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type of video. This snake is an invasive species here in Florida and the government wants it
out. However we don't like wasting anything and we're going to give it a try and let you
know how it tastes.
-Guga has given me a lot fancy steaks and wagyu and today I just wanted to get him something
that he's never had, but at the same time I wanted to help with the environment and I
thought this would be the perfect idea. I'm gonna take my friend David. -The pythons are
an invasive species they are doing some harm to the Everglades so Florida actually incentivizes
people to go out and hunt them. They'll pay up to about fifty dollars for a four foot
snake and 25 dollars for a foot after that. And that's the government paying.
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-If you would like to see how the python was completely cleaned up to this stage there
will be an unlisted video in the description down below for you to watch. But as you can
see this is what it looks like once it's perfectly cleaned, and I gotta say it reminds me quite
a bit of alligator, especially the smell. At the same time this is a large snake so I have
no idea how dry aging will affect it. But we're about to find out because the only thing left
to do is to put it on my dry Ager for 30 days. Once the time was up I took it out and take
a look. This is what a python looks like after it was dry aged, and my hopes is that this
is going to be doing two things; First it will tenderize the meat a little bit, second it
will intensify the flavor. Hopefully the flavor is going to be fantastic we figured out how
to make alligator taste good we'll be doing the same thing with this one. And here's where
the most interesting part started for me as soon as I started to remove the meat it immediately
started to remind me of fish. Hopefully this is gonna taste just like mahi mahi, but we're
about to find out real shortly. Because once I was done butchering the whole thing I was
left with some large pieces so I went ahead and chopped them up. Now just by handling the
meat alone I can tell you one thing, this thing is tough, real tough. Because the next thing
I gotta do with the snake meat is to go ahead and boil it. Hopefully this will make it very
tender so I left at doing so for one hour and once the time was up I took it out and
take a look at this this thing. Is not tender at all when I say stuff I'm talking about
like shoe leather. Now in regards to the smell, boy, let's just say it's smells like the swamp!
But I wanted to get it real tender so I went ahead and threw everything into my pressure
cooker close that up and let a pressure cook on high. As that was happening it was perfect
because it allow me to go ahead and work on the crust, and for today I chose a jalapeno
parmesan cheese crust. To make it it is super easy and here's how. I first threw in some
Parmesan cheese in the food processor, blend everything on high and then was now ready.
Then I added some jalapeño chunks, followed by bread crumbs, and a good amount of salt.
Close that up, blend it on high, and now my crust is ready. And by this time my snake bites
were probably ready so I went ahead released the pressure from the pressure cooker and
opened the whole thing up. And to my surprise yes it worked perfectly. Not only did it cook
the whole thing all the way through, but it also got it nice and tender. And my hopes is
that it's going to taste fantastic. I know the crust is gonna do a great job but for
the more adventurous I would be just seasoning it with salt and pepper and nothing else. That
way we can really taste how wonderful or bad the snake taste without anything else. Because
for the next version I combined some buttermilk and hot sauce together, mix every everything
well, and thrrew the fully cooked snake in there. I ensure that every single bite was
fully covered with it, then I placed it on the crust we just made, shake it so everything
will get fully covered, and there we have it; Parmesan jalapeño crusted snake bites. I know
I said this before but I'm really hoping that this tastes really good. And to ensure that
we're gonna have success I went ahead and made a sauce as well. This one is super easy.
I combined a good amount of regular Mayo, followed by Japanese Mayo, yellow mustard, sweet relish,
gochujan spicy paste, and half a lemon juice. Mixed everything well and my sauce is now
ready. I know for sure this will taste good because the only thing left to do now is to
go ahead and deep fry it. And for that I'll be using some wagyu fat. So now I say it is
enough talking and it is time to try this dish for the very first time. So let's do it!
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everybody here we got our beautiful feast today gentlemen. Thank you for your hunt. -It
was something uh, different. -It was a it was a fun time for sure. -This is an invasive species
most of the time it goes to waste and uh Florida wants them out of here. So instead of going to
waste we're just going to give it a try and see if it's good. -I never had python in my
life so. -Can't say I have either. -I know right okay so here's the one I did I breaded with a Parmesan
crusted jalapeño crust. So I'm pretty sure it's gonna taste amazing. I also did a little
tartar sauce that is a little bit spicy, and just in case we can't really feel the flavor
I did one with nothing, salt and pepper. I say enough talking let's go for it right. -Let's do it!
-There you go okay again please. It's all the same, some of them have more crumbs than others.
-Gotta go for a crummy one over here. -All right let's go without any sauce at all and then
let you guys know how you taste. Cheers everybody. Cheers.
-Well I thought it was going to be more
tender than it is. -Kind of fishy. It's a little bit like alligator, I think alligator is more
tough. -Well you don't know what I did with it because you know not only I boiled it for
an hour, I also put a pressure cooker for another 30 minutes on high. So I mean I tried as much
as I can. It reminds me quite a bit of a mix of chicken and fish. Which is to me the description
of alligator. -Definitely a good way to put it. I think it's got a gamey, earthy taste. It
tastes a lot like a lot of carryover from that swamp, if you know what I mean. Definitely
a swampy flavor. -It's good listen we're talking about it everybody, but at the same time it's
not bad I mean it's edible. -Definitely edible. -For sure edible. -It's just something unique
it tastes like chicken it tastes like fish that's the mix of it together okay. -With that
being said before we go to the adventurous over here to really taste what it tastes like,
how about we try with the sauce. Oh you're gonna do it. -I'm going to adventures. -Oh you're
going adventures? Okay you know what you go adventurous I'm gonna go with the sause, a lot of
sauce actually. I am proud of you, you caught it then let's try the real flavor enough talking.
Cheers everybody!
Oh with the sauce is so much better. You need to use the sauce guys.
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-Definitely it doesn't have the jalapeño and bread to mask some of that swampy taste. -You felt the full flavor
of the swamp? -But it's not terrible. -Really? -Yeah it's not, it's not terrible. -No terrible? -Okay would
you like some? -It's your turn. -I'll tell you one thing you give me a tortilla and we put
a lot of hot sauce in there I would definitely enjoy that everybody. -I'm still chewing. -I'll
definitely stick to this. -But I'll say one thing, it is tough right. I boiled it, I pressure
cook it and it's still tough. So I understand why it's not a very desirable meat, but again,
I don't like anything to go to waste that's very important to me. It is an invasive species
and instead of going to waste we definitely want to put it to good use. -I gotta say this
is the most Florida thing we've probably ever done, eat deep fried snake in the middle of
a hurricane. -Yeah absolutely that's why the crazy lights are looking like this everybody.
This is as Florida as it gets! -I would like to say thank you to Mike for showing us the
way to go and find them python, I think that was crazy. We're like literally walking through
branches. -Absolutely thank you Mike make sure you guys check them out on the description
down below. I will definitely say that this is one of the craziest things I've ever cooked
and I would love to know what else you guys try that is more crazy than this. With all that
being said, it's tasty, it's not bad. -It's good. -It's not bad every body. Dry age a snake next
time who knows. -I went for I went for thirds. -Anyway guys these are the results, I hope you guys enjoyed
this video. If you did, hit that thumbs up. If you're not a subscriber be sure to subscribe
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the description down below. -It's actually damn good with the sauce. -It's, no with the sauce
well the sauce is ridiculous. Dude you never tried it with the sauce. -I'm good with the
with the snake for now.
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