[Sca-cooks] snake

[ana l. valdés]

Snake was eaten by the Aztecs, in Mexico and Guatemala. Still today you
can eat snakes in several restaurangs specialized in Pre-Columbian
cookery. The most common way to eat the snake is on a soup or smoked, as
we normal eat eels.
I never tried snake but my Mexican friends say its very similar in
flavour to poultry. ??
Ana


johnna holloway wrote:

> I have another reference for recipes and snakes.
> Karen Hess discusses them in Martha Washington's
> Booke of Cookery on page 431.
> Johnnae llyn Lewis  Johnna Holloway
>
> Stefan li Rous wrote:
>  Thank you! I've asked this question previously both here and
> > elsewhere, and this is the first time anyone has been able to
> > point to any Europeans eating snakes.
> > -----------------------
> > Johnna Holloway said:
> > > > > the cookery answer is that yes they ate them.
> > > There's an article by Jennifer Stead in PPC 51
> > > on "Viper soup, viper broth, viper wine."
> > > They were thought to be medicinal, as Galen thought
> > > they cured ulcers. She mentions that they were
> > > eaten in Italy and England.
> >
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