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Ripoffrevenge 1422 reads
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For centuries snake oil has been a folk remedy in Chinese medicine, used primarily to treat joint pain such as arthritis and bursitis. Its introduction to the U.S. most likely occurred with the arrival of Chinese laborers who came to build the Transcontinental Railroad in the mid 1800s.  Where do buy snkes oil?

holystonethedeck111 reads

Try walking out in the desert and grab a rattlesnake. Squeeze it's ass hard and some snake oil will emerge.

Make sure you have a bottle with you.

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lester_prairie87 reads

I deep fry my french fries in elbow grease.

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DeClemente84 reads

Posted By: lester_prairie
Re: I shower with prop wash.
I deep fry my french fries in elbow grease.
And you mix handfuls of sand into the lubricant before every foreplay?

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DeClemente89 reads

When I was in the military about a million years ago, our shop was in Hong Kong* for a week-long port visit. I took up with a Chinese lady, and one night when we were at her tiny apartment, she cooked some soup with slivers of meat in it.  Before I would try it, I smelled it and asked her what kind of meat it was, she asked, "Why do Westerners always smell food before eating it and ask what it is? Just taste it!"

Ok, so it tasted good, fine. After I drained the bowl, she told me it was rattlesnake. It was some of the most delicious soup I've ever tasted.

*Pre-the end of British rule there.  More than a decade before British rule ended there.

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impposter113 reads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74-ikehMxR8
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tastes_like_chicken

Posted By: DeClemente
Re: Slightly off topic but not completely:
When I was in the military about a million years ago, our shop was in Hong Kong* for a week-long port visit. I took up with a Chinese lady, and one night when we were at her tiny apartment, she cooked some soup with slivers of meat in it.  Before I would try it, I smelled it and asked her what kind of meat it was, she asked, "Why do Westerners always smell food before eating it and ask what it is? Just taste it!"  
   
 Ok, so it tasted good, fine. After I drained the bowl, she told me it was rattlesnake. It was some of the most delicious soup I've ever tasted.  
   
 *Pre-the end of British rule there.  More than a decade before British rule ended there.

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trex4497 reads

Having lived in Arizona for 15 years, I can attest from personal experience that rattlesnake does indeed taste rather like chicken.

There's a landmark restaurant in Tempe, near Phoenix, called Rustler's Rooste that is famous for their deep-fried rattler. It's a popular dish with the tourists and some of us residents.

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GaGambler90 reads

That said, while I can completely understand finding rattlesnake in Arizona, or anywhere in the SW USA where rattlesnakes are common, and I hate to cast aspersions about DC's story about having rattlesnake in Hong Kong all those many years ago, but I do find it VERY hard to believe that some Chinese woman all those years ago was able to find rattlesnake meat in HONG KONG way back then. It's not like you find a lot of rattlers in that part of the world.  Now if it were Cobra, or any other snake native to Hong Kong or at least native to nearby China that would be one thing, but I find this story about getting rattlesnake soup in Hong Kong during the time frame mentioned extremely difficult to swallow, Pun intended. lol

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DeClemente83 reads

Posted By: GaGambler
Re: I agree about the taste of rattlesnake
That said, while I can completely understand finding rattlesnake in Arizona, or anywhere in the SW USA where rattlesnakes are common, and I hate to cast aspersions about DC's story about having rattlesnake in Hong Kong all those many years ago, but I do find it VERY hard to believe that some Chinese woman all those years ago was able to find rattlesnake meat in HONG KONG way back then. It's not like you find a lot of rattlers in that part of the world.  Now if it were Cobra, or any other snake native to Hong Kong or at least native to nearby China that would be one thing, but I find this story about getting rattlesnake soup in Hong Kong during the time frame mentioned extremely difficult to swallow, Pun intended. lol
Good point, GaGambler.  

It very may have been some other species or type of snake. Heck, I was a 19-yr-old kid back then, I'm sure I paid more attention to the woman a attributes than to her words. Its been decades, so my memory of it is not crystal clear or verbatim, lol.

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impposter97 reads

I had a friend in college who came from the southwest and said he'd eaten rattlesnake. In reply to the oft asked Q, "What does it taste like?", the answer was always, "It tastes like chicken."
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Even though they diverged evolutionarily a long time ago, trex and birds have a common ancestor and are related. It sort of makes you wonder if trex might taste like chicken, too.  If only we had some fresh trex to test out a few recipes ...

Posted By: trex44
Re: Slightly off topic but not completely:
Having lived in Arizona for 15 years, I can attest from personal experience that rattlesnake does indeed taste rather like chicken.  
   
 There's a landmark restaurant in Tempe, near Phoenix, called Rustler's Rooste that is famous for their deep-fried rattler. It's a popular dish with the tourists and some of us residents.

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DeClemente83 reads

Posted By: DeClemente
Re: Slightly off topic but not completely:
When I was in the military about a million years ago, our ship was in Hong Kong* for a week-long port visit. I took up with a Chinese lady, and one night when we were at her tiny apartment, she cooked some soup with slivers of meat in it.  Before I would try it, I smelled it and asked her what kind of meat it was, she asked, "Why do Westerners always smell food before eating it and ask what it is? Just taste it!"  
   
 Ok, so it tasted good, fine. After I drained the bowl, she told me it was rattlesnake. It was some of the most delicious soup I've ever tasted.  
   
 *Pre-the end of British rule there.  More than a decade before British rule ended there.
TYPO: Our ship was in Hong Kong, not our shop.

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badger4888 reads

From a snake!

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mrfisher95 reads

Tell them you have a stuck snake.  

They’ll set you straight.

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perfectstorm101 reads

🤔  
Did you slip out of character by accident?

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