Almost Stepped On A Snake

zwriter

zwriter

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Okay, my husband and I went for our nightly walk yesterday. We live in a hilly rural area. I was so engaged in our conversation; I was not paying too much attention. Well, I looked down just in time to avoid stepping on a snake. It was a good snake – California King; but it still scared the #$$@$ out of me.

Of course, I think I scare the poor snake more. He scurried off the dirt path. He was young and so beautiful. Gosh I just love nature. I was so thrilled to have that close encounter with that snake.
 
3mnkids1 said:
To bad miki wasnt there.. she would have run it over for ya. twice! :laughing:
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:laughing: I can't help that the snakes around here scare me! I've never encountered so many poisonous snakes in my life.

Glad it was a good snake Z!
 
When we first built our home, we were overrun by rattlesnakes.
We had to kill those. Still see one or two a year.
Last one was under my car in the garage - now that was scary.
I skin them and use their hide - they are pretty.
 
zwriter said:
When we first built our home, we were overrun by rattlesnakes.
We had to kill those. Still see one or two a year.
Last one was under my car in the garage - now that was scary.
I skin them and use their hide - they are pretty.
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A woman after my own heart. I love the rattlesnake skins. The meat is pretty tasty too!
 
My dad use to kill rattlesnakes in CA. and he would keep the skins and buttons. I have never tasted snake, sounds icky to me.
 
I have never eaten a snake.
Does anyone have a tried and true recipe?
 
Ewwwww! Bugs don't bother me at all, but snakes freak me out. I respect their place in the order of things, but if I never saw another one (dead or alive) that'd be fine with me.
 
zwriter said:
I skin them and use their hide - they are pretty.
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My sister, Pam and Uncle Max use to go on a rattlesnake round-up in the bluff in Christian County. They would take those snake sticks like you see on animal planet and put the rattle snakes, still alive in a bag in a freezer. Then they were sold to a man in Texas. Pam even had one stuffed and it is still in her living room...yep, she was a little weird!
 
:sunny: The rattlesnake meat can be substituted for ground beef or pork in your recipes. It should definitely be boiled/simmered first til tender so that the bones can be removed. I usually boil it with a spice bag of oregano & basil with lemon juice in the water. It's great in tomato sauces served on pasta.

Did you know that rattlesnakes are deaf, they can't even hear another snakes rattle.
 
pmeek said:
:sunny: The rattlesnake meat can be substituted for ground beef or pork in your recipes. It should definitely be boiled/simmered first til tender so that the bones can be removed. I usually boil it with a spice bag of oregano & basil with lemon juice in the water. It's great in tomato sauces served on pasta.

Did you know that rattlesnakes are deaf, they can't even hear another snakes rattle.
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Thanks for another way to cook it. I don't eat it much really. Only when and if I am in Louisiana and one of my relatives have it. Us cajuns tend to eat anything. :laughing:
 
Speaking of eating snake, I'd love to find some good (easy) recipes for venison. In CA we didn't eat it, moved out here and everyone hunts and eats venison. I'm not too crazy about it myself, I need to find a recipe I like as well as the family. I think it is too wild, everyone else in my house loves it and during hunting season it helps fill the freezer.

I've made BBQ pulled venison (I don't like how mine tastes, I do like dh's aunts though)
Venison Soup/roast in the crockpot (I like this, it's not bad)
Thinly sliced and fried (Do not like it)
 
miki deer is just like beef you can do the same things with it as you would beef. We do all the same things like grilling stews grinding it and mixing it with pork. Great meat because it's lean.
 
I told hubby he needs to have this years hunt processed because, it's too difficult for me to cut up correctly. I do like the fact that it's really lean though.
 
:sunny: Being a midwest gal I have eaten lots of venison. There is big difference in the meat depending on the area that the deer comes from. In lower Michigan the venison is more like beef as they eat alot of corn and grasses. The venison from northern Michigan is alot more gamey due to a more acid diet from pine. When cooking the northern venison I would soak the meat overnight in milk. That gets rid of alot of the gamey taste.
 
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