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Logan shows off his model boat.
Update from the field:
Micah Fink, Field Producer
Recent encounters with nature have brought even more excitement to the frontier.
The Clunes, one of our three frontier families, came face to face with a
sleepy rattlesnake while cutting hay in their hay
meadow. The beast was four feet, four inches long
from nose to tip, and as it rattled threateningly, it
was pinned to the ground with a pitchfork and quickly
dispatched. The Clunes decided to preserve the hide
by removing the flesh, pinning the skin to a board,
salting it thoroughly, and letting it dry in the sun.
The skin is now on display outside the Clunes' cabin.
The Clunes counted eleven rattles at the end of the
tail, and they also decided to try the meat. Mrs. Clune decided
not to participate, but Aine and Tracy, both 15,
prepared the snake flesh by rolling it in flour, and
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Aine and Tracy, both 15,
prepared the rattlesnake by rolling it in flour, and frying
it in a pan.
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Logan in the chicken coop. Read his profile.
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Rudy gives us an update from the farm.
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frying
it in a pan. There was relatively little meat, lots
of small bones, and the general consensus was that it
looked like fish, but tasted like chicken. The
frontier families have also seen brown bears, lots of
deer, and they often hear the soulful sound of coyotes
howling in the night.
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