Farmed pythons grow fast on a diet of waste and produce a sustainable meat that a researcher says tastes a bit like chicken. Snake is consumed in many places around the world — will Australians give it a try?
: Burmese python meat has been found to be the most efficient protein ever studied.The meat is not commonly sold or eaten in Australia, but a butcher says he would meat demand if a market emerged.has found the meat to be highly efficient, environmentally friendly source of nutrition that can be raised on waste proteins.South Australian butcher Matt Fox, who sells exotic and game meats in Mount Gambier, says he has had a "handful of customers" ask for snake meat.
"That has real-world implications for a future where we expect increasing drought, heatwaves, climatic and economic volatility and supply chain breakdowns."The taste of snake meat was not part of the study, but Dr Natusch said to him it tasted similar to chicken."It's a very lean meat … so very, very low in fat.
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