Big Bad Boy

[whitesatinmopar]

Well, I guess it could be a girl ? Either way, I'm glad it is in Texas and apparently DEAD 

[71challengher]

 

[mopar_guy]

I HATE snakes!! that thing is freakin huuuge!

[MOPAR FANATIC]

  Thats a diamond back rattlesnake isn't it?if so it must be the largest iv'e seen> 

[Pistol Gripper]

Admittedly, the perspective is off because it's being held pretty far out, but Dang!  that's a big snake.

P.G.

[mopar_guy]

Thats a diamond back rattlesnake isn't it?

you got it! ughk!!!atleast we dont see nothin like that where i live

[Jacksboys]

   Wow, big snake!!! 

[360 'CUDA]

Everything bigger in Texas!!!  Looks like about a ten footer to me 

They only get to 6 or 7 feet around here 

[Super Blue 72]

They only get to 6 or 7 feet around here 

ONLY???   

We just have Garter snakes around here!

[Oldschool]

Looks like that bad boy has been eating well!   

[360 'CUDA]

ONLY???   

Yea, cute little fellers 

You don't see them that much until the rains at the end of the summer. They come crawling out of the desert and lay out on the road to cool down.  Try not to run them over 'cause they can wrap up in the suspension like an engine belt

[71bigblock]

ONLY???   

We just have Garter snakes around here!

Ha, here too.  I dont like snakes even that big.   

[MOPAR FANATIC]

You sure could get some awesome steaks of that snake.    do people actually eat these things?

[Super Blue 72]

You sure could get some awesome steaks of that snake.    do people actually eat these things?

Can't you use them in chili? 

Rattlesnake Chili Recipe courtesy Team A - Cowboys
Show:  Food Fight
Episode:  Dallas: Cowboys vs. Cityslickers 
 
Vegetable oil
1 large onion, diced
Red Chile Sauce, recipe follows
6 rattlesnake fillets, or 8 ounces meat
Double sweet corn, kernels only, to taste
Poblano peppers, diced, to taste
Serrano peppers, diced, to taste
Jalapeno peppers, diced, to taste
Salt

In a large skillet, heat the oil and add the onions. Cook the onions until they are soft and slightly tender. Add the Red Chile Sauce and the remaining ingredients. Cover the skillet and stew all of the ingredients together for approximately 1 hour. Season the chili with salt.
A viewer, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. The FN chefs have not tested this recipe and therefore, we cannot make representation as to the results.

 
Mmmmmmm.....   

[fantum]

Yes, rattlesnake is quite tasty - tastes like gamey (sp?) chicken.  Had it fried at a barbecue once.  Later, when I was playing war games at the National Training Center in southern California (right outside Barstow), all we had to eat was those packaged meals the military refers to as MREs.  When one of my buddies found (or maybe it found him???) and killed a 6' rattler, we cooked him up and ate fresh meat for the first time in several weeks that night.

It's better than you think.


fantum