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Bird flu-scared Cambodians turn to eating rats **New FAST FOOD ATKINS LowCarb**
The Straits Times ^
| Feb 17 2004
Posted on 02/18/2004 7:14:19 AM PST by carlo3b
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FEB 17, 2004
Bird flu-scared Cambodians turn to eating rats PHNOM PENH (Cambodia) - Fear of catching bird flu from eating chicken has prompted some people in north-west Cambodia to resort to eating rats, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Rats have been fetching good prices in Battambang province during the last two weeks, according to newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea, or the Light of Cambodia.
The newspaper said villagers catch the rodents in nearby rice fields and sell them for up to 1,400 riel (35 US cents) each to market vendors, who resell the meat for about 1,800 riel per kilogram.
'I started selling rat meat over two weeks ago when people became afraid of eating chickens for fear of getting infected with bird flu,' 38-year-old vendor Chhun Sarom was quoted as saying.
He added that he sold up to 60kg of rat meat a day.
People eat the rat meat with rice or as a snack while drinking alcohol. -- AP
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KEYWORDS: birdflu; fastfood; hungry; lowcarb; snacks
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To: carlo3b
Hey, Carlo...you have got to have a good Low Carb receipe for Rice Rat! :-)
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:57:31 PM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(tStir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: carlo3b
Carlo...the term is "Sackrat", not "Snackrat"!
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posted on
02/18/2004 12:58:28 PM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(tStir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: angkor
Now, I love a good "Bushy-tailed Limb Rat" myself. They are also known as Grey Squirrel and properly prepared are excellent.
Skin them, quarter them, parboil in water with some baking soda to take care of the gamey taste, then brown in butter or Crisco in the bottom of a pressure cooker. Then add a cup of water or two, and pressure cook for about 30 min. Make a gravy with the drippings and serve with green beans and mashed potatoes (Yeah, Carlo, spuds are a no-no...but that is how Grandma Schulz did it!) The meat is tender and tasty.
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posted on
02/18/2004 1:03:54 PM PST
by
Redleg Duke
(tStir the pot...don't let anything settle to the bottom where the lawyers can feed off of it!)
To: carlo3b
Any good rats-with-wings (i.e., pigeon) recipes?
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posted on
02/18/2004 2:00:00 PM PST
by
kevkrom
(Ask your Congresscritter about his or her stance on HR 25 -- the NRST)
To: shaggy eel
...sounds offal yummy.....
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posted on
02/18/2004 3:10:30 PM PST
by
PoorMuttly
(A Muttly Fed is a Muttly Earned)
To: PoorMuttly
LOL!
To: carlo3b
TRUTH IS OFTEN HARD TO SWALLOW.. :) RATS it sure is. heh heh
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02/18/2004 5:50:11 PM PST
by
Dubya
(Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
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