Beast Feast

[Dave]

So there is going to be a "beast feast" at church. An assorted wild game dinner. Last Sunday a group of men were talking and the pastor was telling about the different types of meat they would have. Elk, deer, antelope, bear, wild turkey, etc. He looks right at me and says rattle snake. I think he must not mean me. He has to be talking to the man to my right or the one to the left. No they want me to provide the rattle snake. I am not cooking but they want it skinned and cleaned. Oh boy...... the wife says that everyone says it tastes like chicken so they should just cook some chicken and label it rattle snake. I think I should just deliver it live.

 

[Ky hills]

So there is going to be a "beast feast" at church. An assorted wild game dinner. Last Sunday a group of men were talking and the pastor was telling about the different types of meat they would have. Elk, deer, antelope, bear, wild turkey, etc. He looks right at me and says rattle snake. I think he must not mean me. He has to be talking to the man to my right or the one to the left. No they want me to provide the rattle snake. I am not cooking but they want it skinned and cleaned. Oh boy...... the wife says that everyone says it tastes like chicken so they should just cook some chicken and label it rattle snake. I think I should just deliver it live.

Live rattle snakes, sounds like some of the rumored stuff here in the mountains.
Beast feast is an interesting name for it, had a neighbor that called referred to them as varmit suppers.

 

[Travlr]

So there is going to be a "beast feast" at church. An assorted wild game dinner. Last Sunday a group of men were talking and the pastor was telling about the different types of meat they would have. Elk, deer, antelope, bear, wild turkey, etc. He looks right at me and says rattle snake. I think he must not mean me. He has to be talking to the man to my right or the one to the left. No they want me to provide the rattle snake. I am not cooking but they want it skinned and cleaned. Oh boy...... the wife says that everyone says it tastes like chicken so they should just cook some chicken and label it rattle snake. I think I should just deliver it live.

Are the snakes out in your neck o'the woods? I'd be hard pressed to find any this time of year, but I suppose it's possible.

 

[Son of Butch]

the wife says that everyone says it tastes like chicken so they should just cook some chicken and label it rattle snake.

Love your wife's idea. I'd bring a bucket of fried chicken labeled rattlesnake, so nobody thinks you're trying to pull a fast one.

 

[sstterry]

So there is going to be a "beast feast" at church. An assorted wild game dinner. Last Sunday a group of men were talking and the pastor was telling about the different types of meat they would have. Elk, deer, antelope, bear, wild turkey, etc. He looks right at me and says rattle snake. I think he must not mean me. He has to be talking to the man to my right or the one to the left. No they want me to provide the rattle snake. I am not cooking but they want it skinned and cleaned. Oh boy...... the wife says that everyone says it tastes like chicken so they should just cook some chicken and label it rattle snake. I think I should just deliver it live.

Many years ago a man in the community was killed in a snake-handling service at his church. It made all of the trash tv shows that were popular at that time. I was talking to the Sherriff in his office and some producer from one of the shows called him. He said "No" into the phone and hung up. He then looked at me and said, "They wanted to know if I had found the snake". He then said, "Who said that we are even looking for the damn snake, it has already killed one man, I don't want to have anything to do with it".

 

[sstterry]

Love your wife's idea. I'd bring a bucket of fried chicken labeled rattlesnake, so nobody thinks you're trying to pull a fast one.

Better yet, make it nuggets and just call them snake nuggets.

 

[Son of Butch]

Better yet, make it nuggets and just call them snake nuggets.

That puts you in a position of trying to pass off chicken nuggets as rattlesnake nuggets.
I'm thinking drumsticks and wings will make it clear it's a joke to even the most feeble minded Oregonian.

 

[wbvs58]

They might be a bit sluggish just coming out of hibernation so it should be real easy for you to just pick them up behind the head Dave.

Ken

 

[Dave]

They might be a bit sluggish just coming out of hibernation so it should be real easy for you to just pick them up behind the head Dave.

Ken

I have no plans to pick up a live one. Or even a dead one that still has its head attached. I will take its head off with a shovel. Maybe shoot it in the head with 22 bird shot first. Plan A at this point is to toss the dead headless snake into a garbage bag. Put the bag into the refrigerator in the shop for a couple hours. That should take the squirming out of it or at least slow it down. Skin, gut, and wash it up. Into a clean bag and put in the freezer. Deliver it to Kenny for him to do the cooking.
They are definitely out here. I saw a dead one out on the road last week. When I was at a branding on Friday a lady from about 10 miles down the road called one of the guys. Her dog had just got snake bit and she was asking about what to do. I have seen about 10 bull snakes in the last couple days but no rattlers.

 

[Son of Butch]

They might be a bit sluggish just coming out of hibernation so it should be real easy for you to just pick them up behind the head Dave.

Dave, I think if you tickle a rattlesnake under the chin it will roll over belly up and play dead.
The internet would love video if you decide to give it a go. Or maybe I'm confusing it with some other Crocodile Dundee trick. lol

 

[50/50Farms]

So there is going to be a "beast feast" at church. An assorted wild game dinner. Last Sunday a group of men were talking and the pastor was telling about the different types of meat they would have. Elk, deer, antelope, bear, wild turkey, etc. He looks right at me and says rattle snake. I think he must not mean me. He has to be talking to the man to my right or the one to the left. No they want me to provide the rattle snake. I am not cooking but they want it skinned and cleaned. Oh boy...... the wife says that everyone says it tastes like chicken so they should just cook some chicken and label it rattle snake. I think I should just deliver it live.

Just be careful when you rake the guts out.

 

[Dave]

Just be careful when you rake the guts out.

I have killed lots of them. I have skinned a few. I have never gutted one. It is going to be a learning experience.

 

[50/50Farms]

I have killed lots of them. I have skinned a few. I have never gutted one. It is going to be a learning experience.

They're good enough eating. Emphasis on good enough. Deep fried is alright, and shredding them up to make snakebite dip is good. Some folks is apeshite over it, I'm not gonna be first in line but I'll get to the front before it gets cold.

 

[Travlr]

I have killed lots of them. I have skinned a few. I have never gutted one. It is going to be a learning experience.

What... you cook'em with the guts intact??? You've got more hair than I gave you credit for.

 

[kenny thomas]

They're good enough eating. Emphasis on good enough. Deep fried is alright, and shredding them up to make snakebite dip is good. Some folks is apeshite over it, I'm not gonna be first in line but I'll get to the front before it gets cold.

Not bad but dont try smoking them. It gets too dry that way.

 

[50/50Farms]

Not bad but dont try smoking them. It gets too dry that way.

I did that once.

 

[wbvs58]

Not bad but dont try smoking them. It gets too dry that way.

A bit like Marihuana???

Ken

 

[Dave]

Well so far no snake. It is not like I can get one on demand. Also my hearing isn't the best.
So I don't hear them rattle. That makes me strickly a road hunter. I am not going out in the rocks searching for one. If and when I do get one I will gut it. A first time experience. And I am not doing the cooking.

 

[chaded]

Good luck Dave. They’re counting on you..

 

[greybeard]

Fried Rattlesnake tastes mostly, like whatever you season and bread it with.
Otherwise, pretty tasteless.