Posted on 03/14/2024 1:50:30 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Pythons turn their food into meat pretty efficiently, a study finds, making them an intriguing alternative to climate-unfriendly cows.
Put aside your chicken cutlets and meatloaf and say hello to python curries and satay skewers. Some snake scientists think eating these reptiles—already customary or at least acceptable in parts of the world—might help lessen the damage our food choices have on the environment.
With some eight billion people on the planet today, all of whom require protein to stay healthy, finding new sources of these nutrients is a crucial issue.
But how do you get from the challenge of providing sufficient protein to farming pythons for meat? For Dan Natusch, a herpetologist at Macquarie University in Australia, the idea came about tangentially. He and his colleagues were working with existing commercial python farms in Vietnam and Thailand to determine whether they could distinguish wild-bred snakes from captive-bred ones.
And of course, it all depends on whether people will take to eating python. Natusch says python meat is “pretty tasty and versatile” and argues that by his tally, a billion people in Southeast and East Asia, as well as parts of Latin America and Africa, already consider snake meat a culturally acceptable food. “It is really just Western cultures (which have few naturally occurring large reptiles) that haven’t been exposed to it,” he says.
I’ve grilled a couple of rattlers. They’re tasty!
Worker: You want cricket powder fries with that?🐍🍟🥤
What do snakes eat? Meat?
Do they emit methane?
So overpopulation today? The other day they were screaming that Asia and especially Japan was undergoing a population implosion.
If they keep this up, the PTB may have a credibility issue.
Before the rest of us have to eat bugs and snakes, we can put the heads of Klaus Schwab, George and Alex Soros and the rest of the cultists in the WEF on sticks and fed their bodies to dogs.
Me too. Anytime I get sushi eel must be on the list.
I’ve had rattlesnake and crickets.
Did not enjoy.
Meh. I’ve had fried rattlesnake in AZ. Tastes like chicken nuggets
I also doubt farm-raising snakes is any more “eco-friendly” than other animals
I tried rattlesnake many years ago. One problem with snake meat is that it’s chewy, and downright tough if you over cook it even a little. And being that reptiles can carry some nasty bacteria, like salmonella, you have to make sure it’s well cooked. There might be some cooking methods that work well, like Sous Vide, or maybe ground into burger or sausage, but I’m in no hurry to try it.
I imagine alligators appreciate that information.
Climate Cretins: is there anything they won’t stoop down to?
It is mentioned as having been investigated but no correlation being found.
It’s a lot better than eating bugs!
And as an old Arizonan, I’ve eaten rattlesnake a few times.
And according to at least a few Orthodox authorities, snake might be lenten! ??
I’m a Protestant, so I don’t follow the Old Testament dietary restriction. But it strikes me that snakes are not kosher, and in general insects are also not kosher. Are the World Masters just trying to force people to break God’s law for the sake of blasphemy? I imagine that would amuse them.
I ate a rattlesnake but the meat way dry, no wonder you put it in chili.
No thanks on the snake meat. I think I’ll stick with a good rib eye steak or pork chop, although with Joey’s grocery store inflation I really can’t afford it. Thanks Joe, you’re doing a helluva job.
I’ve had snake. Looks like a little girls bracelet beforecooking . Taste is bland. A bit rubbery. Needs seasoning.
I’ve had snake. Looks like a little girls bracelet beforecooking . Taste is bland. A bit rubbery. Needs seasoning.
“Studies show.....”
How to Lie with Statistics by does a great job of putting that lie to rest.
https://www.amazon.com/How-Lie-Statistics-Darrell-Huff/dp/0393310728
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