| Friday, June 02, 2006 |
| The Other White Meat |
I was bumbling around the internet, looking up random things, as I do and I came across a reference to canned rattlesnake meat. I had never heard of this before but I guess you can get just about everything in a can these days. I decided to look up this rare delicacy. While not every family in America is chowing down on some snake, it's not that uncommon. I think one day I'd actually quite like to try. I imagine it would taste quite a lot like alligator, which tasted like chicken. I even managed to find some rattlesnake recipes. Baked rattlesnake, barbequed rattlesnake, deep-fried rattlesnake, dijon grilled rattlesnake, rattlesnake and beans and for the health minded even rattlesnake salad. Tasty. You're really only limited by your imagination. Remember that quote from Forrest Gump that Bubba says:
"Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it,
boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole,
shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon
shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad,
shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it."
Well, rattlesnake could be like that. Just about that only thing you can't do is rattlesnake sashimi because raw rattlesnake meat carries dangerous bacteria that can cause Salmonella poisoning. Expect pictures of me feasting upon rattlesnake next time I visit America. |
posted by Lauren @ 6:46 PM  |
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