Published December 17, 2014

Rat – it’s what’s for dinner!

Rats are misunderstood creatures. They get a bad rap based on a lot of misinformation and parents pass down phobias to their children. They actually make great pets, and while pet store rats are called “fancy,” their wild relatives in South America are called something else – delicious.

For Cambodia, rats are a protein staple, and a healthy one at that. The rats are reported to taste similar to pork, which makes sense since rats and pigs (and people) eat similar diets. Cambodians are exporting rat meat to places like Vietnam where it fetches a high price.

Farmers report catching up to 25 kg of rats in a single night, and export up to two tons to Vietnam daily.

I recently wrote about crickets as an inexpensive, viable alternative protein source that’s starting to trend. Maybe rats are next! Would you try it?

Read the full article here: The Rat Meat Business Is Booming in Cambodia
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