For those such as Carlee who’ve accused us of animal cruelty, I’d like you to think of this as a cross cultural exchange.
Wayne’s done the guinea pig, snake eating thing in previous travels, this time he was determined to try turtle. Here you can buy turtles as big as fry pans on the street. In our favourite restaurant in Huangshan they come in burger sized, and whole. It’s served shell up, head and appendages intact, and in a soup. Wayne recalls Campbells soup coming out with a turtle soup years ago, but he’s old.
Anyway, the turtle came, Wayne had a few sips but it wasn’t especially hot so Wayne called the waiter over, who proceeded to flip it over. She explained that that was where all the meat was. You should have seen Wayne’s face. He sent it back anyway, figuring if he was going to eat it, it had to be piping hot.
When it returned it was piping hot. Wayne flipped it over. Through the cartilage, the organs and bits of fat, tiny slivers of soft meat could be found. The soup was more fish/crab-like than anything else. One doesn’t need to order this a 2nd time.
And for the record, Wayne says it was oversalted.
