Guest SRA Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Check this............ Rats Back on the Menu HANOI (Reuters) - Rats are back in season in Vietnam's Mekong Delta, with tonnes being brought to the market daily by rice farmers for sale to bars and restaurants. The Tuoi Tre Chu Nhat (Youth Sunday) Magazine said at least three tonnes of rats were being brought to market daily in the southern province of Bac Lieu. They are destined to be served up as rat sour soup, fried rat, curried rat and grilled rat, all popular dishes in the rice farming Delta, where the rodents are a scourge for crops. Rat meat is sold at $1.70 per kg for top cuts down to $0.80 for the lowest grade, the paper said. The report said data from the Bac Lieu Agriculture and Rural Development Service showed up to 270,000 rats had been caught on 84,000 acres of rice fields in the province so far this year. It said rat catchers were managing to earn up to $4 a day. They were disappointed last year when heavy floods that lasted for months in the Delta nearly wiped out the rat population, but the phenomenal reproductive rate of the rodents means no shortage lasts for long. Anyone up for lunch????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! That is sick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10acboy Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! MMMMMMMM - Rat Tenderloin!! Now that's good eating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SRA Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! can anyone say.........Rat sour soup......eh, Buckee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! Brings back memories of Mel Brooks, History of the World Part 2. Remember the scene during the French revolution and the guy is selling dead rats On the plus side I sure this keeps the Black Plague under control Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! YIKES!!DON'T THINK I COULD HANDLE THAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oo_buck Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! Hey, anyone else in the mood for Chinese?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! Yummmm. Yummmm! I personally like the tail. Its great with a little lemon-garlic and a few grilled onions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! Hmmmmmmmmmmm! Rat BBQ!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missed160 Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! I saw something on Discovery that in a lot of the far east, Rat is the main source of meat for a lot of people who live outside the city.. I suppose if you think about it, they eat nothing but grain, and are very clean animals, so they must be a lot like squirrels? Still, kind of turns my stomach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! actually, it's not all that bad. now if they're the rats that are running around the streets of Hanoi, that's one thing, but if they're the rats that run the fields, much like our tree rats, a.k.a. squirrels--there's really no difference. they serve "large succulent rat" down in south america. i sampled some while on liberty one day. it's not bad. tastes much like rabbit, squirrel or, yep, you guessed it--chicken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad dryden Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! Dont talk bad about rat meat unless you have tried it. I for one havent tried it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! Now what does one use to hunt rats? Shotgun might be a bit too much, a muzzy behind the front shoulder might ruin the good high dollar meat, and a 30-06 is probably out of the question too........Never tried rat, sorry I never will........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! [ QUOTE ] can anyone say.........Rat sour soup......eh, Buckee [/ QUOTE ] RAT SOUR SUP ... nope, I can't say it ..LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Sauceman Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! Don't see what is wrong with that. What do you think squirrels are? Glorified rats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puffy Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! I'm not one to shy away from other cultures food preferences. I've eaten stuff like smoked eel, cuttlefish, shake'n bake muskrat to name a few. I can't see eating rat being a bad thing when you can't afford anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KSNimrod Posted December 1, 2004 Report Share Posted December 1, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! What I want to know is what makes a "top cut" of rat as opposed to "low grade"! I mean, is the price difference really justified??? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! $$$$$$$$ I'M RICH! I'M RICH! I'M RICH! I'M RICH! I'M RICH! I'M RICH! $$$$$$$$$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archerjg Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! I think that I'll pass on the rat. Archerjg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerdanmagic Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! What you guys have never had a Rat backstrap? MMMMM..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deldeer Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! ever heard of general soo chicken????????? it aint chicken!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinsonovagun Posted December 2, 2004 Report Share Posted December 2, 2004 Re: This is just flat out WRONG!!!!!! [ QUOTE ] Don't see what is wrong with that. What do you think squirrels are? Glorified rats. [/ QUOTE ] My thoughts exactly. I don't think I would eat one of their's though......but I ain't gonna bash them for eating them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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