Tastes Like Chicken?

Cross this one off my list of things to do/try before I die...alligator tail. Lee and I stopped into the Islamorada Fish Company a couple of weeks ago on our way home from the river, and much to our surprise, the appetizer menu included alligator. Yes, we were in California and not the South (or New Orleans).

Never in my right mind would I have ever picked this from the list, but decided I should give it a try and see if it really lived up to its reputation of tasting like chicken. Yeah, a rubbery chicken. "Try alligator before I die - CHECK!"