OB Daz and OB Aidan react to Kent Rollins making Fried Rattlesnake. Support us on Patreon: / officeblokedaz Instagram: officeblokedaz Link to original video: • Fried Rattlesnake
I'm from Oklahoma, but I'm not as far out west as Cowboy Kent. I stepped on a rattlesnake barefooted when I was a kid. It was a small rattlesnake that was sunning on a rock. I didn't see it and my heel came down on it's head. Later on my grandpa came along and showed me what I had done and it freaked me out. If I would have stepped anywhere else but down on it's head it would have bitten me. After that I stopped walking around barefooted and started paying closer attention to where I'm stepping. Anyway, love the Cowboy Kent reactions.
As a native Texan, footwear was never optional. The ground was trying to hurt you always. It was hot dirt, thorny brambles, spiders, snakes...nothing nice Then I move to Michigan and I'm like I CAN NAP IN THE GRASS
@@stezenast5878 I hear you. I'm from northeastern Oklahoma in the part of the state referred to as Green Country. So the landscape isn't as hostile as it can be out west or down in Texas. Plus I was near my grandparents house, so the property was pretty well maintained. I definitely wouldn't have been walking around barefooted if I had been out in the woods.
When I was a kid in stillwater Oklahoma. I can remember going out on a rattlesnake hunt with others from town and over the weekend we caught 5000 rattlesnakes.
A place we ate when I was young served rattlesnake, rabbit, froglegs, pigs feet, venison, squirrel, catfish, alligator tail, dove, quail, wild pig. Rabbit Habbit. Street festivals around here have always had vendors that sold those foods as well. Thats here in Central Texas.
In the late 60s back home in Northern California, our subdivision was surrounded by large hills. In the summer, rattlesnakes would come out. Had a neighbor who caught one and barbequed it, taking pieces of it around the neighborhood to try it. It was told that it actually tasted pretty good, like barbequed chicken.
We associate tastes with what something looks like, the breading, and what we're used to as a point of reference. I was told that fried alligator tail tasted like a combination of chicken and fish. When I ate it, the breading over powered the meat, so it tasted like fried chicken, because chicken breasts taste bland, the breading gives it the flavor. Chicken thighs taste more like chicken because the meat isn't bland. Fried rabbit and fried squirrel taste the same, both rodents. Fried frog legs tasted like overcooked buffalo wings because they're mostly bones and easy to dry out. Turtle tastes a bit like fish. A friend told me that dog tastes like pork, but it's greasier than possum.
Caught 2 bullsnakes on my porch yesterday twirled up (fkin). Left em alone because they keep the venomous snakes away. Copperheads are more active in my area of Oklahoma than rattlesnakes, but bullsnakes are basically venomous snake repellant.
Fried rattlesnake is pretty good. The bones are the biggest inconvenience. It's been years since I've had it, but in the past you could get it at the Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater, Texas. It is held the 2nd weekend in March every year. They used to cook it different ways other than just fried. It always was a neat experience.
When I was serving in the United States Marine Corps in Twentynine Palms, Ca. Myself and a few of my buddies would get rattlesnakes and cut them up like he did in the video, wrap the peices in tin foil with canned corn and other veggies, a dash of hot sauce and throw 'em on our campfire coals for about 45 min. Damn good grub!
In the US, you can purchase rattlesnake and alligator meat online. My dad used to bring home small tins of rattlesnake in a tomato sauce. These items are eaten throughout the South. It's common to find in rustic US cusine across the country.
You have inspired me Daz to follow Bob Ross painting as well. I am 62 years old and can't draw a match stick....but just maybe I can paint with Bob Ross.
Duke's was created in Greenville, SC and to this day it's an old debate about dukes or hellmans. At least where I live, a lot of people including me prefer dukes. Dukes is more tangy since they add vinegar while hellmans is just sweet since they add a lot of sugar.
I got some baked rattlesnake from an acquaintance of my boss years ago. Brought it home and convinced my 10 year old daughter to try it with me. It was like a rabbit type consistency and sort of the same bland flavor. reminded me of picking meat from between eel ribs at a Japanese restaurant...not bad and I could definitely eat it without trouble.
I'm not in a position to go hunting for snakes but back in the westward expansion in US history, different snakes are on the menu. Can't ever get over Cowboy Kent and Bob Ross as they are pure legends.
My parents, both from southern California, liked eating snake. It does come tinned, too. They also went froggin' and served up fried frog legs. That being said, all snakes give me the heebie jeebees. Gonna have to cleanse my brain after watching the snake visuals here. Bon apetit!
I typically don't eat things with low yield and high effort. I put it in the same category as I do most with crabs, oysters, pomegranates, and corn. If it's already prepared, then sure I'll eat it, but if I have to make any more effort than what it takes to eat yogurt then I won't touch it.
I'm an Oklahoman like Kent. I was in Colorado on an elk hunting trip as a teen, and we were traveling to Idaho Springs to take a shower one night. We stopped at a random restaurant on our way there. On the outside it looked like a nice log cabin. But when we walked in in our casual hunting clothes, we saw that it was super fancy on the inside and a well dressed guy at the door took us to a table and gave us menus.. We saw that they had rattlesnake on the menu. Everything on the menu was super expensive. And my dad's cousin whispered under his breath, "I think we better get the hell out of here, boys." So we bolted out of there. 😂 Too expensive and fancy for us country boys from Oklahoma. We also have rattlesnakes where I live. There's a place on my road where we often see pigme rattlesnakes. My dad and I caught one in a Pringles can. My dad and uncle even let it out on my uncle's garage floor when my uncle was having a party and they were drinking. 🤦🏽 My dad also killed a huge timber rattlesnake once and brought it home, and I skinned it and tanned its hide. It had 15 rattles and a button.
