About rats...

[drache]

where I grew up (German countryside) people ate their pets all the time
they raised that one hog a year like a family pet
and then when it was nice and plump, it became the honoured guest at the butcher feast
and everybody kept rabbits for food too
in fact - the animals where treated well because one wanted good food
a bit opposite from what's done in the food industry now
no wonder we're stressed - we eat stressed food
I guess we'd be better off eating our pets
I don't suppose I've got enough room to raise a hog and I don't know whether American butchers make house calls
some rabbits would be doable though . . .
has anybody here ever eaten rat?

[Charlet_2007]

has anybody here ever eaten rat?

I have actually.. a bit greasy for my taste... as well as squrail (spelling?) brains, rattle snake, rabbit, goat rocky mountain oysters, frog legs , Veal well heck you name it I've probably ate it lol