A farmer perpares rats caught in a nearby rice field Saturday for a stir-fried dinner in Takeo province. Many say paddy rats are tasty, as opposed to inedible city rats. For more, go to www.phnompenhpost.com to see last year's audio slideshow on hunting and grilling rat.
Pictures source: http://www.weirdasianews.com Rats… To many rats are a disgusting creature that we cannot wait to have killed or removed.
However in Cambodia, no rat is left to waste… especially not when inflation has increased the cost of meat almost double in the last year.
Many Cambodians already believed rat meat to be a great source of protein and a tasty little snack when gathered together drinking, but the popularity of the meat really began to increase when beef hit around $10 a pound.
At around $2.50 a pound, rat meat favorites like the garlic-flavored field rat have quickly replaced the standard beef dishes.
“Not only are our poor eating it, but there is also demand from Vietnamese living on the border with us.” said an agricultural official from Koh Thom.
Not only have the locals saved money by eating more rat meat, they have also been able to earn more money by catching rats and making them table-ready.
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From the look of the woman and people seen in here, they pretty much look like Vietnamese. Also from previous and reports and accounts, Cambodian farmers would catch these rice field rats then sell them by tons to Vietnamese in Vietnam for cooking in their favorite special dish.
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