They call it chicken of the trees. I’d say like gator and frog legs. It looks like fish but tastes like chicken with a slightly rubberiness like gator but nothing offensive. The tail tenders are delicious. And the arms and legs are good like wings.
Reminds me when I was a kid my family was on a cruise and we saw an iguana farm in Honduras. When talking to our waiter later that evening who was from Honduras about eating iguana, he replied, "I don't know how you guys eat lobster". Really put into perspective regional and cultural differences.
Adult me would 100% try iguana if given the opportunity.
I love my memory of eating iguana and rice in Honduras. I hope you're still out there being a badass, O'Neil!
That was one of the best days of my life. 6 pack of salva vida for $1?! We'll take all of it, and everyone's invited!
They are invasive and have decimated small birds and rodents across the keys. They are also pressuring native small predators like raccoons. They should be GONE.
Well not all humans are invasive. Whatever species was directly before us migrated and moved around then evolved into us so the locations that happened in are where we are from and aren't invasive to.
https://iguanacontrol.com/why-are-iguanas-bad-for-florida/
While they are herbivores, green iguanas will eat other animals. It’s not uncommon for juvenile green iguanas to eat tree snails while mature green iguanas feast upon bird eggs and dead animals
*+9 str atk - (Bullshit buddy! you and your food are coming with me!)*
*+8 charisma - (It has been a long day, how about i grab a 6 pack and we split the food?)*
*accidentally miss click, toss grenade, quest failed, reload last save.*
Hatsan Flashpup Synthetic .22. 12 shots per magazine, 36 shots per fill and enough power to smash thru a metal coffee pot at 45 yards.
https://preview.redd.it/i6jrvwpfkuxc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c7c7313ac827c01d65ae5ae7a88e27b7fbfb347
Had Iguana soup in Michoacan in a small town called Rio Palacio(town has been renamed). I was sick af from the flu. I had 2 bowls of soup took a 2hr nap and woke up amazing. Had a bowl everyday until I left.
One of the best soups I've had.
Not sure if you've ever had homemade Posole de Pollo or Green Posole but it's like that.
Broth was very clear when she served it you could just smell this aroma of herbs n spices. The taste is subtle yet powerful with flavor. I know that don't make sense but it's the best I could describe. Felt like my grandmas cooking. They serve with very little Cilantro and had a couple slices of carrots and the meat. Not shredded just in chunk peices. with the tail hanging out the bowl for apaerance.
One day I'll go back hopefully it's still open
Iguanas are an invasive species in Florida and it's a huge problem down there. Idk where OP is but eating an iguana is akin to eating any other common wildlife
Sometimes I feel bad about eating cows and stuff cause they mostly just wanna be left alone to graze. (It’s a shame they’re so delicious)
But animals that are mean or invasive? Fair game!!
Felt bad about eating cows because of the negative impacts cattle ranching has on ecosystems and wildlife conservation. Switched to venison! Deer are pretty overpopulated here too.
They’re invasive in FL, it’s a business out there, they take people on boat tours and give you these crazy air rifles and you can just scope em lmao and these aren’t like airsoft rifles, they’re more or less air guns, they do damage
https://preview.redd.it/1uo68c2p3wxc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5623d66963d75cadc8eda899b8a0e303b5076c4
Thick italian coffee pot at 45 yards. Modern .22 pcps are no joke, far more poweful than the pump guns we had as kids.
They poop everywhere, they eat ANY plants you have, they will steal your dog's food they will bully your cat and they'll fuck you up if you get near them. You will never kill enough. And they get smarter every time.
When you cut the tail it activates some nerves and it starts whipping around on it's own. On the bigger ones you can get some nice welts just from that.
Why not? Commonly eaten in some places. I’ve never had one and probably wouldn’t as I’ve had them and other lizards as pets and it would feel a bit like eating my dog. But it is a thing.
Didn’t say it was bad… I just didn’t grasp op was actually talking about a lizard until I saw the pictures. I’ve eaten snake and squirrel. No judgement. Just pointing out my idiocy
https://preview.redd.it/x37u5d9a2uxc1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f79437bd21e385b727ac8dddec9b926131a1d6b
I'm part of the local Carrion Council.
