Smothered Turtle, Cajun Style - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs turtle meat
1 salt
1 ground black pepper
2 large sweet onions
1 large sweet pepper
4 medium tomatoes
3 bay leaves
1 clove garlic, crushed
1 cup mushroom (Your Choice)
2 lemons

Preparation

Trim turtle steaks into 1 1/2-inch squares, season well with salt and pepper, squeeze lemons over meat and let stand awhile.
Add plenty of chopped onion, sweet pepper, chopped, 4 tomatoes cut into eighths, 3 bay leaves, crushed garlic clove and mushrooms.
Moisten well with stock made by boiling salted turtle trimmings and smother very slowly in a tightly covered skillet until turtle is tender.
Serve with big mounds of rice.