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Cook a Rattlesnake (taste just like chicken)

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David


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How to Cook a Rattlesnake (taste just like chicken) from David



Recipe



The meat will taste much like other dishes, depending on the way
it is fixed, seasoned, and cooked. Prepared like fish with corn meal, it
will remind you of fish. Prepared like chicken, with a flour dip, it will
taste strikingly like chicken. It can be smoked, broiled, boned for gumbo,
made into paté or prepared any other way the cook prefers. The simplest is
sometimes the best.

Many people prefer this old fried chicken recipes

1 rattlesnake
Baking soda
Flour
Salt and pepper to taste
Vegetable oil

Skin, gut, clean, and cut snake into serving sizes desired,
maybe three inches long. Dip all in baking soda-saturated water. Remove
excess soda-water mixture. Roll pieces and coat in flour, salt, and pepper.
Season with anything else, as desired. Fill a skillet with vegetable oil to
about one inch. Heat from medium to medium high. Carefully place pieces in
the skillet, being careful to allow space between pieces. Fry until tender
throughout (or floating if in deep oil). Don't worry about venom; it is
contained in the jaw of the snake and was removed with the head. So please,
do not cook the snake with the head or rattle on. If the snake has been
bitten by another snake, all venom will be removed in the cooking process,
maybe. But, then again, it's always better to check this out first; just
ask the snake.