#@!$%^ Rattle snakes, man!
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Yeah, I live on a farm, so snakes and foxes are always after our shit. Once, I was collecting eggs, and a gigantic-ass snake was waiting for me in the chicken coop. There was an egg-shaped bulb in its throat. I got a shovel and made a war cry and chopped its head off. The creepy part is that the body kept moving after I killed it.
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The Southwest is not for the faint of heart. Worked summers at a working ranch in Mesa (Southern Colorado) where you were basically up to your eyeballs in scorpions and rattlers.
I'm usually against violence, but I've decapitated my share of the little bastards. They're not quite as territorial/dangerous as other snakes, but they tend to blend in with the Southwestern brush.
Honestly though, they're not even the worst of what we do get in the Southwest. Our hornets and wasps are no joke. And don't get me started on our weather.
And for the uninitiated, those are green chilies. They are fire roasted and then blended together with tomatoes. In Colorado, they are then cooked with a meaty roux (with some pork stock for extra deliciousness) to make a stew/sauce that goes well on everything. This is only a general description. In most restaurants in AZ, CO, NM, and NV (to a lesser extent) green chile recipes are unique and held in close secret by the cook. I have one myself and it is one of the few recipes I do not lightly share.
Hope your dog gets better, man.
I'm usually against violence, but I've decapitated my share of the little bastards. They're not quite as territorial/dangerous as other snakes, but they tend to blend in with the Southwestern brush.
Honestly though, they're not even the worst of what we do get in the Southwest. Our hornets and wasps are no joke. And don't get me started on our weather.
And for the uninitiated, those are green chilies. They are fire roasted and then blended together with tomatoes. In Colorado, they are then cooked with a meaty roux (with some pork stock for extra deliciousness) to make a stew/sauce that goes well on everything. This is only a general description. In most restaurants in AZ, CO, NM, and NV (to a lesser extent) green chile recipes are unique and held in close secret by the cook. I have one myself and it is one of the few recipes I do not lightly share.
Hope your dog gets better, man.