1. How to cure an Adder
By E.
May Day 2012

3. Remove head an inch or so down the
neck to avoid the poison sacs

4. Slice carefully down the belly, just to beneath
the scales. Don’t cut into the gut sac!

5. Take your time. The belly scales are
tough!

6. Sunburn…

7. Use a Stanley knife if necessary

8. Remove the gut sac in its entirety (don’t burst
it), then just peel the skin back along the length
of the body

9. Kids are fascinated by innards

10. Nail the skin outside down on a board,
stretching it

11. You’ll need plenty of salt

12. Work the salt roughly into the inside of the skin
to both cure it and as an abrasive in place of a
scraper

13. Get the kids involved

14. Just remind them to wash their hands
thoroughly as snakes are big on salmonella and
parasites

15. Keep salting and rubbing until all
membrane has been removed, then dry in
the sun