There’s an old saying in journalism: If a canine bites a person, there isn’t any story there. But if a person bites a canine, that is newsworthy.
So in Utah, somebody getting bitten by a snake is comparatively frequent. But what a couple of person consuming a snake?
I grew up in Texas and “rattlesnake shish-kabob” was one thing I noticed on many a barbecue joint’s menu. I even tried rattlesnake (critically, tastes like rooster) and received to questioning if anybody serves snake in Utah.
As you already know, snakes are frequent right here within the Beehive State. If you’ve got lived right here for any size of time in any respect, you’ve got possible encountered rat snakes, gopher snakes, king snakes, and even rattlesnakes.
I even had a cousin in Lehi who saved boa constrictors in a terrarium in his bed room.
So how about BBQed snakes?
Arguably essentially the most well-known snake vacation spot was Cafe Diablo in Torrey, proper subsequent to Capitol Reef National Park.
They served “Rattlesnake Cakes,” a type of crab cake that diners report was pretty tasteless, however got here with a rattlesnake sauce that made the dish beautiful.
Sadly, Cafe Diablo closed its doorways 4 years in the past and its alternative, “Hunt and Gather” has not embraced rattlesnake as a part of its new menu (though they do have rainbow trout and smoked duck).
OK, so the place else are you able to truly eat snake in Utah?
The Sego Restaurant in Kanab was rumored to have rattlesnake, and apparently again in 2021, they did. But snake is now not on the present menu at Sego (though you will get swordfish!), so I regarded elsewhere.
Fort Zion in Virgin (petting zoo/vacationer entice/restaurant) has one thing referred to as “Rattlesnake Burger” on its menu. I’m positively intrigued.
Snake has often popped up because the “Chef’s Special” on the Rodizio Grill in Salt Lake City and a place referred to as Prohibition in Murray, Utah, was rumored to have snake on the menu.
Alas, inquiries into the rumor confirmed it to be false, though Prohibition does have one thing referred to as the Beast Burger — which is 25 p.c elk, 25 p.c bison, 25 p.c Wagyu beef and 25 p.c wild boar. Not surprisingly, it isn’t low cost — 28 bucks — although it does embody onion rings.
The web site New Scientist swears snake meat is the way forward for the meat business, claiming “When it involves the effectivity of changing meals into meat, snakes come out on prime,” says Daniel Natusch at consulting agency EPIC Biodiversity. “No other livestock species studied to date possesses the same credentials or rates of production as pythons.”
If making an attempt snake is on the prime of your record, your finest guess may be to order some rattlesnake sausages from the web site Exoticmeatmarket.com, the place you’ll be able to seize some rattlesnake sausage or bratwursts for $29.99 a pound.
Cook ’em up and chew them earlier than they chew you.
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