Here I was collecting eggs with a deadly snake in the chicken coop the whole time! I had made the snake discovery earlier but thought he had gone only to find out that the snake was still there ...

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Many of these recipes use meat such as chicken, pork and even snake. Snake soup is called se gang (蛇羹) in Cantonese. This rich, thick broth has its origins in China’s Guangdong province.