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cat lover
12-15-2006, 06:01 PM
2 lb Turtle steaks
1 tsp salt
1 tsp black pepper
2 lg sweet onions
1 lg sweet pepper
4 medium tomatoes
3 bay leaves
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 cup mushrooms
2 lemons


Trim turtle steaks into 1 1/2' squares, season well with salt and pepper and squeeze lemons over meat and let stand awhile. Add plenty of chopped onion, sweet pepper, chopped, 4 tomatoes cut into eighths, 3 bay leaves, crushed garlic clove and mushrooms. Moisten well with stock made by boiling salted turtle trimmings and smother very slowly in a tightly covered skillet until turtle is tender. Serve with big mounds of rice.