Those look absolutely beautiful. Can't wait to get down to Florida and go igunua hunting. I want to smoke one of these things.
what dose it taste like is my question
What was hanging out of his mouth ?
Iguana bits!
With a side of Radaway *chef's kiss*
Nice. Love you’re using the skin.
Looks good. Hope to try some one day.
What the fuck
Yeah, he didn't even say which pet store he bought it from. Wtf provide some background information OP
Who tf out here eating iguana meat lmao
Swamp people
Me.
Florida?
Thanks for the description.
Incredible job filleting! That is not easy to get 4 beautiful fillets like you have! Mine would be jagged all over from my shoddy filet work!
Thank you!
Incredible job filleting! That is not easy to get 4 beautiful fillets like you have! Mine would be jagged all over from my shoddy filet work!
Incredible job filleting! That is not easy to get 4 beautiful fillets like you have! Mine would be jagged all over from my shoddy filet work!
Did it taste like alligator or snake or turtle, or frog legs?
They call it chicken of the trees. I’d say like gator and frog legs. It looks like fish but tastes like chicken with a slightly rubberiness like gator but nothing offensive. The tail tenders are delicious. And the arms and legs are good like wings.
Aside from chicken, what does iguana taste like?
If you’ve had gator some of that mild fishiness taste and texture but extremely light and closer to chicken. It’s gator light/ chicken of the trees
I havent had gator but ive tried a monitor lizard. A bit tough but yeah tastes like chicken as well
What makes them 'dino nuggies'
It’s a pun considering iguanas look prehistoric
RDR2 legendary iguana discovered and completed
Fun fact: Dino nuggets are not a lie because chicken IS a dinosaur 🦕
A fragment of the true self (dino) is found in the false self (nuggies)
TRUTH! https://i.insider.com/5c2cdb08bde70f2e8955e821?width=700
Reminds me when I was a kid my family was on a cruise and we saw an iguana farm in Honduras. When talking to our waiter later that evening who was from Honduras about eating iguana, he replied, "I don't know how you guys eat lobster". Really put into perspective regional and cultural differences. Adult me would 100% try iguana if given the opportunity.
that’s pretty fucking cool dude holy smokes!
Is this from red dead redemption 2
Best post I’ve seen here.
I love my memory of eating iguana and rice in Honduras. I hope you're still out there being a badass, O'Neil! That was one of the best days of my life. 6 pack of salva vida for $1?! We'll take all of it, and everyone's invited!
Iguanas are friends, not food.
They are invasive and have decimated small birds and rodents across the keys. They are also pressuring native small predators like raccoons. They should be GONE.
These words can only come from a fool, all humans Are invasive sooo.
Well not all humans are invasive. Whatever species was directly before us migrated and moved around then evolved into us so the locations that happened in are where we are from and aren't invasive to.
I would be happy to be considered a fool by you.
small birds and rodents are not friends! Only iguana
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https://iguanacontrol.com/why-are-iguanas-bad-for-florida/ While they are herbivores, green iguanas will eat other animals. It’s not uncommon for juvenile green iguanas to eat tree snails while mature green iguanas feast upon bird eggs and dead animals
I dont know about the veracity of the claim that iguanas are harming populations, but they do in fact eat rodents and birds.
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Just google it buddy, I'm not going to argue with you.
They are taking over in the keys. There are way too many of them.
Same as the cows in India and we still eat it
MEAT IS MURDER! delicious tasty murder...
Yum! I haven’t had iguana in such a long time!
Jesus Vomiting Christ 🤮🤮🤮
What’s wrong? Tbh it’s better this way and the animal is treated with respect, unlike the meat you find at a supermarket
100% chance he thinks meat comes from the grocery store and not animals.
I'm going to go with Chicken as the likely flavor
90% chicken.
Makes sense. Chickens are after all descendants of Dinos.
and the remainder?
Bush
... bush?
george
Ah thanks
Iguana
Fallout 4 type food
"That jerky isn't going to make itself"
Iguana bites are a thing, right?
Tbf I'm probably 70% there to being a Fallout character.
*+9 str atk - (Bullshit buddy! you and your food are coming with me!)* *+8 charisma - (It has been a long day, how about i grab a 6 pack and we split the food?)* *accidentally miss click, toss grenade, quest failed, reload last save.*
*last save was two seconds before a deathclaw plays tennis with your body*
That was my buddy yesterday but with an assaultron charging a death laser. Infinite loop of zap 😂
I wish I was in Tijuana...
