Well, since I can't find a recipe to smoke a rattlesnake.... we will have to improvise...
to start with we will soak it in milk for about 4 hours... I've read lemon juice sesame seed etc.. but we have had the best luck with milk to remove some of the musky taste in large catfish, so we will apply this to smoked rattlesnake... I have only eaten them fried and I'm guessing that smoked will allow a better taste of the meat which is a bit gamy tasting for lack of a better word.... first, as in all wild game the initial care and cleaning is half the battle... immediately skinned with head carefully removed and tail cut off then split from stem to stern ...and all guts removed... then placed in a plastic bag and put in ice chest... we held it in fridge overnight and this morning I put it in the milk to soak for a few hours while I run around and tend to a few errands .....
to start with we will soak it in milk for about 4 hours... I've read lemon juice sesame seed etc.. but we have had the best luck with milk to remove some of the musky taste in large catfish, so we will apply this to smoked rattlesnake... I have only eaten them fried and I'm guessing that smoked will allow a better taste of the meat which is a bit gamy tasting for lack of a better word.... first, as in all wild game the initial care and cleaning is half the battle... immediately skinned with head carefully removed and tail cut off then split from stem to stern ...and all guts removed... then placed in a plastic bag and put in ice chest... we held it in fridge overnight and this morning I put it in the milk to soak for a few hours while I run around and tend to a few errands .....