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[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 89 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Hunters take advantage of the field rats’ reliable presence and sell their bounty to local roadside vendors or export it to Vietnam. In Cambodia, sellers cook the rat over charcoal and serve it accompanied by dipping sauces made from lime juice and black pepper or fish sauce and chilies. The skin is salty and rich, similar to roast chicken, while the meat itself has the savoriness of pork. Most Cambodians pair it with a local lager, such as Angkor. And no you don't eat the tail.

[–] Godort@lemmy.ca 51 points 5 days ago (8 children)

Damn, that sounds really good actually

[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 40 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Apparently field mice with a diet of rice, corn and sugar-cane are vastly different "animals" than their city dwelling brethrens.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well this is kinda easy to understand even as a westerner; you probably consider a gray/flecked pigeon as a something more or less dirty, but a white dove is the sign of purity and whatnot.

Exactly the same animal, just different colouring.

Somehow we just think eating French fries off the ground makes pigeons dirty but doves eating insects is completely fine.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Pigeons are done so dirty it's so sad.

I mean I also would like if they didn't cover everything in pewp en masse, preferably, but otherwise they're beautiful animals that aren't the "flying rats" people have dubbed them as.

I think anything will be considered more clean, appealing, and less gross when it isn't being forced to scrounge around a nasty toxic concrete city habitat for scrap sustenance, but what do I know. Lol

[–] compostgoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I completely believe that. Actually sounds like a pretty tasty way to keep down pests and have an additional income stream

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[–] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Yeah, it's pretty good. Although I find the meat kinda tough and stringy.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Still I wonder whether they'd taste even better if they were given A LOT of food, and made very fatty.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 5 days ago

Marbling.

Wagyu Rat

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)

And no you don’t eat the tail.

I mean its not like you eat the stick of a corn dog.

[–] sepi@piefed.social 14 points 5 days ago
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[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

4 bottlecaps per mole rat.

[–] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 63 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Anyone who's read Terry Pratchett knows that rats on a stick are a well-beloved street food in Ankh-Morpork!

[–] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 19 points 5 days ago

Among the dwarves, anyway. Most humans seem to prefer a sausage inna bun, though the way Dibbler's food is described, I think the dwarves might be better off.

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

Got a have ketchup though.

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[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 41 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Wow those rats are HUGE. This is AFTER they've been barbecued so they'll have had heads and fur removed and shrunk from moisture loss and they still look that big. Wouldn't want to find one of those things before they're barbecued.

[–] ser@lemmy.zip 21 points 5 days ago (3 children)

These are bamboo rats. They grow pretty big. Some are grown in farms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_rat

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Bamboo rats go through three stages when eating bamboo. The initial phase is the quick motion of the bamboo entering the rat’s mouth. The intermediate phase is the movement of the teeth chewing the bamboo and the final stage is the state of the rats’ teeth right after eating the bamboo.

Um, what?

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

They really do look like molerats from Fallout

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago

they look like invasive pests, so its probably a good idea.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 4 days ago

luckily its native species instead of the nasty brown or black rats, or even the polynesian rat.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 33 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 11 points 4 days ago

Genuinely looks good.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 25 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Once you skin'em, they don't look much differ'nt than a skwrl, and e'rybody ets skwrl alla time.

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago (14 children)
[–] Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Apparently, it tastes like chicken.

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