I’ve grilled a couple of rattlers. They’re tasty!
An email I just sent out:
Ah, yes. Sci. American. A once great publication.
30 years behind the times. I, in a land far away, a long time ago, has a 130-pound, 9.5 ft Burmese python in the freezer.
Thawed and steaked it. It was destined for a Dermestid beetle skeletonization but I never found the time to bring it to the UofMN zoology department.
Brought it to a potluck at XXXXXXXX [censored] - suitably labeled - so people would not mistake it for a large salmonid. [I had previously brought a low-country stew which included squirrel. I didn’t label it - just assumed that everyone knew that Brunswick stew included rodent or marsupial]
People were leery - my reputation preceded me - but it was well-received. Did not flake like a fish, but was tender and nondescript in flavor. No, it did NOT taste like chicken.