Odd, but a question non the less

[snakehunter]

I was bored the other day and a thought crossed my mind about the 38 rats in my freezer!

I purchased them from rodent pro, and two are refreezes (not intended for my snakes now) I was wondering, do you think it would be safe to eat a rat cooked on the grill? the way i look at it is that it was frozen, and cooked. my mom thinks otherwise, what do you think?
-Jacob

[mykee]

Go for it and let us know. Hey, it's meat, right?

[snakehunter]

yeah, thats what i said, they do it in india so hey......

ill post pics, the thawind, skinning, gutting, cooking, and the best part the eating

[marisa]

What you need to do is purchase your self some fava beans and a nice chianti.

Freak. But yes I am interesting in seeing photos. Especially of you eating the tail.

Marisa

[Matt_K]

they did it on Survivor and are all still alive..

[cheech]

u really should not eat vermin its really dirty. you can have fun with that. the only reason they do it in asia is because there countries where overrun with rats so they printed recipe's for rats in the newspaper to help kill the disgusting rat population that was spreading germs and virus's. if u r that hungry then make a sandwich. if u are going to eat a rat at least get someone to pay u at least 15 bucks. then at least you won't be eating a virus for free

[Slannesh]

*rolls eyes*

Rats are rodents. Just like rabbits. People eat rabbit all the time.

Now I woudn't advocate trapping and eating new york sewer rat or anything... but there should be no more health risk eating captive bred rat than there would be eating wild caught rabbit.

[BoidKeeper]

At a boy mykee, doing father Darwin right proud you are! Doing your little part to strengh the gene pool.
Good on ya,
Trevor

[reptiguy123]

"u really should not eat vermin its really dirty."
Then why feed it to beloved pets?

Go for it, man!

[sapphire_moon]

Rabbits are not rodents! Rabbits are Lagomorphs
Differences:
Rats----can stand on their hind legs and hold something in their paws, the bottom of a rats paw is hairless, don't have molar teeth (for grinding grass and such), 1 set of incisors, their gait rodents run

Rabbits----can NOT hold something while standing on their hind legs, the bottom of their feet have hair, has molar teeth, has a double set of inscisors, rabbits hop.

There is more info on the net, just go to www.ask.com and put in lagomorphs vs. rodents

[reptiguy123]

Although they may seem like rodents...

[rwg]

Meat is meat...it's made of protein. Clean it well, cook it well and enjoy. Ever since the agricultural revolution humans have been getting pickier and pickier. Bet it tastes like chicken.

rg

[Linds]

Originally posted by cheech
u really should not eat vermin its really dirty. you can have fun with that. the only reason they do it in asia is because there countries where overrun with rats so they printed recipe's for rats in the newspaper to help kill the disgusting rat population that was spreading germs and virus's. if u r that hungry then make a sandwich. if u are going to eat a rat at least get someone to pay u at least 15 bucks. then at least you won't be eating a virus for free

True some countries eat it them for population control, however as I understand it in some places it is considered a delicacy. I don't understand where you are coming from in your claims that they are dirty and should not be eaten... they are just like any other animal. By your standard I suppose swine, cattle, rabbits and chickens shouldn't be eaten either. Personally I would take a captive bred rat over any of that wild hunted crap people put down their hatch. As long as it is properly cooked there shouldn't be any issues.

[DragnDrop]

Originally posted by Linds
Personally I would take a captive bred rat over any of that wild hunted crap people put down their hatch.

Sounds to me like this could the be theme in the bar tomorrow. You've done the silkworm thing, next it's rat steak.

[Bartman]

you have balls man
good for you to try sommin new!