Can one eat a snake? After all, eel is very tasty and is just a sea snake really.?

Question

Anyone know any recipes for snake (grass snake or viper, no boa constrictors or anacondas or anything exotic please).

Answer 1

Snakes (from Old English snaca, and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European base *snag- or *sneg-, "to crawl"), also known as ophidians, are cold-blooded legless reptiles closely related to lizards, which share the order Squamata.
There is little reason that a person can not eat a snake - one only has to be careful about the poison sacs which contain sometimes highly toxic poison which paralyses the nervous system and often leads to death - so while eating the snake - it is important to ensure that before cooking it - the poison does not enter the bloodstream.
In some cultures, the consumption of snakes is acceptable or even considered a delicacy prized for its alleged pharmaceutical effect of warming the heart. Western cultures document the consumption of snake under extreme circumstances of hunger]. However, human consumption of snake meat, especially when eaten raw, may lead to dangerous parasitic infections in humans.
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True eels (Anguilliformes) are an order of fish, which consists of 4 suborders, 19 families, 110 genera and 400 species. Most eels are predators.
The flat and transparent larva of the eel is called a leptocephalus. A young eel is called an elver.
Eels are edible and eaten all around the world, Usually the fresh water eels are more like scavengers. And Eels are not like snakes - they are FISH.
Most eels prefer to dwell in shallow waters or hide at the bottom layer of the ocean, sometimes in holes. Only the Anguillidae family comes to fresh water to dwell there (not to breed). Some eels dwell in deep water - EVEN AT 4000 METRES DEPTH , or are active swimmers OFTEN swimming to the depth of 500 m.

Answer 2

I would like to answer in 2 parts: 1) there are some fish which look like snakes. In Belgium and Holland people eat a fish (eel) which crawls out of the water and can survive up to 48 hours outside. It looks very much like a snake and is considered a local delicacy. 2) In the Far East it is common to serve snake (but I guess non venomous) I have seen many restaurants in Hong Kong keeping the snakes live in aquaria. As far as as venomous snakes are concerned, the poison glands would probably first have to be removed just like the Japanese cooks do with the potentially lethal puffer fish.

Answer 3

There are places in China where they eat rattle snakes raw with a little alcohol to chase it down. But a snake and an eel are not the same species pone is a fish the other is a reptile.

Answer 4

I ate rattlesnake at a restaurant in Phoenix. It was fried and tasted mild like chicken but a little sweeter. I think you just kill the rattlesnake, cut off its tail and head, and then cut down the middle of its belly to clean out the guts. Then remove the skin. Then you can cut it into smaller pieces and pull chunks of meat off. Coat those in a batter (you can use a batter like you would for onion rings) and deep fry. Serve with a nice dipping sauce (ketchup, barbecue, ranch dressing).

A 6-inch piece of rattlesnake cost us $15 at the restaurant, so it's not cheap!. I just wouldn't eat anything but the special snakes they raise for eating. Don't just pickup a snake from the wild - it could be eating rats with rabies or other diseases.

Answer 5

Yes, I saw a series on Animal Planet where there is a place in Thailand where they serve snake but the main specialty is snake blood ( its supposed to be good for virility). Anyway, the snake meat is stir fried in a hot wok or pan.
here's a recipe I found on the Internet: http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/bts/resources/recipes/fried_snake.asp

Let us know how you cooked it, and if it was good.

Answer 6

Yes snake if edible. It is a very pretty meat. Mostly I have seen it deep fried, kinda like frying fish.

Answer 7

yes you can eat snakes. The only way I've had it is fileted, breaded and fried like fish.

Answer 8

Sure, I went to a restaurant in Texas that served rattlesnake. I didn't try it, but I hear it's mostly bone, not very meaty.

Answer 9

have heard of people eating and liking snakes--don't know any recipes---maybe searh the net

Answer 10

I've heard of Rattlesnake chili. Just substitute your favorite rattler for the meat, and there you go!!!