find the hunt on those deplorable .
1 they are endangered leave them alone!
2 cutting of fin alive and drop shark back... explosive torpedos to whales the methods used to catch them are also barbaric..

I will not eat those meats even when starving. I morally object.

dog & cat.. I find the idea unapealing like bugs.
but of starving I might eat.
I have no moral objection against eating them.

[Haruspex]

It's fine.
It's somewhere between fish and chicken in terms of taste and texture.

[De Hollandse Ezel]

Originally posted by Haruspex:

It's fine.
It's somewhere between fish and chicken in terms of taste and texture.

sounds rather bland.. when I smell the reptiles at the zoo how much more they stink vs mammals and how much muscle and force they have..
I would inagine their meetbeing leaner than horse.. and more pungant than other wild.. more than wild moose..

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by Jerzyk-The-Boar-Warrior:

Is alligator meat genuinely as tough and unpalatable as an old truck tire, even when marinated for an extended period and tenderized? What is the current trend in consuming flesh from this reptilian creature? Especially in Thailand and rurals of other countries with a similar adopted cuisine.

I've eaten it. It's "OK." I imagine preparation counts for a lot, there. AFAIK, only the tail-meat is generally regarded as useful.

I don't wish to eat a lot of reptile meat. I have eaten several sorts, but it's just a personal thing that I don't pursue it. I basically stick to fish, birds, and some hoofed critters and't that's pretty much it. I don't eat much meat, though.

I imagine that though farming them is certainly possible, as any Alligator Farm in Florida could prove, it's probably not profitable to farm them for their meat as a primary resource. They're farmed more for their hide.