Eating snake means to skive in Hokkien. Of course, the Chinese do have a number of snake recipes. In fact, many people consider it a delicacy.

Traditional Chinese medical texts recorded that snake soup has a number of medicinal benefits, including blood nourishment, improvement of skin quality and increase in one’s qi or energy levels.

The video below shows how two Vietnamese boys prepare a python for the pot.

I’ve tried snake dishes before. I can say that the soup is better than the meat.