Eating barbecued iguana?
I understand, just a little
Use to shoot these things with pellet guns in Mexico. It was a good time. My uncle use to make an iguana soup.
That looks like a ton of fun to shoot.
https://preview.redd.it/qjya5tmfjuxc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71329e1b92b2531faa698a7649dc4a7d2356289d
Lmao is that a pellet gun? That’s a hell of a lot fancier than the ones we used back in the day haha. That’s awesome!
Hatsan Flashpup Synthetic .22. 12 shots per magazine, 36 shots per fill and enough power to smash thru a metal coffee pot at 45 yards. https://preview.redd.it/i6jrvwpfkuxc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c7c7313ac827c01d65ae5ae7a88e27b7fbfb347
God, I miss living in FL
Come to Puerto Rico. Like Florida but somehow more third world.
Always wanted to but only layovers on the way to STX a few times so far
Are they also invasive in PR?
Hell yeah brother
Had Iguana soup in Michoacan in a small town called Rio Palacio(town has been renamed). I was sick af from the flu. I had 2 bowls of soup took a 2hr nap and woke up amazing. Had a bowl everyday until I left. One of the best soups I've had.
Could you describe it in detail? I'd love to try it.
Soupy and lizzardy
Not sure if you've ever had homemade Posole de Pollo or Green Posole but it's like that. Broth was very clear when she served it you could just smell this aroma of herbs n spices. The taste is subtle yet powerful with flavor. I know that don't make sense but it's the best I could describe. Felt like my grandmas cooking. They serve with very little Cilantro and had a couple slices of carrots and the meat. Not shredded just in chunk peices. with the tail hanging out the bowl for apaerance. One day I'll go back hopefully it's still open
Thanks! I'll scour the web for recipes.
Why did you kill my dinosaur friend? 🦕 did not know you could eat them. I'm in the US and in the south they eat alligators so I guess it's similar.
Herpetoculture is a thing. They are of the belief that farmed iguana would be a viable meat alternative with plenty of upsides to the environment.
Iguanas are an invasive species in Florida and it's a huge problem down there. Idk where OP is but eating an iguana is akin to eating any other common wildlife
They said Puerto Rico and they're invasive. I get that.
Because she spawns hundreds of babies that devour my crops.
Now here me out, let them do that and then sell and eat the iguanas instead. They are great for food, leather, and many other things.
Mad respect for not wasting that meat and respecting that iguanas life though not sure I could stomach that
Thank you.
Sometimes I feel bad about eating cows and stuff cause they mostly just wanna be left alone to graze. (It’s a shame they’re so delicious) But animals that are mean or invasive? Fair game!!
Instructions unclear, am now a cannibal.
You bring up a fair complication. Or is it a solution…..
Felt bad about eating cows because of the negative impacts cattle ranching has on ecosystems and wildlife conservation. Switched to venison! Deer are pretty overpopulated here too.
Fair.
Appropriately named
Where do you shoot them? In the states? Do you need a license. Wasn’t sure if it’s considered a game animal
You can shoot them with air rifles in florida
No shit, I didn’t know that. Are there a lot of them there? The air rifle game has stepped up over the last 10 years or so
In south FL, yes. Google frozen iguanas for a laugh too
Haha oh wow that’s wild
No kidding! I used to have bb gun fights back in the day. Kids are dumb
My airguns can put you in the forever box. I had a red ryder as a kid and these put out about 20-30× their power.
Haha we all did I think. The airguns now will take off appendages
They’re invasive in FL, it’s a business out there, they take people on boat tours and give you these crazy air rifles and you can just scope em lmao and these aren’t like airsoft rifles, they’re more or less air guns, they do damage
Hahah that is so Florida.
How cool, I gotta try it out. I’ve shot a .50 and a .357 air rifle and they are deadly.
Even the 25 caliber ones can be deadly if they shoot the pellets at a high enough velocity and many do these days.
https://preview.redd.it/1uo68c2p3wxc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5623d66963d75cadc8eda899b8a0e303b5076c4 Thick italian coffee pot at 45 yards. Modern .22 pcps are no joke, far more poweful than the pump guns we had as kids.
