Campbell's canned mock turtle soup didn't contain any snakes, lizards, or other reptiles. Instead, it used the meat of a whole different animal.

Mock turtle soup isn't actually made from turtle at all, but rather cow's head, feet, and other pieces of meat and offal.Apparently, the texture and consistency of these ingredients mimic turtle ...

Turtle soup became a popular delicacy in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries, ... And Andy Warhol even said mock turtle was his favorite rendition of Campbell’s canned soups.

A brief history of turtle soup and its role in ensuring we protect turtles today. Ahead of World Sea Turtle Day, ... with firms such as Campbell’s and Heinz rolling out canned turtle.

If you walked into an upscale New York City restaurant 150 years ago, there was one staple you’d be almost certain to see on the menu: turtle soup. But unlike some other food trends you may be ...

2 teaspoons salt. 1/8 teaspoon pepper. 1 lemon, seeded, sliced thin. 4 cups water, more or less. 3 hard cooked eggs, crumbled. Sherry. Soak gingersnaps in 2 cups water and set aside.

To be honest, I had no idea mock turtle soup was a Cincinnati thing until recently when I read a 2017 piece on the popular website Atlas Obscura titled How America Fell Into –and Out of – Love ...

The consequences were savage. By the turn of the 20th century, overharvesting had left the terrapin population teetering on the brink. Once available for a few dollars a dozen, the cost of the now ...

One entrepreneur, H.J. Thurston, canned turtle soup to ship out, and some local seafood canneries added turtle meat to their product line. Farms in Bay St. Louis, ...

Despite the mention in the 1950 cookbook, cooter soup's ubiquity had been undercut a few decades prior by Prohibition and the introduction of canned turtle meat.