Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1913 — Snakes as Food. [ARTICLE]

Snakes as Food.

In many parts of the world snake flesh is deemed perfectly good food, j'rank Buckland, the famous British naturalist, dined off boiled boa constrictor, finding It pleasant fare, with a taste not unlike that of veal. Snakes are frequently eaten by the Japanese, Chinese, Malays and West Africa. Several tribes of Brazilian natives eat anaconda —there is a good meal for pretty well every one In the whole tribe In a big specimen. Our own American Indians eat rattlers and a popular Italian delicacy Is a Jelly of. stewed vipers.