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
Palóc soup created for a food contest, where the jury liked it so much they ate two bowls of it. Palóc soup is usually made of mutton, pork or beef, rarely from turkey. Previous recipes called for the vegetables to be cooked separately. The soup is often made by mixing sour cream, but can be served with sour cream in a separate bowl. Newer recipes use vinegar or lemon to give the soup a sourish taste and some dill can also be used as decoration. Palóc soup Palóc soup (Hungarian: "palócleves") is a soup similar to Hungarian goulash soup, but lighter and