07-31-2011, 19:24
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Rattlesnake
This specimen was of the timber rattlesnake variety, but would work just fine with diamondback. Made this for dinner today to change things up.
Cut snake into roughly 8 inch sections (skinned and cleaned of course.)
Place on aluminum foil, two meat sections per piece of foil.
Add paprika liberally, 3 pats of butter, 1/2 clove of garlic, and 1 tbs. minced onions.
Add salt, pepper to suite taste.
Wrap the foil around it tightly (better to double wrap it.)
Cook on grill for 10 minutes on each side.
Unwrap and serve. The meat pulls right off the bones.
Tasted EXCELLENT. Simple dish with lots of room for tweaking or improving. Does anyone have any suggestions for improvement? As for you naysayers, my wife was disgusted until she tried a bite. Give it a shot. You won't regret it.
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08-01-2011, 16:04
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I do love me some Rattlesnake. 
I used to saute rattlesnake with eggs for breakfast. Add some butter and a little garlic and you'll find it is quite tasty.
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08-01-2011, 16:40
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08-01-2011, 16:47
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08-01-2011, 17:02
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Manischewitz cough syrup is so yesterday, try some Weinstock Napa Valley Cabernet
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08-01-2011, 17:03
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Manischewitz cough syrup is so yesterday, try some Weinstock Napa Valley Cabernet |
Snake meat should be paired with MD 2020.
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08-01-2011, 17:17
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Snake meat should be paired with MD 2020.
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or Rebel Yell
or some of TR's "bog holler white" 
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08-01-2011, 18:29
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or Rebel Yell
or some of TR's "bog holler white" |
We were making ethanol before it was cool (and subsidized).
TR
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08-01-2011, 18:59
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Too bad snakes are not Kosher.
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I guess I am going to have to stick with herring in cream sauce and Old Williamsburg 
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08-01-2011, 19:15
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After cleaning and skinning, we would pre-boil the segments, then cook them over the fire with some basic seasonings and maybe a bit of hot sauce...
Simple, yet satisfying
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08-01-2011, 21:24
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Squeeze the blood, bile and stomach contents into some homemade rice lightnin' and let me know what you think...
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08-01-2011, 21:25
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An effin' den or rattlers - I can smell them from here!
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08-01-2011, 21:32
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An effin' den or rattlers - I can smell them from here!
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The mother-in-law of our real estate agent in AZ is a full blooded Apache and she said that the smell of rattlers is like rotten cantaloupe. Is that true?
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08-01-2011, 22:20
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A good helping of rattlesnake is better than a Red Bull any day.
Want some big long ones, head out to the Mayer, AZ area April through October in the washes. Can't miss em'
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08-01-2011, 22:31
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The mother-in-law of our real estate agent in AZ is a full blooded Apache and she said that the smell of rattlers is like rotten cantaloupe. Is that true?
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I only once smelled one with the casing off and I do not remember that smell. With the casings still on and 20 or 30 bunched up in a den, I can see where one might say that. I know what a den smells like but it is hard to describe and it has been a long time since I smelled a rotten canteloupe. They do not last long enough around me to rot. So don't quote me.
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