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Mock turtle soup
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<p>Mock turtle soup is an <a href="/facts/English_cuisine/dC9LQDzF">English</a> soup that was created in the mid-18th century as an imitation of <a href="/facts/Turtle_soup/zGVob3eQ">green turtle soup</a>. It often uses <a href="/facts/Offal/obWrHwDK">brains</a> and <a href="/facts/Organ_meat/obWrHwDK">organ meats</a> such as <a href="/facts/Calf%2527s_head/7nY2HmAL">calf's head</a> to duplicate the texture and flavour of the original's turtle meat after the <a href="/facts/Green_sea_turtle/KNP9Idqm">green turtles</a> used to make the original dish were hunted nearly to extinction. In the United States, mock turtle soup eventually became more popular than the original dish and is still popular in <a href="/facts/Cincinnati/PcyTWhS4">Cincinnati</a>. The soup is also a traditional dish in the <a href="/facts/Lower_Saxony/fWt73Hu4">Lower Saxony</a> areas of Germany, where it is considered a specialty of <a href="/facts/English_cuisine/dC9LQDzF">English cuisine</a>. </p>