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How To Cook A Snake For A Meal by Wizzy13: 11:59am On Jul 30, 2021
when you kill a snake dont waste it give it to a guy that love it like oga Lala
below are the great steps to cook a snake
Ingredients:
1 snake
1 box Jiffy cornbread mix
1/2 c egg whites (I used the pre-packaged eggwhites to avoid wasting yolks)
splash black pepper
1/2" oil (depends on pan size)


Step 1: Acquire Fresh Snake



This is probably going to be the hard part.

Snakes do a fine job keeping the world free of unnecessary rodents; don't kill them unless absolutely necessary! That said, if you do kill a snake, or find one dead, don't let it go to waste.

The snake in this Instructable was run over by a car; Eric found it a couple minutes later, its heart still beating, in the process of expiring by the side of the road. Since we knew both time and cause1 of death, and refrigerated the carcass promptly, it was safe to eat.

A bit of internet research identified it as a probable Black Rat Snake, a non-poisonous Indiana resident.

1 Note that snakes can also die from eating poisoned rodents. You dont want to eat a snake dosed up with warfarin or other toxin2. Pay attention to context.

2 It's apparently fine to cook and eat poisonous snakes- cooking is sufficient to inactivate any venomous residue.

Step 2: Skin and Clean Snake


Cut off the head, strip off the skin, and remove the guts as described in this Instructable.

Rinse the carcass, and wipe down with a clean paper towel, then cut the body in to manageable lengths with a sharp knife or pair of poultry shears.
Step 3: Dredge

We're going to treat the snake much like you would a small lake fish, though you can also treat it like chicken. This is my favorite way to cook bluegill.

I dipped the segments in a bit of egg white (milk would also do) before dredging them in a pepper and sweet cornmeal mix (actually just Jiffy mix with some extra black pepper).

Knock off the excess.

Step 4: Fry


Heat about 3/4" of canola, vegetable, or peanut oil in a heavy frying pan (I prefer cast iron) until quite hot. A bit of dry batter should bubble nicely.

Add the snake pieces one at a time to avoid dropping the temperature in the pan too quickly.
Use tongs to keep your fingers away from the sizzling hot oil, watch for dangerous splatters, and use a screen if necessary to prevent mess.

Turn the snake pieces just as the batter begins to turn golden- by the time it starts to brown the snake will be overcooked. There's not much meat on the bones, and the muscles are thin and lean. (Yes, we mostly overcooked ours, but it was still tasty.)

Step 5: Drain and Cool
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Remove the snake pieces before they're quite done- they'll continue to cook after removal from the pan- and set them on paper towels to drain and cool.

If you've still got more batter, chop up some veggies, dip them in the egg whites and/or milk, dredge in batter, and fry. You can also just mix the liquid into the batter and fry hushpuppies. It's all good.

We fried some fresh okra from the farmers' market.
Step 6: Serve


Serve your fried snake bits warm, and provide napkins- this is finger food. Accompany with most anything you'd serve with fried fish.

There should be a line of muscle along either side of the spine; this is the thickest piece of meat on the snake's body. The ribs are quite firmly attached to the spine, so scrape your teeth over them firmly to remove the rest of the meat from the ribs.

Since our snake was a bit overcooked it mostly tasted fried, but some of the thicker bits had a distinctive nutty snake flavor. I'm definitely looking forward to getting my hands on another (hopefully bigger) snake and trying this again!

i hope lala will be happy with this
FP please help a brother

Re: How To Cook A Snake For A Meal by OlayemiAshraf(m): 12:01pm On Jul 30, 2021
. grin bon appetit ...

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Re: How To Cook A Snake For A Meal by Bedtec: 12:02pm On Jul 30, 2021
Lala please give this man an award in snake prepaology grin
Re: How To Cook A Snake For A Meal by Naijanascam: 12:03pm On Jul 30, 2021
Lalala........ waoooo this is a front page material
Re: How To Cook A Snake For A Meal by Aboks(m): 12:10pm On Jul 30, 2021
Lala salivating right now
Re: How To Cook A Snake For A Meal by malcom1X: 12:16pm On Jul 30, 2021
Omo snake meat is white meat, good for the body.
Re: How To Cook A Snake For A Meal by mariahAngel(f): 12:25pm On Jul 30, 2021
undecided
Re: How To Cook A Snake For A Meal by Davny(m): 1:41pm On Jul 30, 2021
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Re: How To Cook A Snake For A Meal by josh123(m): 6:03pm On Jul 31, 2021
I prefer python meat
Re: How To Cook A Snake For A Meal by armyofone(m): 6:29pm On Jul 31, 2021
Acquired taste maybe but please remove the patterned skin grin

The ones I have seen so far on NL cooking pots have their skin ...Like seriously scary grin grin
Re: How To Cook A Snake For A Meal by 123winglass: 8:35am On Aug 01, 2021
Not all snakes are edible. It's better to stay away from all of them

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