Are snapping turtle eggs edible? Can you boil then like regular chicken eggs? If not, how do you boil them? Are they unhealthy?

-- cool hee oh (prettydiva@angelfire.com), June 29, 2001

Answers

How old are the eggs, they might have small imature turtles in side and don't think I want to go there, boiled baby turtles no thanks. If you saw the turtle lay the eggs then they are fresh and would probably be fine. But are you really that hungry.

-- David (bluewaterfarm@mindspring.com), June 29, 2001.

Here in Missouri I hear it is against the law to mess with those turtle's or there eggs. I don't know about other states. I don't like them they are mean and eat the fish in your pond

-- Teresa (c3ranch@hotmail.com), July 01, 2001.

Turtle eggs have a different protein in them than do bird eggs-they don't coagulate (or turn hardboiled) Remeber they are also top predators and if you live in an area w/PCBs or mercury contamination there may be unhealthy levels in the eggs. By the way, if you do want to try them, supposedly they makw wonderful tasty pound cakw.

-- Mitzi Giles (Egiles2@prodigy.net), July 01, 2001.