Can you really eat rat?

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ive seen it in many movies and some survival shows , ppl eating rat. Can you really eat rat , if so how do you cook it , anyway you can ? Don't they carry disease? You wouldn't get much meat ?
 
Yes, you can.
Almost a staple in some places.
Been done a lot in the past in POW camps.
Saved a lot of US soldiers from starving in Europe, and the Pacific theatre.
They come complete with thier own handle for turning them on the coals.
Skin it just like a squirel or lay it on the coals, burn off the hair, let it cook in its skin, open it, gut it, back on the coals and eat.
 
Eat rat no, but crow and badger are delicious.....
In my country people eat bunnys. With rice or some vegetables is very popular ( paella de conejo ).
 
Ausseknifeknut said:
ive seen it in many movies and some survival shows , ppl eating rat. Can you really eat rat , if so how do you cook it , anyway you can ? Don't they carry disease? You wouldn't get much meat ?
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You can eat almost anything that lives.
 
Kermmak said:
Eat rat no, but crow and badger are delicious.....
In my country people eat bunnys. With rice or some vegetables is very popular ( paella de conejo ).
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Rabbit is eaten in many countries. Probably in every country they exist. It's good.
 
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Look what we're having for Sunday supper the Sunday after my son returns from Israel.

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Every wild animal can carry diseases, rats just tend to live in dirty places like sewers. I think if you caught a rat living in a field or forest, it would be the same as every other wild animal.
Cooking it well would still be a good idea though.
 
My Oath you can, any rat in the wild eats well and gets real plump. Diet mostly seeds and grains.In this part of the world they consume rice ,in coconut plantations they eat the nuts,grow fat and juicy with delicious flavour built in.
Dont turn down the chance to munch on the wee guys,very bony and small they're great survival tucker widely eaten.piece of cake to catch by hand or snare.Just give city dwelling cousins a wide berth,too fond of sewers and drains !
Richard in Nha trang.
 
You can eat leather briefcases if you are hungry enough. Reference the Siege of Leningrad.
 
Cook it all well.

"Bunny" can transmit Tularemia, and that's no fun at all. Dead bunny can transmit toxoplasmosis if not well cooked. And there are other nasties.
 
Never have ate a rat, but squirrel, rabbit an groundhog are in the same family an there good.
 
the thing to keep in mind is what sort of bugs/parasites could that thing have picked up. rabbits tend to be pretty communal, so they trade bugs lots. Rats to a large degree as well, and since they are omnivores like us, there is a higher risk of parasites that also infect humans. But you know what other omnivore we have eaten for a long time? Piggies. Same deal. cook it well, and no worries. I would put them at about the same level of risk as far as infection went. There are few animals I wouldn't worry much about, but those are limited to herbivores that are fairly solitary, and there are not that many of those. porcupine comes to mind, but not much else, and porcupine can be toxic (or at least pretty nasty) if its been living on certain trees. I suppose in an urban area there is a greater risk of rat being pretty toxic as well, but same goes for bunnies that have been living on manicured lawns. Some of that would be cumulative toxins like heavy metals, so a once off survival situation wouldn't be a big deal, but some things are pretty bad for you and could start to cause problems pretty quickly, not sure the half-life of most rat poisons, and I don't really want to find out...
 
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