FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
IGUANA
Excerpted and Adapted from Escoffier, A. and P.H. Gilbert. Edited by Charlotte Turgeon and Nina Froud. 1961. The World Authority. Larousse Gastronomique. The Encyclopedia of Food, Wine & Cookery.
is a kind of lizard very scarce except in the tropics. Iguanas are to be found in both hemispheres, but the American species are not to be found elsewhere.
In spite of its size, which precludes its assimilation with European lizards-though it is akin to these in its habits, and is almost as graceful and no less agile-the iguana should be included among those harmless animals which are worthy of preservation.
Its flesh is among the foods most highly prized by the gourmets of Central and South America.
