Fried Snake: Submitted by: The Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources | Date Added: 1 Jan 2010
Listed in: Chesa

1 lb. skinned snake, cut in 1-inch pieces
1 Cup Sherry
1/2 t. black pepper
1/2 t. Season-All
1/4 c. lemon juice
1/2 cup Italian salad dressing
Flour

1. Marinate pieces of snake in the mixture of sherry, pepper, Season-All, lemon juice and Italian dressing for 2 hours.
2. Drain and dredge with flour
3. Fry pieces for about 15 minutes, turning often until brown.
4. Drain and serve hot.

Recipe Pictures - Hover cursor to scroll if several images: Visitor Comments (16):

I see what this is! You're trying to control the population of brown tree snakes on the island. Ai adai! Hafa este na klasin nenkånno'? I am 37yrs old and raised by my grandparents, but never heard of such a thing. Left by: Christi Warn (20 Nov 2011)

Seriously, is this a joke? That's right...KALAKAS is the word!!! Snake is not Chamorro food. Recipe should be deleted from the website. Left by: A Mafnas (27 Jul 2011)

SNAKE??? U gotta be joking! I'm a native of Guam & never eaten SNAKE. Its not part of our dish. Someone's smoking "pikalolo"or on crack to be desperate to eat snake! Whoever submitted this recipe is definitely NOT from our Island! Don't mess with us! :>€ Left by: icdahl (12 May 2011)

This is loko, to put a menu on the table knowing the natibu don't eat this dish. If you plan to eradicate snakes, CHELU don't use the toatoa tanu as traps. eeeew.... Left by: taotao isla (30 Mar 2011)

Since the snakes can't be controlled, they will try to get the Chamorros to eat them to control the population, like with the now endangered Fanihi or Fruit Bat. Also, pidgin English is insulting to your culture. You aren't Jamaican. Speak your original actual Chamorro language if you want to preserve your culture right. Not this lazy, ignorant sounding drivel. Left by: Eslee Perez (20 Mar 2011)

i was born and raised on the island of guam and never did we have this fried snake. Left by: lgsetset@yahoo.com (5 Mar 2011)

sNakE iS sOh nOt pArt Of thEe ChAmOrRo rEcipE..sOh kaLakAs!!! whErE'd yOu gEt thiS idEa.? yOu aRe sOh iNsuLtiNg thEe ChAmOrRo cuLtuRe, hOw nOt aShAmE && diSrEspEctfuL aRe yOU!! Left by: JO (7 Jan 2011)

Lanyat chamorro snake chesa! I don't think so dude. Left by: flores (3 Jan 2011)

Sounds like one of those Georgia/Florida Alligator Recipes. Ick..not chamoru. Left by: LT (27 Dec 2010)

WTH???!!! wonder whose bright idea this is??? This is insulting --- & since when do our local dishes include Italian dressing?? Kalakas! Left by: Jessica (6 Oct 2010)

I must agree with these 3 people...lmao! I am from Saipan and no worries cause I know that this PUNITERU hasnt heard of WELFARE OR FOODSTAMP..WTF? where are you from? Under a rock? Braddah born and raised in Saipan and we CHESA different kinda things and thats to include CANNED GOODS but dalai hao...SNAKE are you for real? you probably smoked the STICKY ICKY BUDZ NO? Left by: PRabago (6 Jun 2010)

To the "Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources. Let me make it clear SNAKE IS NOT A CHAMORRO FOOD. Get your facts clear. You are insulting our culture. Left by: A. Meno (5 Jun 2010)

SNAKE!? Chamorros dont eat snake..maybe eel..but this is the first i heard of snake chesa! Left by: A. Santiago (14 Mar 2010)

Since when adai have we (Chamorus) ever eaten snake for chesa'? Trus, it was submitted by the "Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources". Hafa enao? Left by: J. Pangelinan (11 Mar 2010)

How can you consider this a native Chamorro food item ? If your referring to the the brown tree snake as your main ingredient , let it be understood that this non-native invasive species was accidentaly introduced to the island from New Guinea during WWII during the transport of US military.supplies and has become the scourge of native wildlife not to mention electrical power grids . Left by: M Tajalle (11 Feb 2010)

What kind of snake, since when did we ever eat snake..... not a chamorro food. Left by: A Meno (9 Feb 2010)