Mock Turtle he was a Turtle the Mock Turtle answers, "We called him tortoise because he taught us!" ('tortoise' and 'taught us' both being pronounced <tɔːtʊs> in Carroll's dialect). To say that the Mock Turtle's name is a pun on the name of the soup is incomplete. The Tenniel illustration of the Mock Turtle specifically depicts it as a collection of creatures that make up the ingredients of mock turtle soup; they are not random. The pun is not only of the name, but of the nature of the soup itself. Traditionally, mock turtle soup takes the parts of a calf that
Turtle soup that it is primarily older customers who order the turtle; younger diners are less interested. Among Creole communities, Turtle soup is known as Caouane. In New Orleans, it is a specialty of several neighborhood and classic Creole restaurants such as Commander's Palace, Brennan's, and Galatoire's. Turtle soup was U.S. President William Howard Taft's favorite food. He brought a special chef into the White House for the specific purpose of preparing this dish. Eating the flesh of some marine turtles can cause a type of food poisoning called chelonitoxism. Turtle soup Turtle soup is soup or stews made from the flesh