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Leg Humper Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 5997

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If it's clean and wholesome?

EEps · Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:18 am Post subject:

Tasty...

It really depends on the source where people are gitting it from. If you have any doubts about the food...don't eat it. Wink Smile

Toilet Drinker Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 316

Assuming the meat is not full of chemicals, and food hygeine is good (no dirty hands, knives or surfaces, separate raw and cooked foods, etc), then I don't see why rat meat would be any worse than meat from cows, pigs, etc.
Eating rat would certainly keep the pest population down Wink

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject:

Vavara wrote:
Assuming the meat is not full of chemicals, and food hygeine is good (no dirty hands, knives or surfaces, separate raw and cooked foods, etc), then I don't see why rat meat would be any worse than meat from cows, pigs, etc.
Eating rat would certainly keep the pest population down

Not much meat on them, but at least everyone gets a leg at Sunday dinner... happy8

Guide Dog Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 8243 Location: MN

CMTG wrote:
Vavara wrote:
Assuming the meat is not full of chemicals, and food hygeine is good (no dirty hands, knives or surfaces, separate raw and cooked foods, etc), then I don't see why rat meat would be any worse than meat from cows, pigs, etc.
Eating rat would certainly keep the pest population down

Not much meat on them, but at least everyone gets a leg at Sunday dinner...

they are like buffalo wings... you order them by the dozen.

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject:

anglachel wrote:
CMTG wrote:
Vavara wrote:
Assuming the meat is not full of chemicals, and food hygeine is good (no dirty hands, knives or surfaces, separate raw and cooked foods, etc), then I don't see why rat meat would be any worse than meat from cows, pigs, etc.
Eating rat would certainly keep the pest population down

Not much meat on them, but at least everyone gets a leg at Sunday dinner...

they are like buffalo wings... you order them by the dozen.

Ummm ...tasty! So when you order "Thai" wings you get the ones that skitter Shocked

be careful! Very Happy

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject:

Lenina Huxley: [Spartan encounters a burger grill in the underground world] Just don't ask them where the meat comes from.
John Spartan: Huxley, what's that supposed to mean?
Lenina Huxley: Do you see any cows around here, detective?
John Spartan: Que es este carne?
[What is this meat?]
Hamburger Stand Scrap: Este carne es de rata.
[This meat is from rats]
John Spartan: Rat? This is a rat burger?
[vendor nods]
John Spartan: Not bad! Matter of fact this is the best burger I've had in years!
Hamburger Stand Scrap: Gracias, Senor.
John Spartan: Prego. See ya later.

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject:

One of my co-workers lived pretty close to the land while he was in the special forces. Folks will be talking about unusual foods, and he'll occasionally chime in with "Monkey? Monkey's pretty good." He says that his camp's relationship with the local soup vendor ended the day that he brought rat soup. He said that it was horrible.

Leg Humper Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 5997

King Rat.
One of the best books and fims after Shogun.

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 7:10 am Post subject:

To each his (or her) own... I'm sure in some places rats are regularly consumed by people. However, aesthetically speaking rats might not taste very good, based on their diet. Rats will eat pretty much anything, unlike other rodents that are more commonly consumed (like rabbits, squirrels and guinea pigs). I suppose if the rats were farm raised and their diet was strictly controlled, it may be possible.