# Anybody ever eaten any sort of reptile egg? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-eaten-any-sort-of-reptile-egg/560467 "2010-11-12T19:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-eaten-any-sort-of-reptile-egg/560467/1 "2010-11-12T19:38:12Z")
If so, tell me about it. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-eaten-any-sort-of-reptile-egg/560467/2 "2010-11-14T00:59:52Z")
Well, it’s a common joke here to gather a few lizard eggs together and offer them to someone in the guise of being mints - so several of my friends have at least munched them. They’ve never looked too happy about it. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-eaten-any-sort-of-reptile-egg/560467/3 "2010-11-14T15:17:30Z")
Yes, I’ve eaten crocodile eggs. Pretty much like any other egg, I guess (scrambled, with cream & herbs) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-eaten-any-sort-of-reptile-egg/560467/4 "2010-11-14T17:57:42Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Yes, I’ve eaten crocodile eggs. Pretty much like any other egg, I guess (scrambled, with cream & herbs) Is that something that is commonly eaten in SA, or was it an unusual thing? Also, how did you acquire them? Are they sold in stores, or do you have to harvest them in the wild yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-eaten-any-sort-of-reptile-egg/560467/5 "2010-11-14T18:30:15Z")
Do dragons count as reptiles? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-eaten-any-sort-of-reptile-egg/560467/6 "2010-11-14T19:11:26Z")
I’ve eaten hard-boiled sea turtle eggs (legally harvested here in Panama). They were mostly yolk; I didn’t care for them. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-eaten-any-sort-of-reptile-egg/560467/7 "2010-11-14T19:26:23Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Do dragons count as reptiles? Of course not. Dragons are dinosaurs, who, while superficially similar to reptiles, of of a different clade. Everybody knows that. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-eaten-any-sort-of-reptile-egg/560467/8 "2010-11-15T10:15:37Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Is that something that is commonly eaten in SA, or was it an unusual thing? > Also, how did you acquire them? Are they sold in stores, or do you have to harvest them in the wild yourself? Not common, I’ve only had them the once, but I have several friends who’ve also eaten them at different times, so not _that_ unusual. They were on the menu at a crocodile farm (along with croc steaks), in Oudtshoorn, the same town where all the ostrich farms are.