In my youth, there was a full-page advert in papers and magazines that showed a rather disappointed-looking military man, likely a marine, holding a stick with a piece of meat on the end of it in a campfire. The caption was, "Tonight we're having rattlesnake."
Believe it or not, this was meant to encourage recruitment, as it supposedly appealed to White guys eager to prove themselves tough and manly. Why a rattlesnake? Out of crayons, I guess.
At Ft Sill OK, on the live fire obstacle course, a recruit encountered a rattler. He jumped to his feet and ran towards the start point screaming snake! Two drill sergeants were running the opposite direction, knives in hand also yelling snake. Luckily the live rounds actually pass about thirty feet overhead.
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Beats starving. But that's about all you can say about it.
ReplyDeleteIn my youth, there was a full-page advert in papers and magazines that showed a rather disappointed-looking military man, likely a marine, holding a stick with a piece of meat on the end of it in a campfire. The caption was, "Tonight we're having rattlesnake."
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, this was meant to encourage recruitment, as it supposedly appealed to White guys eager to prove themselves tough and manly. Why a rattlesnake? Out of crayons, I guess.
I went to a rattlesnake roundup in Opp, Alabama a few times, it was a good time and the fried rattlesnake was not bad, needed more seasoning..
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I’d forgotten about the Opp Rattlesnake Roundup, they used to advertise it all over the state.
DeleteNot sure if its still there, but The Fort restaurant outside Denver offered an appetizer of snake and eggs. Rattlesnake and Quail eggs
ReplyDeleteI thought it tasted more like dirt than than a midsummer bullhead filet.
ReplyDeleteIt's better wrapped in pastrami and steamed. What a protein rush!
ReplyDeleteAt Ft Sill OK, on the live fire obstacle course, a recruit encountered a rattler. He jumped to his feet and ran towards the start point screaming snake!
ReplyDeleteTwo drill sergeants were running the opposite direction, knives in hand also yelling snake.
Luckily the live rounds actually pass about thirty feet overhead.
The two times I ate it, I thought it tasted like chicken fried steak.
ReplyDeleteHad it, wasn't impressed. Tasted like gator.
ReplyDeleteRattlesnake makes good jerky.
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