**Winter’s afoot! (Well, Real Soon Now!)**
So when are you coming north darling SG? I hear you don’t need a passport at the Mason-Dixon line any longer. ;)
The recipe I remember is one in which the rattlesnake is prepared like NE lobstah.
BTW, where are you going to get fresh rattlesnake? You don’t have to tell me, I understand, you don’t live in DC any longer.
* 1 rattle snake, skinned and cleaned
* your favorite cocktail sauce, homemade or store bought OR
* melted garlic butter
Cut snake into 3” – 4” pieces
Steam in a double boiler for 10 – 12 minutes or until fully cooked.
Remove and let cool.
Once cool, remove the meat from the bone trying to leave in big pieces.
Dip in the cocktail sauce or garlic butter and enjoy.
I doan’ know nuffin ‘bout no “lobstah.” I’m allergic to the critters, and haven’t eaten one since I found that out the very hard way when I was, maybe, 8 years old.
So, Sweetie, I will probably not try the “lobstah” recipe. Sorry ‘bout that
HST, Flori-duh Eastern Diamondback Rattlers are fat! And lend themselves nicely to broiling over an open fire or on the barbie.
I haven’t eaten broiled rattlesnake since August of 1964 when, given the choice by our SERE counselor (a HUGE Marine Gunnery Sergent!) of the fat rattler we caught on the Eglin AFB reservation or a couple of rabbits, my E&E group chose the snake!
We broiled that critter and I am here to tell you that it tasted better than chicken!
Of course, we WERE hungry, having eaten only what we could catch or find in Eglin woods that were attacked by a hundred or so hungry Naval Aviation Cadets every week, back in the day. I have NO idea why we were able to find anything worth eating!
Remind me to tell you about talking my E&E buddies out of wrestling a large, angry wild boar (wild boars are ALWAYS angry!) armed with sticks and K-Bar knives. Logic and reason prevailed in that particular case. They were hungry, but not stupid! After all, we were, if we lived, going to become Naval Aviators!
We are not traveling this year. After The Donald has had a few months to repair EVERYTHING that Ophonybama and his LIEberal/Socialist/Marxist/Fascist cronies screwed up and broke, we’ll start traveling again. We expect to be in the North East next fall, probably just after Labor Day, on our way home FRom Alaska, via Maine, of course!