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Cooking Rattlesnake

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MaysAggie2015
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We killed 3 6 ft rattlers this weekend and gutted, cleaned and skinned them. Any ideas on how to cook the neat not what to make with the skins? 5-6-8 yr old snakes. Fiancée went to Le cordon blue in Paris but rattlesnake wasn't on the list....TIA.

Also, any thoughts on bobcat or red stag?
230Ag
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were they timber rattlers?
MaysAggie2015
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Ha. Nice try. Funny thing is urusguy would probably laugh when/if he knew who I was (if he doesn't already ). He and his pops are great people! Salt of the earth! Shoutout to the best TPWD agent in the state.
sunchaser
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RS Bisque

2 tablespoons butter.

2 tablespoons all purpose flour.

1/2 teaspoon salt.

1/4 teaspoon white pepper.

1 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules.

2 tablespoons finely chopped white onion.

1 1/2 cups half and half.

1/4 cup white wine or Chardonnay.

2 or 3 chopped green onion.

1 pound rattlesnake, shredded or chopped.

It works really well with 1/2 pound of peeled and deveined medium shrimp plus 1/2 pound pre-cooked crab meat.

You can use the green onion as a garnish or cook it in.

In a sauce pan or pot, melt the butter on low heat and sauté the onions. Stir in the flour, salt white pepper, and chicken bouillon granules.

Blend in 3/4 cup of half and half.

Mix in the rattlesnake and the green onions.

Turn up the heat to medium and stir continuously until the mixture thickens.

Blend in the remaining 3/4 cup of half and half and the wine and stir to your desired consistency. At this point, you can add milk and more half and half if you want.

Cooking time is 15-20 minutes. Prepping the snake is what takes the time-getting it down to nothing but white meat.

Ursusguy loves it..

FSGuide
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There is always the old standby chicken fried. BUT, a couple times at my last deer lease a guy mixed the meat in with a pot of beans (recipe similar to B183's beans and it was pretty good.
2ndChanceAg96
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My dad would gut and clean them then cook them whole. He would wrap them in a spiral on tin foil and cover with butter, seasoning, onions, and jalapenos. Wrap up completely then cook them on the grill off the fire. Actually wasn't bad.
Bird Dog
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To tan the skins just stretch them out and tack them to boards. Once dry rub glycerine on the inner side until soft, and that's it. It's pretty easy, but if they aren't already stretched and tacked then they might be damaged. It's best to do that right after skinning.
Bird Dog
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I think they are good breaded & fried, but if they aren't pretty meaty then it's hardly worth the effort.
average_joker
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I've always done it the way Aggiedan said, just make sure you cook it till it falls off the bone. Any less and it's awful chewy.
Mookie
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roll it around cream cheese and chopped jalapenos, wrap in bacon, grill it.
MasterAggie
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quote:
Fiancée went to Le cordon blue in Paris but rattlesnake wasn't on the list


My guess is she could figure something tasty out with little effort.
12f Mane
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Just FYI the rattle is not a great indicator of the snake's age. The general age maybe, but not 5 rattles = 5 year old snake.
Doc Hayworth
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I would guess a rattler with 10-12 rattles is somewhere Round 5 - 6 years old
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