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Rat problem? Call the Cambodians!

The_Minister · 2009-01-25 11:09:48

Rat meat price soars in Cambodia Article copy and pasted in full so you don't have to look at dead, skinned rats I like how we pay millions every year fighting rats, and they wanna set up rat farms.

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Rat meat price soars in Cambodia

Article copy and pasted in full so you don't have to look at dead, skinned rats

Soaring inflation and increased popularity is putting the normally affordable meat beyond the reach of the country's poor.

A kilogram of the protein-rich flesh would cost you 5,000 riel in Cambodia, or about 70p. That is up from 1,200 riel last year.

Spicy field rat dishes, with a touch of garlic, have become particularly popular at a time when beef costs 20,000 riel per kilo.

The rats have also become easier to catch as they flee to higher ground from flooded areas of the lower Mekong Delta.

But soaring prices is not bad news for everyone.

"Many children are happy making some money from selling the animals to the markets, but they keep some for their family," agriculture official Ly Marong said.

"Not only are our poor eating it, but there is also demand from Vietnamese living on the border with us."

He estimated that Cambodia supplies more than a tonne of live rats a day to Vietnam.

In August, a welfare minister in India suggested that the Bihar state set up rat farms and rat meat centres to beat global food prices.

I like how we pay millions every year fighting rats, and they wanna set up rat farms.

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#2 25-01-2009 11:16am

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvVqcuNQHpI

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#3 25-01-2009 11:17am

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Thought that even in Cambodia, there would be better things to eat.

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#4 25-01-2009 11:26am

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Is this for real? I smell a rat.

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#5 25-01-2009 12:18pm

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Meat is meat.:D

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#6 25-01-2009 12:24pm

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ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

Is this for real? I smell a rat.

Have you got one on the grill?

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#7 25-01-2009 12:26pm

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I'm sure the odd rat can fall into the mincers at burger producing places.;)

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#8 25-01-2009 12:29pm

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Don't blame me if you are squeamish and click this..........;)
http://www.supertouchart.com/2008/05/20/chinaroadtrippingthe-street-cuisine-of-beijing/

There's a Rat Kebab at the bottom of the page.:eek:

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#9 25-01-2009 12:52pm

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They leave the heads on.:eek:
I hope I'm never that hungry.

/ I'd still avoid it like the plague though.

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#10 25-01-2009 12:54pm

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It's actually lovely

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#11 25-01-2009 1:14pm

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Sharpshooter wrote: »

They leave the heads on.:eek:

I went to an "authentic" chinese restaurant for lunch with 5 friends a fortnight ago. Just on Parnell St... the crispy fried chicken was not deboned,
and half way through my meal one of the girls picked out the entire chicken head from the pile of chicken :eek:

Feck authenticity... give me KFC instead !

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#12 25-01-2009 1:16pm

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CreepingDeath wrote: »

I went to an "authentic" chinese restaurant for lunch with 5 friends a fortnight ago. Just on Parnell St... the crispy fried chicken was not deboned,
and half way through my meal one of the girls picked out the entire chicken head from the pile of chicken :eek:

Feck authenticity... give me KFC instead !

I am definitely not eating my dinner now:(

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#13 25-01-2009 1:23pm

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We slaughter cattle but pet dogs.... why? Cuteness? Who defines whats cute and whats not? If cows had better Press Agents maybe we wouldnt eat them!

I wouldnt have a seconds concern about eating properly prepared rat and anyone saying "euwww" should really look into how chickens are farmed...

DeV.

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#14 25-01-2009 1:32pm

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Especially as the article suggests these are wild rats being caught, look at how much extra we have to pay for free range chicken. And if we don't shell out for free-range organic meat we are getting meat that has been pumped full of hormones and anti-biotics and has a very high fat/cholesterol content because the animal has never moved in it's life.

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#15 25-01-2009 1:34pm

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rats are actually very clean animals...:D
http://www.veganpeace.com/animal_facts/Rats.htm

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#16 25-01-2009 1:36pm

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DeVore wrote: »

I wouldnt have a seconds concern about eating properly prepared rat and anyone saying "euwww" should really look into how chickens are farmed...
DeV.

I totally agree about the chicken farms, which is why I only eat free range chicken and eggs.
I guess I still associate rats with The Bubonic Plague ,
so its more of a mindset thing with me.

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#17 25-01-2009 1:47pm

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i remember a mate fo mine who used to live i thailand anf harpoon rats at night by attracting them with food, switching on a light connected to a tractor battery and 4 of the fire off harpoons at it....

.... grill it with garlic n chillies... lovely

paddy

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#18 25-01-2009 1:54pm

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Damn Cambodians stealing my idea.
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=58450742&highlight=rats#post58450742

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#19 25-01-2009 2:08pm

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Sharpshooter wrote: »

/ I'd still avoid it like the plague though.

I see what you did there.

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#20 25-01-2009 5:59pm

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Rats urine can spread Weill's Disease, a flu like infection that is often fatal. So before you eat them, ensure that they haven't p****d on anything first.:D

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#21 25-01-2009 6:18pm

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ART6 wrote: »

Rats urine can spread Weill's Disease, a flu like infection that is often fatal. So before you eat them, ensure that they haven't p****d on anything first.:D

Thanks for that lovely thought! :eek:
*throws rat burger away*

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#22 25-01-2009 6:25pm

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Biggins wrote: »

Thanks for that lovely thought! :eek:
*throws rat burger away*

Drops Pint of Guinness on floor with alarm...............:eek:

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