Cambodian Rat Recipies

[mbrucie 0]

Fear of catching bird flu has prompted some Cambodians to give up eating chicken. The newspaper, Light of Cambodia, reports fresh rat is fetching a premium at local markets.

 

Villagers catch the rodents in nearby rice fields and sell them for up 35 cents each. One vendor reports selling 130 pounds of rat meat a day.

 

Apparently booze helps. The paper reports the rat meat is often eaten as a snack while drinking.

 

(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 

Well I'll have Rattus Norvegicus on a skewer, Black Death be buggered......

 

Bruce

[Jaffa 0]

Rice field rats are different to common house rats.

The Thais wouldnt dream of eating a house rat.

[Crackpot 2]

Well I'll have Rattus Norvegicus on a skewer, Black Death be buggered......

 

Bruce

 

I thought it was Rattus Rattus that carried the Black Death to Europe ?

[Rhoel 2]

All mine abandoned ship  > Now what's a guy supposed to snack on?

[kjvegas 2]

That is disgusting, i could never eat rat, gotta feel for those people.  I think I'm going to bring alot of Balance bars (energy bars) in 3 weeks.  

cheers

kj

[monkeyman 1,604]

Is that rat tart? [smiley=stomp.gif]

[nidnoyham 30]

The meat is quite white cos they eat rice, seen 'em on a stick up country, would be interesting to try...... no I am kidding myself. Deep fried scorpion is my limit.  

[Rhoel 2]

That is disgusting, i could never eat rat, gotta feel for those people.  I think I'm going to bring alot of Balance bars (energy bars) in 3 weeks.  

cheers

kj

OMG , hHave you seen what they put into those commercial-type snack bars [smiley=yikes.gif], all those E numbers, stabilising chemicals and purified sugars ... at least our plump little rice rat has been raised on nice natural goodness and plenty of healthy exercise .... hmmmm, I'm getting peckish, ....  anyone for a rat kabab?  ;D

 

BTW, was very tempted by fried grasshopper last trip out ... maybe I should get out more

[Rhoel 2]

I thought it was Rattus Rattus that carried the Black Death to Europe ?

And there was me thinking me history teacher said it woz ships that carried the Plague to Europe .... damnit, always knew I should never have trusted all that weird stuff a teacher said.

 

I'll go get my pills.

[ting_tong 63]

Villagers catch the rodents in nearby rice fields and sell them for up 35 cents each. One vendor reports selling 130 pounds of rat meat a day.

 

35cents is big money for a rat, the daily wage is $1.00 a 12 hour day of hard labor.  Maybe the price quoted is wrong? T_T ???

[Duffabboy 0]

Sorry guys, I like my grub but sod eating one of them,

[Duffabboy 0]

You said it Lazyboy

[Fonz 0]

Were you getting mixed up with.

 

Rata tat tat .