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The article provides an account of the history of turtle cuisine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An eighteenth century cookbook by Richard Briggs indicated that cooking with turtle in the early colonial period involved large ocean-bound green sea turtles. Recipes for sea turtles were complex and pricey and involved multiple dishes in their preparation. Snapping turtle and box turtle were two species of turtle that were commonly prepared and eaten.