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Edith Wharton's novels have several mentions of turtle meat (specifically terrapin), something that I've never seen on modern menus, being a common food at fancy dinner parties. Was eating turtles actually common in Gilded Age high society, and when did it go out of style?

by /u/wulfrickson in /r/AskHistorians

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