Snake and alligator are two meats that are vastly underrated. This is coming from someone that's lived in Hawaii their whole life and never wanted anything to do with them , let alone try eating them. But while on the mainland in the south my gf got my stubborn ass to try both a few separate times. Both were really really good. Terrible at describing things face to face with someone let alone writing it down lol so just trust this internet stranger on this one
In his retired years my Grandpa was a rattlesnake hunter in Arizona. You could call on him if you needed a snake removed from your home. He wore the classic bolo tie with a snake rattle in glass along with his Stetson hat. At about 6'5" he cut quite a look.
Actually it's quite delicious. As a southerner we eat everything. It tastes a lot like fried chicken. If you have ever eaten rabbit or squirrel it's closer to that in texture & taste but the meat is white like chicken.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸❤
My ex and I (and our 3 kids) moved from Ohio to Arizona in 1979 and lived there until 2000...now back in Ohio...my ex though would go rattlesnake hunting and would skin them and sell the skins and made a nice bit for the skins (they are used for boots, belts etc.) and we would fry the meat and it is delicious!! Also, one Mother's Day, my entire family (Mom/Dad) went to Tombstone outside of Tucson for dinner - yes it a bit touristy but the food at this restaurant was very good - and they were serving rattlesnake and rocky mountain oysters (both deep fried) for appetizers for Mother's Day - they were delicious -- but as my son asked for seconds on the oysters, he wanted to know what it was and when we told him...he decided to stick to the snake LOL I said you already ate about 10 of 'em! Both are very good - telling you first hand!!! Rocky Mountain Oysters are Bull testicles.... It's definitely NOT a meal or anything to put on a sandwich - it's an appetizer or just a side dish...and yes you make a good dip! Ya, the cleaning looks so familiar - some things my ex was able to do very well! LOL (Ya, I was the one washing and washing it...and I would soak it in BUTTERMILK too!) overnight! He would hunt quite a bit for rattlers because of the skin (he was excellent curing it etc. lot of work to that too!) - and after making snake maybe 2 or 3 times - I told him too much work - we would just get at a restaurant LOL
Aiden’s so spoiled he’s never had to trek thru the desert for 6 days, naked, sipping on a table spoon of diet baja blast wid nothing but a fryer and a rattlesnake to eat🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ Unbelievable this young man.
It taste like a fish that ate a chicken. I had it hot-rock style, but I'd love to munch on these, chicken gizzard and gator jerky with an ice cold pint of lager!
405/580. In high school we used to have a pretty cool science teacher who would let us dissect both rattle snakes and water moccasins if we brought them without the head removed.
How does he know how big 2 teaspoons is? The guy has probably been doing this over 60 years. I think during that time he has measured out how big teaspoons is in his hands, several times.
I'm surprised that Daz never saw rattlesnake on a menu while living in Texas. I haven't tried rattlesnake yet, but I will. Tried gator twice. It tasted like tough chicken.
I am a native Texan. I’m not going to lie, I am scared to death of rattlers. They sell rattlesnake meat at the meat counters at some area grocery stores.
Here in Arizona Rustlers Rooste and Rawhide had Fried Rattlesnake but I haven't been to either one in years! It's tastes good kind of like chicken but chewer! I had a Rattlesnake that I got in my freezer, but power went out in the garage, and it went bad! One of these days I'll have get out in the desert and get another one or two!
A little town north of here had a rattlesnake round up every year for 100 years or more until the PETA people started squawking about it. They'd round up hundreds of snakes in a single day. My husband and brother-in-law went up a few years. They found it great "gives ya the willies" kind of iun. :) And you could buy snake meat to bring home. They went as spectators, btw. :)
I had me a rather in mah hand Kent coz he was slitherin in my house. And to myself “hey Kent showed how to fry me up some snake.” Dang thing bit my hand! And turned blacker than anything. I thought welp I can fry me up some snake and added my hand too! Little buttermilk and flour and spice. Dang good! Deee-licious!!👍
Always wanted to try rattlesnake but never have. I get a feeling it's similar to frogs legs, which I tried once. They tasted somewhat like chicken wings but slightly gamey (and looked like very tiny chicken wings tbh). Not bad, but after eating a few, I thought, for the price, I'd just rather have chicken wings lol. There's a lot more meat on chicken wings and either one takes some effort to eat (messy, etc). I'd eat frog legs again, but not for the extra price.
My first wife's great uncle had a farm in the Mississippi Delta. It was ate up with rattlesnakes, Eastern Diamondbacks. Every time he would plow the field, all the snakes would come into his yard to get away from the noise. One day he pulled up on his tractor into the yard and he was about to climb off his tractor and there was a snake on the ground. He yelled at his younger son to get a hoe for him. He saw his son running to him with a hoe and all of a sudden, he threw the hoe into the air and ran back into the house. He was able to get off the tractor and get the hoe and he found another snake. It had startled his son. That afternoon, he found and killed six rattlesnakes in his yard. He had a skin of one mounted on a plank in his office with a tape measure to prove that it was over 7 feet long. In the US Army Jungle Survival school in Panama, they joked that skinning a snake was like pulling pantyhose off a fat girl. :)
I've eat snake and there is not enough meat to fool with. I'll eat tree rat or squirrel and rabbits. Turtle meat is good but snake is not anything but bones. Alligator is kinda like frog legs they both taste swampy. I love deer and tree rat pie is good, but I didn't like snake. I will try anything but I don't like any liver.
