Hello all
I just got back from yet another visa run and this time I went to the union of Myanmar. After a long 12 hour trip and being peddled and hassled by young boys to purchase cigarettes and Viagra etc, I am glad to be back at home.
I have some pics below for you and I will explain why it was a sad drive home. Two cars ahead of me a large snake was run over by one tire. The car in front of me missed it entirely as it curled up in a ball. Thank goodness it went between the axles. I stopped and examined it. It had an 8 inch wide portion of vertebrae fractured and was hurt critically. (sad) It was so beautiful. It was alive and suffering at the moment but I figured it had moments left so I made the call not to put it out of it's misery. After she passed on, I bagged her up and brought her home. Now what I am about to show you and tell you may gross you out! Hey that's cool. I decided that instead of letting her get endlessly run over by other vehicles until she is part of the asphalt, I would make use of her. I cooked her! It would have been a waste of good meat. I was able to get about the same amount as a decent chicken. Those of you that are hurling about now I should explain that I tried to give her to the locals first, figuring they would cook her as they do most snakes especialy cobras. So in the end my Thai girlfriend at the time said lets eat it and feed are dogs as well. I have eaten many things during my stay in Asia and the Middle East. To list a few.....Large winged termites ( my favorite by the way...I cook them often and eat them while I watch a good movie), silk worms, many different types of locust, crickets and grasshoppers, Giant water bugs, Scorpions (delicious too)...That should give you an idea. <<side note>> Bugs offer you a 90% plus protein intake as opposed to a measly 40 some percent for the meats were mostly used too.
Back to more of why I was sad......While prepping her for cooking, she had 8 large eggs inside. The loss of her life and then a potential 8 others. SOB.
Copperhead racers are rear fanged and to humans her venom is mild no more hurtful then a bumble bee sting. That is if you are not allergic. They like to be aggressive and show their teeth. They are a good snake to have as a pet, once they get use to you. This one was at full maturity and massive.
So to end my sad story on a good note. I shared this delicious offering with Dangmo, KoJow and Kiejiow. Enjoy the pictures
1 comment:
Hi Dave
I got quite a kick out of reading about the snake, especially the part about having him for supper. It reminds me of something that happened years ago. When Kevin was about a year older than Bram is now he came in one day with a worm and said it was his pet worm and his name was going to be Herman. We put Herman in a jar with some soil and Kevin lugged him wherever he went. One morning when I went to wake him, there was poor Herman lying on top of the soil, dried up like an old leather shoe lace. Who knew we were supposed to feed worms!!!!! Anyway, Kevin was so upset and he cried, he asked if we could get a little box and bury Herman and I said, yes, we could. Then he suggested we get a popsickle stick and make him a nice little cross and put some flowers on his grave. I was trying to make him feel better so I decided to humor him and told him we could do just that. But then he decided since Herman was already dead, maybe he could put him on the end of a fishing rod and go fishing!!! Poor Herman. Nice talking to you Dave. :)
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