Snake meat?

shilala · 10-20-2010, 08:07 AM

When we were kids, we hunted rattlesnakes all the time. Hunted might be a little strong. Someone would say "There's a @$@#!$@ rattlesnake on my porch!!!!" and I'd go drop a cement block on it (or whatever other handy device I had). We whacked a lot of them while we were fishing, too. They liked to sun where we liked to fish.
I always got the task of skinning them because everyone was afraid they'd get poisoned to death. My brother and I would tack them out, dry them and make hatbands and stuff out of them.
The old man always told us they were good eatin', but I was just barely comfortable enough to skin them. I wasn't gonna eat them. I still never have, even though I know it's irrational.

10-20-2010, 08:07 AM	#24
shilala Dear Lord, Thank You. Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Posts: 13,721 Trading: (252)	Re: Snake meat? When we were kids, we hunted rattlesnakes all the time. Hunted might be a little strong. Someone would say "There's a @$@#!$@ rattlesnake on my porch!!!!" and I'd go drop a cement block on it (or whatever other handy device I had). We whacked a lot of them while we were fishing, too. They liked to sun where we liked to fish. I always got the task of skinning them because everyone was afraid they'd get poisoned to death. My brother and I would tack them out, dry them and make hatbands and stuff out of them. The old man always told us they were good eatin', but I was just barely comfortable enough to skin them. I wasn't gonna eat them. I still never have, even though I know it's irrational. __________________