Grilled Rattlesnake with Mojo Criollo

It's so strange that I actually have some rattlesnake recipes! We actually cooked up a rattler at a friend's house (he lives way out in the Mojave desert of California and has tons of those things crawling around his yard). After cutting off its head and skinning and gutting it, we marinated the snake in Mojo Criollo, a Cuban marinating sauce consisting of lots of garlic and sour orange juice. We allowed it to marinate for a couple of hours, then we grilled it. Muy delicioso! I usually buy bottled Mojo in the store, but in the Marinade section is a recipe that's pretty close to the bottled version.

From: Staca Hiatt in rec.food.recipes on Oct 29, 1998.