Recipe - Rattlesnake And Beans

3 pound Dry kidney or pinto beans
cooked; OR
64 ounce Canned beans
30 ounce Stewed tomatoes; undrained
4 ounce Canned minced jalapenos
more or less to taste
1 lg Red onion
cut in large chunks
1 Garlic clove; smashed
1 ds Salt
1 pound Ground beef
browned and drained
One half pound Rattlesnake meat *
in bitesized pieces
browned
Broken tortilla chips (opt.)

* (can substitute quail, dove, chicken, rabbit, or pork)

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

Posted by Pamela Newton (VKBB14A) who said it came from the Phoenix Gazette
by Dale Keyrouse.