So in my last post I mentioned that we had got some alligator sausage through the Red Hills Online Farmers Market. I found a recipe for alligator sausage sliders with roasted red pepper remoulade that also had instructions for refrigerator pickles. My husband made it and it was delicious. We didn't plan well or we could have had a nice vegetable side. This dish could have been more local by using local or homegrown cucumbers for the pickles.
We chose to eat alligator because I am allergic to mammalian meat and it is nice to have another option besides poultry, fish, or vegetarian dishes. Gator has an interesting flavor, I saw it described as a cross between chicken and pork. It is really tasty. And while alligators were once on the endangered species list, conservation efforts have brought their populations back. They are now managed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that regulates their harvest by hunters, licenses trappers of nuisance gators (gators that have lost fear of humans and are a risk to people and pets), and regulates gator farming.
The alligator meat that we purchased was from our local nuisance wildlife trapper who also runs an alligator farm: Vaughan Gators We hope to buy different types of alligator meat from them in the future to try some other recipes.
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| Recipe found here |
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