Sue's Diner: Bucottora

This week's recipe is for Bucottora, which is made with fresh turtle (although not as fresh as the one pictured).

When we lived in Channahon, the neighbor came to our house and asked if she could eat dinner with us. 

Her reasoning?

Her grandfather, with whom she lived, had a live turtle in the garage. He was planning to cook it for dinner that night (and he did). 

And she wasn't the only one who felt that way.

At one of the Rutherfords’ buffets in the young adult vampre novel "Bryony," the protragnoist Melissa, to her horror, tasted a morsel of turtle, a very unusual experience for a 1970s Midwestern teen who preferred hamburgers and pizza.

We’re not sure how the Rutherfords prepared it, but if you’re more adventurous than Melissa is, try the recipe at home.

This recipe for Bucottora does appear in the BryonySeries cookbook: Memories in the Kitchen: Bites and Nibbles from "Bryony," and you can also view it on the Sue's Diner page on the BryonySeries website.

But check out the recipe this week. It will be gone some time next week. A new recipe will take it's place. 

If you have any questions or comments, email us at bryonyseries@gmail.com.

We have actually not tried this recipe, but some stores actually do carry goose.

So please let us know your thoughts if you do try it.

By the way, Sue's Diner is only real in the BryonySeries world. But didn't Timothy do a great job making the page look like a real menu at a vintage diner?

Here is the full diner page: bryonyseries.com/sue-s-diner. You can't really order, of course (wouldn't it be great if you could?).

For more BryonySeries recipes, check out our three cookbooks at our BryonySeries bryonyseries.com/general-store.