Diminishing populations of sea turtles and terrapins made it increasingly difficult to find real turtle soup. But surprisingly, as the original dish became scarce, so did mock turtle soup.

Partly due to the difficulties in getting hold of turtles, mock turtle soup emerged as an appealing alternative in the 19th century and was even preferred by some diners. This was essentially the ...

The consumption of green turtles became so synonymous with the extravagant ... Even at the height of the British turtle soup mania, recipes began to appear for mock turtle soup, a soup which ...

A chara, – Reading Rosita Boland’s article on the menus she found while clearing out her parents’ home in Co Clare reminded me of the pernicious fallacy that Ireland does not have a food ...