Well, it was probably most of the way it was cooked. I don't know how to cook very well at all, so my wife kind of supervised, but wasn't 100% on board because she was grossed out by the fact that it was snake. The one I ate was fried, so the batter tasted great. I boiled the other one to remove the bone and it ended up just being gross. Rattlesnake does have it's own taste for sure, but describing it as "chewy, stringy, shitty chicken" isn't far off either. Certainly worth a try. Don't let my bad experience dissuade you.