Mock Turtle were not frequently used and often discarded, including the head, hooves, and tail; and uses the non-muscular meat to imitate turtle meat. Tenniel's illustration shows the Mock Turtle with the body of a turtle, and the head, hooves, and tail of a calf. The complicated pun, then, is both word-play and picture-play. Mock Turtle The Mock Turtle is a fictional character devised by Lewis Carroll from his popular book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". Its name is taken from a dish that was popular in the Victorian period, mock turtle soup. Carroll enjoyed such puns on Victorian fashions and etiquette, and
Plantain soup Plantain soup Plantain soup is eaten in various cuisines. In Colombian cuisine, the dish is known as "sopa de patacón" (fried plantain). There is also "sopa de platanos" (plantain soup) in Latin American cuisine including Cuban cuisine and Puerto Rican cuisine. "Caldo de bolas de verde" (green plantain dumpling soup) is from coastal Ecuador. The dumplings (balls) are made from green plantains stuffed with meat and vegetables. The beef broth includes corn and yuca. "Aguají" is a rustic Dominican plantain soup. "Mohinga" is a Burmese soup made with banana/ plantain stem. "Sopa de plátano" in Puerto Rico is a vegetarian