If I'm not mistaken, meat tenderizer is a protease that breaks down the proteinsin meat, thus "tenderizing" it. And as the venom is a protein, it should break it down as well. As for the actual recipie, I was told a bit of spit, then sprinkle liberally and rub it in... My standard disclaimer reads that my BA in Communications doesn't guarrantee any correct scientific data, just that I can convey the data...8-} ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave D. Cawley | The information on the Internet is only University Of Scranton | interesting to people who are interested Scranton, Pennsylvania | in it. [log in to unmask] | -Scranton Tomorrow Spokeswoman [log in to unmask] | refusing invitation to Internet Cafe's opening ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~