DeTomaso Mailing List: September 98, Message #97

     The only problem with eating Rattle Snake or virually any for that 
     matter, is that there isn't enough real meat and way too many bones, 
     cartalage or whatever.  I had it as a kid while back packing, the 
     unlucky thing crossed our path more than once on this outing, so we 
     killed him for it.  Tasted ok, but like I said was still hungry after 
     eating for an hour......So we then went fishing to make up the 
     difference.
     
     Dan.


______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
Subject: SNAKE EATERS?
Author:  dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams) at ccmail
Date:    8/28/98 1:57 PM


     
-> then proceeded to eat the cooked snake meat in front of the assembled 
-> instructor and class. At which point the dawg proclaimed,
-> "THIS IS GREAT...TASTES JUST LIKE CHICKEN!"
     
 The common American rattlesnake is actually quite good.  The meat is
lean and not chewy or stringy, and has what the gourmet types call a 
"delicate" flavor.  It's a better meat than venison, which isn't bad, a 
hell of a lot better than squirrel, and as far as I'm concerned, no part 
of a sheep or clam is edible.
     
 Some people have this unreasoned prejudice against snakes, but that's
fine, it leaves more for me...
     
==dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us====================================== 
I've got a secret / I've been hiding / under my skin / | Who are you? 
my heart is human / my blood is boiling / my brain IBM |   who, who? 
=================================== http://home1.gte.net/42/index.htm