If you don't have a crock pot you can cook it in a dutch oven in the oven with low heat (300 degrees) which will give more even heat than if you simmer it on the stove top. The lower temperature of using a crock pot or slow oven will insure tender meat.Higher heat is what causes lean cuts of meat to toughen.f you don't have a crock pot you can cook it in a dutch oven in the oven with low heat (300 degrees) which will give more even heat than if you simmer it on the stove top. The lower temperature of using a crock pot or slow oven will insure tender meat.
In addition to those listed above, individuals of several species of water snakes, the eastern hog-nosed snake and the venomous cottonmouth moccasin may be black colored to a great extent, depending on the age of the individual and the habitat in which it is found.
Gray Rat Snake. 25-84 inches. Tan or gray with large dark brown or black blotches down the back and a smaller series on each side; some scales yellow, orange or red producing a calico effect; underside white anteriorly, grading to gray or pale brown with obscure markings towards the tail. Young rat snakes are pale gray with dark brown blotches. Scales slightly keeled on the middle of the back, and in 25-27 rows. The Western and Gray rat snakes are distinguished on the basis of genetic differences rather than appearance. Use distribution to identify rat snake species.