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The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by tonychristopher: 4:45pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
On 7 March every year, in a remote village in the hills of north-east India, the Adi tribe celebrates Unying-Aran, an unusual festival with rats as the culinary centrepiece. One of the Adi’s favourite dishes is a stew called bule-bulak oying, made with the rat’s stomach, intestines, liver, testes, foetuses, all boiled together with tails and legs plus some salt, chili and ginger. Rats were eaten in China during the Tang dynasty (618-907 AD) and called “household deer”. One speciality eaten during the Tang dynasty was new-born rats stuffed with honey, “conveniently snatching them with chopsticks“, the authors say. “In pre-European times [New Zealand’s] South Island was a major source of kiore, which were preserved and eaten in vast quantities, normally in early winter,” According to the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, the kiore was considered a delicacy served to visitors and even used as a currency, exchanged at ceremonies such as weddings. Rats are eaten regularly in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, parts of the Philippines and Indonesia, Thailand, Ghana, China and Vietnam, says Grant Singleton, from the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines. In Africa, some communities have a long tradition of eating rats. In Nigeria, for instance, the African giant rat is a favourite among all ethnic groups, says Mojisola Oyarekua, from the University of Science and Technology Ifaki-Ekiti (Usti) Nigeria. “It is regarded as a special delicacy and it is more expensive than equivalent weight of cow meat or fish. It is delicious and can be eaten as roasted, dried or boiled,” he says. Rats may not be currently on the menu of your favourite neighbourhood restaurant, but as we move into a more globalised world with more adventurous diners, it is not unreasonable to think that rodents could one day feature on Western menus more frequently. Just give it a try. You might like it. After all, for some, it is the most delicious meat they have ever tasted. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20151207-the-countries-where-rats-are-on-the-menu |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Nobody: 4:50pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
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Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Fulaman198(m): 4:51pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
tonychristopher: He's very wrong. There are many Nigerian ethnic groups that would never even fathom eating such a disgusting creature. |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by greatness22(m): 5:05pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
Fulaman198:Show me the animal u have created. Why calling it disgusting? One man food is another man poison. 3 Likes |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Fulaman198(m): 5:19pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
greatness22: Fulani people don't eat rats sorry. Are you aware of the diseases found within rats? It's disgusting to think it makes sense to eat rats. It's very uncivilised. |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Khd95(m): 5:37pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
Nigerians dy eat anything rats,dog,cat,snake,monitor lizard,tortoise,squirrel,a particular specie of frog ![]() ![]() naija i hail the,person musto survive ni |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Favparis(f): 5:40pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
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Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Favparis(f): 5:41pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
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Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Favparis(f): 5:41pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
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Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Fulaman198(m): 5:47pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
Khd95: Not all Nigerians, maybe Nigerians in your particular region Perhaps that's why you ran mad, the disease from the food you eat. Haba! |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Khd95(m): 6:31pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
Fulaman198:oh ye fool,recieve sense b4 dec25 |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by scholes0(m): 7:21pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
The ones I know are eaten in my area are not rats, but other field rodents such as Hare, Squirrels, grasscutter or bush Rabbits. I know these westerners describe every rodent in the bush as a rat. |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Nobody: 7:27pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
Fulaman198: I don't believe the OP meant the regular rat when he said giant rat. What is referred to as giant rat in some literature is actually the grasscutter (called nchi among the Igbo), same family as the rabbit, the squirrel,the hare and, well, the rat. Heard the meat is delicious (especially when taken with palm wine ![]() 1 Like |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Fulaman198(m): 7:44pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
Radoillo: Loll, I think I'll stick to eating goat, beef and chicken my brother. No rodents for me whether it's a bush rat or nasty rat ![]() 2 Likes |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Nobody: 7:46pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
Fulaman198: Not even rabbit? ![]() ![]() 3 Likes |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Fulaman198(m): 7:50pm On Dec 11, 2015 |
Radoillo: I think I'm flexible (keyword being "think" ![]() 1 Like |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Funjosh(m): 9:50am On Dec 12, 2015 |
As long as it is edible, and it is good for the body no problem ![]() 1 Like |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by makahlj2: 3:50pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
If cats eat them, then rats should be fine for us too. Cats are way pickier about their food than humans. |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Nobody: 6:18pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
Can you please take Nigeria off that list. Just because some parts eat it doesn't mean the whole country does. Classic case of fallacy of composition. 1 Like |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Nobody: 6:20pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
Fulaman198: Lool! I can't even bring myself to eat goat. |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Fulaman198(m): 9:05pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
MorrowCaligari: Loll why? Goat meat is delicious. |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Fulaman198(m): 9:09pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
MorrowCaligari: I second this |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by absoluteSuccess: 9:12pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
what the op call rat in Nigerian perspective is better known as rabbit, A rat in the perspective painted by the op is 'all inclusive' for ulterior motives. |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Funjosh(m): 9:50pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
MorrowCaligari: Nah! As long as its a place in Nigeria that her people eat Rats, that simple means Nigerian eat Rats ![]() |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by tonychristopher: 10:03pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
absoluteSuccess:Rabbit is rabbit and rat is rat Rabbit is the one with wooly body and long ears and rat have long tails and vermin They are all rodents I have seen people eat big rat in Lagos Grasscutter is basically bush rat |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by tonychristopher: 10:06pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
Fulaman198: Goats meat is great Pork nice Antelope sweet Then tortoise is incredible Bat is the sweetest Beef just ordiary Local dog meat is exquisite ask efik man Snake meet is great from what the ondo folks say Snail is good Octopus meat is my best Monkey meat ..I will try that Rat meat ..I won't try that Rabbit is okay Sheep ,ramis ok 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Funjosh(m): 10:30pm On Dec 12, 2015 |
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Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by tonychristopher: 5:53am On Dec 13, 2015 |
Funjosh: Try antelope |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Fulaman198(m): 7:55am On Dec 13, 2015 |
tonychristopher: Most on the list are disgusting. You better not try monkey meat. It's like cannibalism if you do. It's almost like a lion trying to eat a leopard. Humans share 99% common DNA with chimpanzees for instance. Please don't embarrass yourself and eat that rubbish 2 Likes |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Fulaman198(m): 8:06am On Dec 13, 2015 |
I just expect Nigerians to be more educated than this. Bush meat can give one diseases, Zoonotic diseases from bat, rat and other species is how some diseases are contracted. I think that any human who fathoms eating a monkey or an ape needs to get their brains checked. 1 Like |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by Funjosh(m): 8:30am On Dec 13, 2015 |
Re: The Countries Where Rats Are On The Menu!!!! by absoluteSuccess: 12:23pm On Dec 13, 2015 |
tonychristopher: I agree with you, rat is rat and rabbit is rabbit. Rabbit is not part of our fauna, though it's called ehoro in Yoruba. The Yoruba knows a difference between rat, (a house rat) and a bush rat. eku, ekute ile: house rat. Okete: giant rat, bush rat. A bush rat is what the Igbo call ewi, if I'm correct. If so, does eating a game as big as rabbit a 'culinary sin?' what do you think? |
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