This puts the cost of an organic chicken into perspective

[twentypence]

nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/odd/4972295/rat-meat-demand-inflation-bites

[savoycabbage]

Doesn't it just!

[AvenaLife]

Nice! Did you know they are security tagging expensive cuts of meat in some Tesco and Sainsburys stores because people have been stealing them.

[Guadalupe]

Mmmm, rat. Yum.

[MatNanPlus]

can't see it catching on in the 'all you can eat' buffets myself.

AL

[twentypence]

Yes that was in the news here as well.

[stitch]

actually, why should it be so weird? once you get over the ewwww factor, rats are just the same as any other animal you would have to slaughter and butcher yourselves before youcould eat it. so better to eat rat meat, than no meat at all

[TheMoistWorldOfSeptimusQuench]

Don't they carry hideous diseases though? Are they not transferable to humans?

[stitch]

surely when you cook the meat, the disease causing germs die?

[BloodySmartarse]

hungry enough, youd eat rat too. take my word for it.

[expatinscotland]

go veggie

[hifi]

they dont eat rats off the street, its rats that are bred for eating. i hope that makes it more palatable for everyone .

[MarsLady]

Just reading the words rat meat was enough to convince me. I didn't read the article. Still shuddering at the thought...

[BloodySmartarse]

whatever man
ive eaten snails, frogs less, horse, emu, crocodile, ostrich...
id eat rat.

and i reckon any one of you would too, if you were hungry enough. trust me.

[MarsLady]

not hungry enough yet smartarse!

[BloodySmartarse]

nope.
but im damn sure you could make a bit of ratmeat appealing enough given the right herbs and spices...

[twentypence]

I'd eat a rat that had been grown especially for the purpose of being eaten. I question how much meat would be on one though.

[foxytocin]

I don't have a problem with it. Rats are also eaten by the rural poor in India. Rats eat the grain in the rice fields so they have had an excellent diet.

British people eat rabbits, another rodent.

[foxytocin]

guinea pigs, not much bigger than a rat is eaten in Peru

[dilemma456]

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[cheesesarnie]

Go veggie.much cheaper ,better for you etc etc.

[AMAZINWOMAN]

Lots of people think that we are strange as we eat beef.

[notsoteenagemum]

Makes me feel a bit icky but so does eggs and cows/sheeps/goats milk ewww.
Smartarse is right though.

[FlightAttendent]

I suppose any animal that is friendly seems less threatening to eat. I mean a sheep doesn't go for your neck when cornered does it.

I hate eating meat anyway. Milk also wrong imo but am not good vegan, have been very lazy and not tried hard enough.