RECIPES FROM OESOPHAGEAL PATIENTS

George's Rattlesnake Recipe

Yield: 6 servings

• 3 lbs dry kidney or pinto beans cooked
• 30 oz stewed tomatoes, undrained
• 4 oz canned diced jalapenos...or more (hot peppers)
• 1 large red onion cut in large chunks
• 1 garlic clove, smashed
• 1 dash of salt
• 1 lb ground beef browned and drained
• 1/2 lb rattlesnake meat in bitesized pieces browned (can substitute quail, dove, chicken, rabbit, or pork if there are no rattlesnakes in your area!!)

1. Put cooked beans into a large pot, add tomatoes, jalapenos, onion, salt, garlic, ground beef, and rattlesnake (or other) meat. Simmer 10 minutes to heat thoroughly.
2. Put broken tortilla chips in bottom of a bowl and spoon over the chips.

Courtesy "Phoenix Gazette" (I think this recipe was used to feed the actors just prior to the famous scene in "Blazing Saddles.")

George, Mesquite, Texas