I’ve heard rattlesnakes make good stew.
[[I’ve heard rattlesnakes make good stew.]]
I find that their cooking skills are mediocre at best
Rattlesnakes do taste like chicken.
I had my first taste of Rattlesnake in 1953, in Canada on the French River.
I killed the snake with a large flat stone.
I was 13 and, with my twin brother was on a thirty day canoe trip with our Uncle, a teacher who organized two Summer trips per year for 8 to 10 boys.
Most of the boys were in High School but my brother and I were going into 8th grade in the fall. We slept in Pup Tents or Jungle Hammocks depending on availability. Transportation was 16 foot Peterborough Canoes. There were 10 of us including Uncle Ken and a College Student helper.
We fished for our dinners and portaged from lake to lake just south of Sudbury, Ontario and then return up the French River. Bedtime was early or else risk being tormented by black Flies or Mosquitoes.
The trip was challenging for all but, when I look back on it, the trip was a “one of a kind,” that couldn’t be done again. July 4th will be the 72nd anniversary of my trip