Fried Texas Rattlesnake
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Submittor: Lisl D. Wilkinson (MHEF)
Number of Servings
1-2 Servin's
Ingredients
1 Large Rattler,Flour,Cracker Meal,Salt,Pepper,Oil,
Directions
1. Find and capture a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake.
2.Kill, skin and remove entrails and cut into edible portions.
3. Make a batter of flour, cracker meal, salt, pepper and garlic.
4. Roll your snake portions in the batter.
5. Fry in oil, heated so that it will ignite a floating wooden match. Very hot, in other words...
6. Fry until meat is a golden brown.
Comments
This recipe comes from the Sweetwater, Texas, Chamber of Commerce. "The Sweetwater Jaycee's 'World's Largest Rattlesnake Roundup' is held each year in March and hundreds of pounds of rattlesnake meat is cooked and served by Chief Chef Corky Frazier.
