Time to hunt and eat gators! 

By: Jim Brown

Big news from the Louisiana Legislature. A new law has been passed that will allow a season for the recreational hunting of alligators. In the past, you could only get a commercial license. But now, all you hunters can go after a gator just for the fun of it. Now don’t dismiss the opportunity. If it’s cooked right, alligator can be quite tasty. Something like chicken although a little less tender. I have hunted and I’ve cooked alligators for many years. 

Alligators were in short supply up until a few years ago. If you go back 50 years, there were fewer than 100,000 alligators in the state. Today the population is upwards of some 3 million. So we must add this scaly critter to our list of game eatables. Alligator stew and alligator sauce piquant are staples in Cajun Country. And by the way, for my Yankee friends, sauce piquant slight rusty color.