Turtles – Lake Verret, LA | A Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Company (2015)

In this episode, John travels to Lake Verret, LA to hunt for the feisty alligator snapping turtle. John joins two LA Dept. Of Wildlife and Fisheries biologists to trap and catalogue these protected treasures. Then Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary, Robert Barham and John cook a Turtle Sauce Picante. Later, the two state biologists Amity Bass and Kerry Landry cook with John and make a Turtle Stroganoff and a delicious Turtle Soup. John then thanks everyone with a drink aptly named “Alligator”.

In this episode from the “Hooks, Lies, and Alibis” series of “A Taste of Louisiana” from June 29, 2015, Chef John Folse visits Lake Verret in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. He joins Amity Bass, a biologist with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), as she traps and catalogs the lake’s population of alligator snapping turtles. Chef Folse and LDWF Secretary Robert Barham then prepare Turtle Sauce Piquante. Chef Folse then returns home to White Oak Plantation and cooks Turtle Stroganoff and Creole Turtle Soup with LDWF biologists Amity Bass and Kerry Landry.

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