Turtle Soup

Is there really turtle in Turtle soup,

-         A delicacy featured on some culinary routes?

Yes, snapping turtles raised on turtle farms

-           Is a main ingredient in turtle soup

-          Served in many fine dining restaurants,

-         Such as Commander’s Palace In New Orleans for one.

You know, the restaurant in a bright blue building  

          across the street from a cemetery?

Turtle soup will make foodies out of the pickiest of eaters.

Developing sophisticated palates of teenagers.

With 18 ingredients, it’s a burst of many flavors and  

Thick and rich almost like stew

with excess butter to make the roux.

Add only a drop of sherry, to make eating it merry.  

Presentation can increase the anticipation of tasting the first spoonful.

The waitstaff offers to add extra sherry.

Finally, you are ready to taste the soup!

Rich and velvety.

Slurp, Slurp, Slurp!

Burp!