summer is here

[hornetk4]

Has anyone got a recipe for rattle snake? They are starting to show up around my place now that it's getting hot every day. One lady told me to baste in butter and throw on the grill for a couple of minutes on each side, she says they are great. I cooked some up a few years back and the taste was ok but it was like trying to eat the rubber off a bycicle tire. I've gotten 5 in the 4 ft range in the past week, I have saved the skins and rattles but I'd like to find a way to cook them. I gave the last one to a red headed buzzard he liked it.

 

[shmrck1]

bp,
Gut,clean and skin! Cut into 1" chunks +or-.
Dip in your favorite batter and deep fry for
no more than 1 1/2 minutes. Dip in a sauce,mine
is hot,but a ranch dressing would be great.
Enjoy
snake-eyes

 

[MSW]

i am given to understand that they are good when pan fried, although i must confess no experiential knowledge.

i did like the detail about the buzzard.

 

[F.G. Ford]

Hey BP,
If you have snakes, there is a reason for it!
Their main diet are critters that you have little use for, mice, rats, large insects.
I know that in some cases, they can be a cautionary concern.
Old Ford

 

[Birdman]

Old Ford, not neccessasarily(sp) true, while I agree with ya for the most part BP could be on a migration route. Rattlers have been know to travel upwards of 20 miles from their hunting grounds to where they hibernate for winter. Maybe BP's just unlucky n lives where they travel. So many folks hate snakes with a passion n kill everyone they see, this is something I for one don't understand at all, I think snakes are interesting n fun to watch n study. Don't have any recipies but have had rattaler in the past n it was good, lots a bones n not much meat but still good flavor

 

[Blizzard of '93]

some years back I killed a large Eastern Diammondback (black rattler) while on a fishing trip and cleaned it, cut a chunk out of the mid-section breaded & fried with the fish just to say I have eaten it. fairly tasty but I won't do again unless I'm really hungry.
the Cherokee would boil them down and remove bones let the broth gel and eat it. or so I've read.

 

[hanshi]

I ate an eastern Diamondback (not the whole thing) once and it was quite good. I think we baked it. Just make sure you kill it BEFORE you try to eat it. :rotf: I remember it being very tasty and not tough at all.

 

[Billnpatti]

I have only eaten Rattlesnake one time and that was at an outdoor show in Houston. They were frying it. It looked to me as if they were just battering it and deep frying it with no other special preparation. What they were selling wasn't tough. Not to be cliche about it but it really did have a texture and tenderness sort of like chicken. You might try pressure cooking it for a few minutes to make it tender, just don't overdo it and end up with mush. Try about 5 minutes in the pressure cooker and then batter and fry it. See if that gets rid of the rubber tire consistancy.

 

[nw_hunter]

Never tried to eat one, but I did have one try to eat me :grin: I was about seven at the time and a big old Arkansas timber rattler bit me on the heel of my foot.

They said I went from being one of the ugliest kids in Ar to THE ugliest for about a week.

I would like to(eat) try and get even with one of the critters, but I don't want to risk the chance of being double ugly.

 

[Bob Gular]

I have a friend in western PA who had a rattler infestation in the drought a couple years ago. After dispatching a couple he thought he might try one out at the dinner table. His very agreeable wife slow baked it and they both pronounced it to be very good. They said it tasted more along the lines of shrimp and lobster and not at all like chicken.

 

[Bob Gular]

Also< there are several receipes for rattlesnake at cooks.com.

 

[omarick1948]

SNAKES!!! :shocked2: ... I thought this topic was about eating STEAKS! ... NEBRASKA CORNFED THAT IS! :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[grizzy adams]

Did I hear right rattle snake , omg there are good , clean the snake , cut up in chunks , make a beer batter , dunk them it dat and fry them until golden brown :thumbsup:

 

[shmrck1]

Griz,
That works for me!
snake-eyes

 

[lonehunter]

junky, I dont know a lot about flintlocks,but i know how to eat real good (i could send you a pict. as proof) :rotf: :rotf: Cut up into chunks,season to taste,creole seasoning,and garlic powder(not garlic salt,creole seasoning is salt base)roll in flour,put in fridge.for a while at least 30 min.then roll in flour 2nd time,deep fry at 350 just like fish, when it floats its done. dont overcook that makes it tough.if you have time, soak it in buttermilk overnight first. gotta go gettin hungry :v

 

[Pork Chop]

Hell, you could make shoe leather good battered and deep fried!