I cooked and ate a bit of rattle snake once. Buddy at the deer lease ran across a den with some giant ones and asked to use my 22 lever action rifle. He came back with a dead 7ft long diamond back that was thicker in diameter than a can of corn!
I dressed, skinned, cut in sections, and threw it in the cooler. Asked the deer processors how to cook it an the guy said "deep fry it just like a catfish, its the only way".... that guy was full of crap!
I didn't know but rattelsnake meat is TUFF. I ate about as much as i could and had to throw the rest out because it was just too tough. The taste was good and when it was hot it was less tough but just toughened up more than a $2 steak as it cooled down some.
I then went and up looked up how to cook rattlesnake and almost every recipe had you marinating the meat for 24hrs or more in lemon juice and other tenderizing agents and tons of recipes had nothing to do with frying!!!! I was so annoyed that I wasted about 6 pounds of what people paid $9+/lb at the time for and wasted all that food because I foolishly took the word of some yahoo and didn't verify that what he said was actually accurate or that there was more to it all.
If I get to try it again I'm letting it get good and tender in a marinade for like 4 days then I may try to fry it or boil it and turn into chili, stew, beans, or other soupy type dish lol.
Anyhow that's my snake eating story haha :)
I cooked and ate a bit of rattle snake once. Buddy at the deer lease ran across a den with some giant ones and asked to use my 22 lever action rifle. He came back with a dead 7ft long diamond back that was thicker in diameter than a can of corn!
I dressed, skinned, cut in sections, and threw it in the cooler. Asked the deer processors how to cook it an the guy said "deep fry it just like a catfish, its the only way".... that guy was full of crap!
I didn't know but rattelsnake meat is TUFF.
Ugh, I had to throw all that meat outrattlesnake meat is like gold these days.
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It's going for $200 for 10 lbs of meat.
It is tough! Very tough! White meat though and a good flavor. - - - We made ours with a campfire dinner setup - foil, taters, onions, carrots, seasoned rattlesnake and butter. The butter was a bad idea cuz it leaked out and made the fire go a little bonkers - lol.
I’ve got a rather large snake that lives in my shop. I’ve never seen it. Just long length if shedded skins from time to time. I let it be and hope it has an appetite for mice.