corkscrew Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 On the road to Sena this broiled rat dealer does a brisk business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegha Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 And why not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carib Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 From what i understand, these are "rice rats" . Not the city rats. Well we eat rabbits and hare, why not rats. With me it is beween the ears, it is a strange thought, to eat rat. Must be because i have been thought negative things about them, and not used to eating animals like that. Most things we donot know and try to eat, taste like chicken i am told, in that case i will stick to that, no need to try... is there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dee123 Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 .....scamper, scamper,..thud,thud, sizzle,sizzle, crunch,crunch....!.....your dish sir.....Bon Appetit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmi Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 The people that I have talked to that have eaten rat say it is really good. I will take there word for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 The people that I have talked to that have eaten rat say it is really good. I will take there word for it.I have been told that rat from sugar cane fields have a nice taste as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_brownstone Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 You have to remember that these are "field rats", living on mostly vegetable matter - rice, maize etc. not the city rats living on garbage and heaven knows what else. Big difference! I have had rat on several occasions in various parts of Thailand, tastes rather like a gamy chicken. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_Pat_Pong Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 You have to remember that these are "field rats", living on mostly vegetable matter - rice, maize etc. not the city rats living on garbage and heaven knows what else.Big difference! I have had rat on several occasions in various parts of Thailand, tastes rather like a gamy chicken. Patrick I'll never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tod Daniels Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 I have eaten the "rice rats" up country many times in various places here in thailand. They are pretty tasty, albeit slightly tough and chewy. I don't see anything wrong with eating them and certainly the natives don't either. Then again growing up in the hills in the US we routinely ate woodchucks, squirrels, rabbits, and occasionally possums. It's much the same as people eating insects. The water beetles look like giant cockroaches but are caught in the rice paddys and are quite good, although it's too much work for not enough food in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovenman Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 I have had rat on several occasions in various parts of Thailand, tastes rather like a gamy chicken. I'll never know. One wonders what wine would go well with grilled rat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Losangels Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 I have had rat on several occasions in various parts of Thailand, tastes rather like a gamy chicken. I'll never know. One wonders what wine would go well with grilled rat? Up country home-made Satoe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corkscrew Posted May 29, 2008 Author Share Posted May 29, 2008 I have had rat on several occasions in various parts of Thailand, tastes rather like a gamy chicken. I'll never know. One wonders what wine would go well with grilled rat? I had my few bites washed down with lots of Leo beer. (Actually, I needed a can of Leo even before I took the first mouthful.) It was about a year ago when I had my first rat. And it did taste like oily chicken. Yesterday we just bought 6 of them for friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegha Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 I have had rat on several occasions in various parts of Thailand, tastes rather like a gamy chicken. I'll never know. One wonders what wine would go well with grilled rat? A nice Pinot Grigio, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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