Chinese people bred huge wild RATS for their 'nutritious' meat, came up with dozens of ways to cook them and celebrated '100 reasons to eat them' - before they were banned due to coronavirus

UK Daily Mail ^ | April 20, 2020 | Billie Thompson

[C19fan]

For many people, rats are unwanted guests in the house. But in China, they can be a delicacy on the dining table. Chinese bamboo rats, a possible coronavirus carrier, have been a sought-after food source in the country for centuries and hailed for their 'nutritional value'. Tens of thousands of farmers raised them, chefs cooked them in dozens of ways and web users celebrated '100 reasons to eat them' - until the pandemic brought the trade to a standstill.

[ClearCase_guy]

Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist.

[jimmygrace]

Good thing this is the Year of the Eat something normal!

[BradyLS]

Giant, flightless rats!

[BradyLS]

Bats. Giant, flightless bats...

[usafa92]

Barbarians....

[lgjhn23]

“...Bats. Giant, flightless bats....”

I do believe my days of eating Chinese food are over....LOL

[Kickass Conservative]

I read the Book “King Rat” when I was a Kid.

[JonPreston]

I hear rat sauteed in guano is quite the meal in Wuhan.

[dayglored]

Barf. There went a perfectly good breakfast.

[Track9]

Totally and in every way inconceivable.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Chinese culinary habits might be the death of us all yet.

[tflabo]

You would think Chyyyyynnnnnnaaaaa could raise lots of chickens both for eggs and meat. Enough with the rodents, bats, snakes, dogs, cats and other assorted vermin delicacies.

[9YearLurker]

You are what you eat?

[dfwgator]

PRINCESS FIONA: Mmm. This is good. This is really good. What is this?
SHREK: Uh, weedrat. Rotisserie style.
PRINCESS FIONA: No kidding. Well, this is delicious.
SHREK: Well, they’re also great in stews. Now, I don’t mean to brag, but I make a mean weedrat stew.

[a fool in paradise]

Someone should ask ex-president Obama if he ever ate rat.

[a fool in paradise]

Nutria are served in some places around the world

[Mr. Rabbit]

So, if bats are “Chicken of the Cave”, and cats are “Chicken of the Railyard”.. What are rats?

[a fool in paradise]

The billion dollar Marxists want Americans eating grasshoppers and other insects

[max americana]

We can give them our “Rats”. They’re stupid, liars and un-American.