Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-11-03
JUICY RATTLesNAKE.
properly Cooked II Makes Dish Eil
foT Kings aud Epicures.

properly Cooked II Makes Dish AZ
ior Kings aud Epieures.
There IS soine tlnLg shout the taste G
the breast OF y6ut : dna 'en5er ohil keE
when II mas been done to turn ana la,
just tao right and Of gravy served with it
that REMINDS ne Of ratttssnaRes." rhi'
was the remarkable manner in whIcs
Colonel Harden Scott, Que ci the civil On
iahers OF the Missouri Paclfic, opened up .
lr .r.ll Cf bought at dinner at the (iranu
sis which dinner, by the way, became
,aesc4fies merely hollow from the Cnica
go IslrS reporter who was participating III
the ceremonies. II gather" continued
Colonel Scott, from the amazement and
surprise that you manifest, that you have
never eaten rattlesnakes. Let me tell YOU
taat there are very Few of the older school
Of ,le regular army mcn who were stationed
en- ,ue pains who nave not tried them ana
no6ouy ever ate rattIeanake once without
waning to eat IL again. The flavor is nalf
way oCtweeL that of q Young and tender
cleast OF a s., ing ,utcKen end the bcily-tir
cut " red shipper. OF course you'Ge got
g get gear latgl esaake before ne beccneS q
pau in Gu An Old "ue'. is Just as tough as
Il MAX Of jerSed buffalo meat, but young
SNAKE IS dellcacy that appeals TO every
man palate
" IL was General A. j. Smith, now Of ST.
Laa@ta WI 1t. put me on to the dish We
were ont cl me pains long before General
Sllj (! Won fame with Grant in the CAM
pligps aoout Nc9lsburg, and Smith had a
good deal of trouble getting US youngsters
10 try the new TODD We rapidly became
converts, however, aud l have never since
seen one of those fat, juicy prairie rattlers
but have wanted to cook him and spread
the rattlesnahe cult among the geptiles
every where.
.You must be very careful that you kill
your snake properly. If he has any chance
TO bite himself his flesh Is unnL for human
food hence the best way IS to hold his
head down with forked stick unul you
nave a cnance to cut it of. Then hang the
body up after skinning it, in some place
where the air will nave plenty of chance TO
blow On It, and alter it has been up a couple
OF hours zoos it oyer carefully. If there IS
any greeLl,h spot any where throw il away
and horc loI better luck next time. If it is
all 4 nc1stly, yenoWish white cut It up into
pieces d33at six Inches long and skewer a
o'2 sllcc at DacUr with each section Then
Try and you have dIsr fit ior king s
peclaily il you have some good mealy pota.
toes taket, IL. tic ashes to 60 with the meat
''Wthie General smith was really the
pioneer Of rattleshake hunting and eating
an.oLe the army men, quite a number of the
old school officers have fallen in love with
the dish and get it whenever they can.
General Sheridan, they tell me, is an en-
thusiasL on the subject, and when President
Arthur made that trip into the Yellowstone
Park, Sheridan cooked dish Of rattlers for
the party, which nobody enjoyed more than
the President.
''Fhe meat when cooked breaks into flakes
like fish. tits very succulent and noursh
ing, and the gravy has flavor of its own
that must be tasted to be understood. Some
Of the darSies down our way in Arkansas
make soup from the rattiers which they
claim is excellent, but always thought 1t
was rather insipid. The meat is little too
sweet to make up well into a soup"