Simple question - Do Thais eat Rabbit?

[phuketandsee]

Well, my gf says yes. "We eat everything" she says. "So why don't you eat this more often?" I reply.

Edited May 15, 2014 by phuketandsee

[uptheos]

I've yet to meet one Thai who shares my enthusiasm for eating Rabbit.

I think they find them far too cute to even consider cooking.

I tried some rat for the first time late last year (a large plump field rat as opposed to a dirty city rat). To my surprise, it tasted very similar

to rabbit.

Just a thought...

Then you are not well travelled here.

[Bredbury Blue]

Got to ask...what/where is KPP?

[AyG]

Also its one of the animals on the Chinese calender, and they Frown on eating it., My wife loved Lamb., but I told her it was beef... Kinda like eating a cow in India...

The connection to the Chinese calendar makes no sense. Thai people happily eat rat, ox, snake, rooster and pig - all of which are on the calendar. No reason why rabbit should be different.

[uptheos]

Got to ask...what/where is KPP?

Kamphaeng Phet Province?

Edited May 15, 2014 by uptheos

[uptheos]

Also its one of the animals on the Chinese calender, and they Frown on eating it., My wife loved Lamb., but I told her it was beef... Kinda like eating a cow in India...

The connection to the Chinese calendar makes no sense. Thai people happily eat rat, ox, snake, rooster and pig - all of which are on the calendar. No reason why rabbit should be different.

Yup, I think people should just accept that Thai's will eat just about anything.

[chuenyongman]

when I lived in Australia I got very friendly with a farmer. We were regular visitors to his property for over 33 years before I came to Thailand. He introduced me to 'spotlighting' rabbits as they were eating his produce. I used to shoot 2 sacks of them per outing.. I used to like them curried. He used to sell me a wether which is a ram that has been castrated when a lamb. He used to sell me a grown wether for $5.00. he used to kill,gut, skin, and prepare it for me. Another friend of mine had 5 yearling steers on a property and he sold me one on the hoof for $15.00. I had to cut it up myself though. Do not confuse the word wether with weather, and whether as I have seen people do.

[chuenyongman]

What went wrong to my POST??

[chuenyongman]

I am NOT writing all that again.

[chuenyongman]

Why do you not warn people about the time they cannot post so they will not waste their time

[chuenyongman]

Why do you not warn people about the time they cannot post so they will not waste their time

[evadgib]

I've seen large white rabbits bread specifically for the table on sale here. Having seen the film & read the book ('watership down') my family were quite happy to eat the cast:)

(Ferreting is one of the few things I miss from home!)

Edited May 15, 2014 by evadgib

[catweazle]

simple answer = yes!

[ChiangMaiMark]

They ate deer till there were none left. Perhaps the same with rabbits.

[evadgib]

Mine eats lamb but doesnt like rabbit, i been thinking about letting a few pairs loose up the bush, bring back the old days of rabbit shootingand or ferreting...do they have ferrets in thai cant say ever seen one.... apart from the local populace..

...i'd think twice about sticking my hand down a hole in this country...

(Fred J Taylor of 'Shooting Times' had a similar experience with a brown rat snake in Oz!)

Edited May 15, 2014 by evadgib

[Carmine6]

I asked this question several years ago. The general response was only grey wild ones would be eaten. Any pet types would not.

[Card]

They eat both lamb and rabbit, but not that commonly. You can buy frozen lamb and I think rabbit in Makro. Some restaurants serve rabbit and lamb. Dog is less common than lamb.

[malt25]

I've seen large white rabbits bread specifically for the table on sale here. Having seen the film & read the book ('watership down') my family were quite happy to eat the cast:)

(Ferreting is one of the few things I miss from home!)

I often let my Ferret out for a run. Both he & I enjoy it immensely .

[Showbags]

I saw a rabbit on the golf course near here last year....3 times in fact.

Anyone know where to buy a ferret ?

[Showbags]

Brings back fond memories but....across the Nullabor Plain....midnight.....bugs sitting up looking at the lights...kachunk..

[ChiangMaiMark]

I saw a rabbit on the golf course near here last year....3 times in fact.

Anyone know where to buy a ferret ?

Perhaps Malt will lend you his.

[David48]

I saw a rabbit on the golf course near here last year....3 times in fact.

Anyone know where to buy a ferret ?

Same place you can grab a gerbil?

[louse1953]

Rabbits are considered pets so they are not eaten.

[David48]

Simple question - Do Thais eat Rabbit?

Simple answer - Ask one. (Better yet ... several)

Well ... I do understand what you mean ... I think that sometimes also.

But in this case, I don't know Thais from all over thailand ... only my immediate family and friends near Bangkok.

So I was curious if, generally, over Thailand they rabbits were eaten.

[BWPattaya]

I have never seen anyone here eat rabbit but I have seen many guinea pigs eaten. Guinea pig = nuu dta phao.

My father-in-law uses sweetcorn as bait and sits near their burrow with a catapult (slingshot) to catch them.

[ClutchClark]

Back home we have to wait for the first hard freeze before we eat rabbit.

I caught "Rabbit Fever" once--Tularemia--for not following this rule.

Not a pleasant experience.

[AyG]

I have never seen anyone here eat rabbit but I have seen many guinea pigs eaten. Guinea pig = nuu dta phao.

My father-in-law uses sweetcorn as bait and sits near their burrow with a catapult (slingshot) to catch them.

Uh, guinea pigs live in South America, not Thailand. Must be something else.

[uptheos]

Why do you not warn people about the time they cannot post so they will not waste their time

Always copy what you have written before posting, if it's a lot......I learned the hard way.

[louse1953]

Could the same question also be asked of lamb?

Apparrently lamb stinks,so they dont want to eat it,also seen as pets.

[Sandman77]

When I was a child we have a lot of rabbits and eat them