buffalo_bill Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Comments here only proof that eating-preferences are like political preferences : what matters is the imagination . What is better about Thai seafood from a chemically polluted fishpond than a lower Suk rat that has grown up in pure nature and probably just smells a bit from exhaust fumes . Apart from rats being extremely intelligent and therefore good for many posters here . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTO Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I had a pet rat once - called Cathy - was a very nice animal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 I rode over a squirrel on my bike one time and killed it. Squirrel, as you know, is a rodent. I thought at that time about taking the thing home and having it for lunch, but my wife would have had a fit, so I left it there -- on a multi-use trail, along a creek. Next day when I rode by the spot, there was no sign of the squirrel...I ride this trail often for recreation. I see lots of deer and squirrels -- a nice woodsy place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skirtlifter Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Gotta wonder how these villagers can consume eel with gay abandon. Has the consistency of gristle in my opinion and about as much flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Back in the mid 1970s, the government tried to get Thais to eat field rats. This was the same time they tried to get people to eat bugs. Before that only in Isaan were rats and insects considered food. The rats didn't catch on that much, but the bugs certainly have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Didn't Vietnam have a program not so long ago where citizens could redeem dead rats for cash, like we do for recyclables elsewhere? Or maybe it was Cambodia or Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Hi, "where citizens could redeem dead rats for cash" Oooohhhh, I'd like that. Rats are probably very easy to breed Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 i had guina pig in peru, i'm sure not freshly caught on an andean mountain top. too many bones, very fiddly to eat but tasted ok, i would eat farmed rat but you'd need a few to make a meal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 IIRC, you only had to submit the tail, so not much impact on your good eatin'...yeehawww! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 Rat au van? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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