Eating snakes

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Ok...I've ate about every critter that lives in my area(no skunk...yet;))and I've always wanted to try snake.A grocery store close to me does sell rattle snake but it's about $75.00 a pop!:eek:I can't justify that price.Of course..there are garter,ribbon,(about the same I believe)and water snakes all around.Anyone ever ate a garder snake..and if so how was it?:D
 
Besides canned rattlesnake I have never eaten a snake. I was involved in research on garder snakes and they disected them. They were loaded with internal parasites. So my only advice is to make sure they are gutted and cooked properly.
 
I ate lots of snakes when I was a kid. What out for the little bones as they are barbed and can get stuck in your throat. Otherwise, taste a bit like gator chickens.
 
I ate rattlesnake once. Its a funny story actually.

When I was 16 we moved from S. Louisianna to Central Florida because of my dad's job. That year at prom my date had me over for dinner to meet her folks before they'd let me out with her. Her dad's intention was to scare me off by offering fried rattlesnake for dinner. LOL. When he found out where I was from we all laughed, sat down, and had a fine meal.
 
Wasp-

Would that grocery store happen to be Jungle Jim's in Fairfield?

I have had rattlesnake. I did not enjoy it. :thumbdn:

Although it was fresh, it had a nasty metallic-fishy taste, a mushy texture and there is simply no way to de-bone the meat, except by picking the ribs out of your mouth while you eat the vile thing.

To be fair, though, many people have gourmet recipes for rattler, and I doubt mine was prepared by such a chef. For the record, it was a timber. Diamondbacks may be tastier. :rolleyes:
 
I've ate wild caught Rattler once, not bad but kinda reminded me of a tough old catfish, and there ain't a whole lot of meat on one.
 
I've had rattlesnake a few times, it's not too bad. I sure wouldn't pay $75 for it though...especially since there's a ton of them here. :D
 
I always wanted to give it a try. After reading this thread, I will wait til I am in a survival situation.

Thanks
 
They can be boiled till cook. Pick all the meat off one, then add to stew, chillies or whatever you put chopped out meats in.

I think the metallic taste comes from the snake not being bleed properly.
 
The Last Confederate said:
I've ate wild caught Rattler once, not bad but kinda reminded me of a tough old catfish, and there ain't a whole lot of meat on one.
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We used to make rattler stew. Tasted VERY good that way. Must've consumed maybe 20 of them like that.

These were New Mexico rattlers. They are all over the desert, especially near the mountains (Sandias, in my situation).

Now that I'm old and gray, I wonder why we did this. Not the safest choice of hobby! ;)
 
Have ate it at the Rattlesnake Round-up festival in Sharon Springs, KS some years ago. Was not impressed, but could definitely eat it in a survival situation. Not bad, but not good. Was chewy and had many bones to navigate. I imagine it would be much better in a stew or such. The taste of a Timber rattler does not surprise me. Of the different rattlers I've harvested for skins, they smell the worst. Very musky smell to them.
 
Not sure if this fits in the snake catagory,but when I was about 10yrs old,went fishing with granddad.He caught an eel.We got home,he cleaned it & put it on the grill.It tasted pretty good.It was a little chewy like squid,but still tasted good.

P.S.I know an eel is not a snake.It's a fish with snake like characteristics.
 
Don`t buy the store bought rattlesnake. Overpriced, and not good. I have never eaten a garder snake, but fresh rattle snake is pretty good, but a lot of work for very little meat. O.K. if you "had" to, but I would be trying to find something a little higher up on the food chain.
 
Rather like a fishy-white meat chicken-good but maybe offensive to the uninitiated who are use to the much blander supermarket meat.Now how do these 2 compare to turtle and alligator?I am eager to try 'gator but not at a restaurant-too expensive-I heard Florida is being overrun with too many 'gators-million plus -legal cull in the future??What blade will you dress that 'gator with knifenuts??:p
 
Well I live in Florida and the ones I have harvested (legally) of course, I used different knives. Usually a Busse knife to chop off the tail. I have a Fehrman Final Judgement coming in a couple weeks or less. I would use it. -Rich
 
Timber rattler grilled on charcoal with Italian dressing marinade. Flay out the tenderloins, decent flavor, chewy.
Uplander
 
I've had rattle snake before and it was quite tasty actually. Never ate a snake "from the wild" that I caught myself but I would imagine it would be similiar.
 
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