The New Livestock: Rodents of Unusual Size

Heifer.org ^ | 2012 | Jane Hahn

[Cronos]

how was the taste? i’d eat rice fed rodents too (actually have eaten rabbits, so not such a big difference)

[COBOL2Java]

have you ever tried it? i haven’t. Have tried rabbit, snail, snake, frogs etc. — not too bad.

Saw them featured in "Bizzare Foods", where they were called "cuy".

Yum!

[B4Ranch]

Wait, they have to be approved to raise rats?

I wish we had to be approved to have rats in this country!

At least theirs don’t vote like our rats do.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

It's a shame in this case that "rat" has unpleasant connotations. In reality any small mammal not exposed to urban filth is as clean and safe as any other meat product.

It was human civilization that made rats dirty, not the other way around.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

It is all in your head.

[Erasmus]

I think Rat-In-The-Box beat them to it.

[Docbarleypop]

When I was stationed in Sicily, every Thursday I would eat at this little supper club only because Thursday was rabbit day...we had fried rabbit, saute’ed rabbit, rabbit stew....never knew how it would be cooked, but it was always great