Rattle Snake

I've talked to a chef from Mexico City who served rattlesnake and said that of all the animals he has ever cleaned, rattlesnake was by far the stinkiest, but when it comes to food, I'll try anything once, except maybe human, unless of course it was like an "Alive" type thing and I had no choice, then I probably would, by the way, don't you hate meandering run on sentences?

My biggest question would be what wine to serve with rattlesnake? A spicy zinfandel, a sumptuous merlot, hmm.....

Rachel

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by sweety314

Would I eat snake or possum???? NOPE. Do you know what POSSUMS eat???!??? Other possums! BLECK! :puke:

---

Funny you should bring up Opossum. Yes I have eaten it to, did know what I was eating this time though it was not alone in the stew so I could not tell which was the Opossom. It is a stew called Mulligans Stew. It consists of just about any animal that is roaming these parts of Illinois. I believe this one had rabitt, squirrell, Opossom, raccoon, deer, chicken, beef, plus veggies and spices. I only tried this stew so that I would not hurt the host's feelings. Plus the Tequilla helped me to try it at the time.

There is pretty much nothing that I have'nt tried. I guess it's just how you have been raised.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by RWillinnable

My biggest question would be what wine to serve with rattlesnake? A spicy zinfandel, a sumptuous merlot, hmm.....
Rachel

---

Mad Dog 20/20 maybe? lol

There's a big ole possum that lives in the forest beside our house. I'd have to be darn hungry to consider munching him down. That's got to be the ugliest, meanest looking critter I've ever seen. He (or she) scares me way more than the resident skunk population or even a large raccoon!


~~Jo~~

nope, i love snakes

i remeber when i was small, i was visiting a country. and they had street markets. there was this woman who had a snake restraunt. she had cages jammed with snakes. n u can order a glass of snake blood, or eat the snake. very few people were in the restraunt though. but those that did order something. she took a snake. hooked it up to this beam so everyone can see it. and she cut the snake, near it's head and literally, ripped the skin off the snake. in one fluid motion. i was shocked.n the snake was still writhing in pain, n it looked naked. i was horrified...

Kizerk, I dont think I could eat a snake after watching that.

As far as a wine goes, rattlesnake tatses like chicken with a hint of venision when it's deep fried. So I would suggest a white wine or maybe a pink.

I did 3 months in the Marseille area of France back in '01. We had a chef at our hotel who taught us a lot about the the cooking styles and wines. Just a tip, you do not smell the cork. You look for green on the cork, if there is green you should send it back it means it wasn't bottled properly and you have mold. Always stick to wines that are bottled on the property for your best tasting wines.

eating rattlesnake is as offensive as eating some kind of a canine in another country. I guess i'm just one to try anything once, but then again i've never been actually presented with the opportunity. I dunno what i would do.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by frankykeno

There's a big ole possum that lives in the forest beside our house. I'd have to be darn hungry to consider munching him down. That's got to be the ugliest, meanest looking critter I've ever seen. He (or she) scares me way more than the resident skunk population or even a large raccoon!


~~Jo~~

---

Jo, You ain't whistling Dixie!!! We have all 3 of them around here, in Western Oregon and possums are ugly, smelly things w/o ANY fear. One was on our front porch eating our cat food. I came just out the door and it only LOOKED at me! The only thing meaner is a REALLY BIG coon!! but the raccoon would have to be pretty DARN big!

NASTY THINGS!

First off I will not respond to any flame comments.
I have eaten rattle snake, gator, turtle soup, deer, wild rabbit, wild boar, bear, squarl (yes I made a stupid mistake shooting it and my grandpa was like "we dont shoot anythong we wont eat"), Bass, catfish, clam, shrimp, you name it so long as its not endangered I will eat it or atleast try it. Oh and I have had burmese Python about 8 years ago, wasn't bad but I know consider Burms as pets and well wouldnt eat them anymore.

Where did you eat burmese python? lol

I cooked some clam once that I caught in Michigan... tasted like sand.