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Old 09-24-2014, 12:23 PM
 
Location: El Dorado County, Ca
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I wouldn't have a problem with trying farmed rat meat. There are plenty of food sources out there that are being overlooked that are less resource intensive than some of the animals we currently eat.
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Old 09-24-2014, 12:51 PM
 
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As the great Samuel L. Jackson says in the film "Pulp Fiction": "... rat may taste like pumpkin pie but I wouldn't eat the filthy MF".

*LOL*
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Old 09-24-2014, 12:54 PM
 
Location: Delray Beach
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Asolutely!
I'll try anything (cooked) once, but I draw the line at live animals that are still moving... like a grubworm sandwiche. Grubworm pate would be doable... i think.

I would even try grlled leg 'o man in a very, very, bad pinch.
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Old 09-24-2014, 01:37 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Everything sounds gross until youre starving...
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Old 09-24-2014, 02:56 PM
 
Location: USA
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I'd be OK with it if they were raised in sanitary conditions and fed a diet of decent grains.

I wouldn't eat rat served by a street vendor in Mumbai though. Rats in big cities like that have to rely on eating human garbage to survive.
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Old 09-24-2014, 04:35 PM
 
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If you want farm raised RATS, go to any good sized pet store and you will have a big choice, and they are all farm raised so to speak. These rat farms raise them to be pets for children, for experiments by medical people, to feed to snakes, etc.

If you want to try a farm raised rat, just go to a pet store and buy one. Personally I don't eat rats.
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Old 09-24-2014, 06:19 PM
 
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Sure, I'd try a farm raised rat.
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Old 09-24-2014, 08:03 PM
 
Location: Tucson/Nogales
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1. To sell it in the U.S., you'd have to come up with a fancy-sounding name for the meat and charge a lot of money for it. Once it catches on among the Hollywood and Hipster elite, then you can drop the price and sell it in grocery stores. Good luck. (Or you could start out calling it "North Korean cuisine" but you'd still have to charge a lot for it, or people won't eat it).
Bingo! We've got a winner here! Excellent idea! If I recall, historically, I believe that's the route another meat choice started here, chicken?, the rich were eating it, too expensive for the poor to eat it, and when the price dropped, everybody was eating it!

And yes, use a French name for it along with a fancy name for the sauce!
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Old 09-24-2014, 08:13 PM
 
Location: San Antonio
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I won't Never...
But I'd doubt I'd ever get a rat burger.
Maybe if the world food supply went downhill or if I lost a bet.

Can't help think of Demolition man. That was a funny scene.

Demolition man 1993:rat burger scene - YouTube
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Old 09-24-2014, 08:57 PM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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Id have to eat like a dozen (or two) to get me full, but sure... skew them up.
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