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Have a few questions about frying snake (Update pg. 2)

Posted on 3/29/12 at 10:33 am
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
67888 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 10:33 am
So i tried to bread the snakes before but when i fried them the breading would easily come off and the scales would stick to the bottom of the pan.

What do i need to do to make them not stick to my pan? (i dont have a deep fryer i have a ten inch proffessional steel skillet thing. Its all ive got).

What do i set the temp to? Med or above medium? I dont want it to bubble and pop me.

Thanks fellas.
This post was edited on 4/20/12 at 10:50 am
Posted by TIGERFANZZ
THE Death Valley
Member since Nov 2007
4059 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 10:36 am to
Depends, is it water moccasin or ground rattler? There is a huge difference in the process. I always fry my water moccassin like I fry my black panther but I find ground rattler is better if I use the sasquatch method.
Posted by Count Chocula
Tier 5 and proud
Member since Feb 2009
63908 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 10:37 am to
What type of snake we talking here?

Eastern Diamond Back best fits your needs, with Bagoon Viper and members of the Boa family the worst. Hope this helps.
Posted by Party At LSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
10820 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 10:40 am to
quote:

What type of snake we talking here?


I tried to pan sear this guy, but I'll be damned if it didn't cook all the way through.
Posted by Rohan2Reed
Member since Nov 2003
75674 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 10:40 am to
quote:

I dont want it to bubble and pop me.


No idea about frying snake, But this made me lol.

(I would guess you should probably remove the scales).
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37469 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 10:42 am to
Trouser snake?
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
51449 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 11:02 am to
For GDCKS, I prefer to pressure cook the sob for 10 minutes, then bread and fry as if it were mongoose. Give that a try and best of luck.
Posted by LSUbase13
Mt. Pleasant, SC
Member since Mar 2008
15060 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 1:09 pm to
What the hell does snake even taste like?
Posted by Count Chocula
Tier 5 and proud
Member since Feb 2009
63908 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 1:10 pm to
Chicken
Posted by Cold Cous Cous
Bucktown, La.
Member since Oct 2003
15197 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 1:17 pm to
I feel like packets of deep fried grass snake would sell well at church fairs.
Posted by rutiger
purgatory
Member since Jun 2007
21594 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 1:25 pm to
Awesome thread is awesome.
Posted by Linkovich
crater lake
Member since Feb 2007
9542 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 1:29 pm to
It depends on their length and girth. Don't feed those snakes any hormones before you fry them. They say enzyte doesn't grow them any bigger but I call B.S.
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
19042 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 1:42 pm to
George, contact this guy:

Dave Chabreck
U.S. Forest Service
Phone: 601.384.5876
e-mail: dochabreck@fs.fed.us

Dave is a US Forest Ranger in SW Miss. His dad was a forestry professor at LSU back in the 80's. Dave should know a thing or two about eating snakes.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
67888 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 1:43 pm to
I will shoot Dale an email. Thanks!
Posted by AlwysATgr
Member since Apr 2008
19042 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 3:53 pm to
(It's Dave, not Dale)

Let us know how it turns out.
Posted by Dorothy
Munchkinland
Member since Oct 2008
18154 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 4:06 pm to
quote:

What the hell does snake even taste like?



I've only had a bite of fried rattlesnake (just to say I ate it!), and it tasted kind of like fried alligator--somewhat of a cross between chicken & fish.

Posted by W
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2007
6100 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 5:14 pm to
Bear Grylls skins the snake first. Then saves the skin for a piss canteen later. I digress. Oil as hot as possible.
Posted by Boh
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2009
12358 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 5:22 pm to
quote:

Then saves the skin for a piss canteen later.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
79163 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 5:26 pm to
quote:

Bear Grylls skins the snake first.


Is this before or after he tomahawks them into the ground like Chuck Norris to break all their bones.
Posted by TheIndulger
Member since Sep 2011
19245 posts
Posted on 3/29/12 at 6:44 pm to
quote:

(It's Dave, not Dale)

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