I killed a very large rattle snake once and wanted to eat it because I’d heard it was good. After skinning it I couldn’t do it. The flesh had the look and texture of dried white silicon caulk.
I first had rattlesnake, pan fried, at six years of age, at a festival. It had the consistency of shrimp and sort of tasted like turtle, which I hadn’t had, until years later.
It was a small bite from my dad’s food order, but I will always remember it.