I’m guessing that they taste like chicken.

“The iguana population in South Florida has gotten so out of control that it's preventing people from working and even enjoying themselves at home, leading some to take the drastic measure of calling in catchers and exterminators…”

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...-swimming-pools.html

Looks like a good business opportunity.

I wish I was in
Tijuana
Eating barbecued iguana …

(@2:06)

At least one travel writer thinks it tastes more like duck or hen.

Hunting?

I read somewhere that they are tasty and have been hunted to the point of being rare in some native locales. If I lived in Florida, I’d be willing to give it a try if I could find a good recipe for preparing one.

bizarre foods had an episode from Fla where Zimern ate Iguana (caught wild) and some tropical fish that was not native,

looked good when prepared

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Originally posted by Rob Decker:
At least one travel writer thinks it tastes more like duck or hen.

Nonsense.

They taste like monitor lizard.

I bet barbecued or fried iguana would taste fine.

I would try it.

Not kosher.

Tree Chicken.

Or so it's called in a few of the island vacation spots...

They've been eating them in Central America for a while, at least. Don't have a recipe though.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Not kosher.

Just looked it up all reptiles, go figure.

Definitely edible. And someone mentioned hunting. When visiting the ruins at Tulum, Mexico, a few years back, they were so thick on the ground that you have herded them with nets or clubbed them without running.

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Originally posted by Sig2340:

quote:

Originally posted by Rob Decker:
At least one travel writer thinks it tastes more like duck or hen.

Nonsense.

They taste like monitor lizard.

I wrote a Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser fanfiction story recently where the boys are crossing a jungle. A major point in the story is how tired they are of eating iguanas.

Nope. And hell nope.

H&K-Guy is not into the bush meats.

H&K-Guy

I tried Iguana in El Salvador.
Think dark meat, like chicken thigh.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
I bet barbecued or fried iguana would taste fine.

I would try it.[/QUOTE

Stuffed with lump python wrapped in the bacon of wild pig and served on a bed of kudzu leaves.

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Originally posted by HayesGreener:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by WaterburyBob:
I bet barbecued or fried iguana would taste fine.

I would try it.[/QUOTE

Stuffed with lump python wrapped in the bacon of wild pig and served on a bed of kudzu leaves.

Or soak it in a half gallon of rum.

I watched something a while back about people hunting iguanas with heavy duty pellet rifles and eating them. It was someplace in Central or South America.

I've eaten snake and alligator and turtle and liked them all. I'd try iguana.

NOT MY RECIPE

INGREDIENTS
1 lb meat, Iguana (especially black spin-tailed)
1 lime
1 bunch cilantro
salt
pepper

DIRECTIONS
Since you can never tell what the weight is until you have it you will have to wing it. I entered the above just to get it published.
Declaw, skin and gut.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Grill or broil till cooked through. Time depends on the size. The 60 minutes below is just to be complete for the site.
Cover with lime juice and cilantro.
The meat will taste a little like, yes, chicken. However it has the texture of crab.
Makes a nice meat filling for tacos. Use all the other fillers you like in your tacos.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:

quote:

Originally posted by V-Tail:
Not kosher.

Just looked it up all reptiles, go figure.

Leviticus, Chapter 11. "Of these may ye eat . . ."