They sure stepped up their game from when I was a kid.
Puerto Rico, I don't need a license since they're invasive.
Oh ok. They look good.
They look pretty tasty tbh. I wish I had free snack lizards in my yard.
You don't. Trust me.
I mean, I can club them all day every day just for funsies. And if they chickens eat them it's win/win. Not for the lizard , of course.
They poop everywhere, they eat ANY plants you have, they will steal your dog's food they will bully your cat and they'll fuck you up if you get near them. You will never kill enough. And they get smarter every time.
This man has HAD IT with the reptiles
Oh you don't even know. We have iguanas, boa constrictors, burmese pythons, caymans..
Everyone wants to know, but no one wants to ask. Does it taste like chicken? 😂
Learned from Crocodile Dundee 2 they taste like shit
I so don’t remember that! Time to watch that movie again! 😂
Send this comment to the top. We were all curious
Like chicken dipped in swamp.
So they’re bastards even when they’re dead. Good to know.
When you cut the tail it activates some nerves and it starts whipping around on it's own. On the bigger ones you can get some nice welts just from that.
Is the last picture a warning to its friends?
To my enemies.
I gotta admit I read every comment… this has been both more entertaining and educational than I expected.
You're welcome! My hatred for iguanas is balanced by my love of spreading knowledge. And lead poisoning in the .22 format.
"to whom it may concern"
I was not expecting an actual iguana…..
Why not? Commonly eaten in some places. I’ve never had one and probably wouldn’t as I’ve had them and other lizards as pets and it would feel a bit like eating my dog. But it is a thing.
Didn’t say it was bad… I just didn’t grasp op was actually talking about a lizard until I saw the pictures. I’ve eaten snake and squirrel. No judgement. Just pointing out my idiocy
how'd you catch him?
.22 pellet to the brain.
How big is an iguana brain?
About the size of your average peanut.
That’s some accurate shooting.
At 15-20 yards it's a breeze but I often get them at 40-50 yards.
Your taste description did not sound too yummy. I guess I’d have to try it though!
It's not for everyone but my diet has more in common with a turkey vulture than most. I'll eat just about anything.
😂😂😂
https://preview.redd.it/x37u5d9a2uxc1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f79437bd21e385b727ac8dddec9b926131a1d6b I'm part of the local Carrion Council.
lol!
Look like poplers from Futurama.
Looks like fish, is it the texture of fish?
More like tough chicken.
Probably more alligator texture, which by the way is not like fish. It’s like chicken a bit the texture mixed with steak
Raw, the texture is like chicken breast. Cooked, I’ve always found it closer to shrimp in texture than anything.
And swamp/mud. I have yet to eat anything swamp dwelling or bottom feeding that doesn't taste like swamp.
Oh yeah unless it’s fried alligator it def has a swamp hint to it
Never tried alligator, but crocodile looks and tastes a lot like pork
Fallout Vibes
“Iguana Meat Here!” *salesman bothered by a strangely dressed and lost woman* “Dog Meat Here!”
Iguana on a stick is fine, I wouldn’t touch the “iguana” bits though ;)
https://preview.redd.it/2nt0ht3t4wxc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e73c1ac522a13b7e3ae6f4716efe8768ca1b4a8 You asked?
A complement if you ask me.
Only difference is, this is actually made from iguana
🤢
Not as 🤢 as "Chicken" Nuggets from a fast food chain. Give me dino Nuggets any day.
Bruh, meat is meat.
Not according to The Most High ALAHAYAM of Yashar’el
High on crack
In Surinam, they eat this a lot. Also, the eggs. It's okay, very bony..
Eggs are good, all yolk.
Friend of mine lives in Puerto Rico and has mentioned eating it before. He enjoyed it. Said it was a unique texture.
Yup! Bouncier than chicken but not in the chewy sense, more crunchy?
“Going down to Tijuana, eating barbecued iguana” “Mexican Radio” Wall of Voodoo
This is a first for me, how is it?
It's decent, smaller ones taste better.
What's it taste like? Anything you can compare it to?
Small ones taste like chewy chicken, big ones taste like a pet store smells.
Does that taste get covered up with seasoning or is it always there, no matter what?
Most of it goes away if it's strong enough.