In the new year for good luck mice to eat a rat (10 photos)

These frames are made in the province of Suphan Buri, 120 kilometers north of Bangkok .... Although a similar pattern in Thailand you can see at every step ...





Thai rice farmers have learned to earn money on rats ...



They catch them using grids rodents and dogs, fry, add seasonings and food upotreblinyut ...



Today found that rats are carriers of at least twenty of diseases including fever, Lassa fever, and Trichinosis. Not surprisingly, the Guinness Book of Records, these animals are characterized as the most dangerous rodents. Nevertheless, there are rats and mice, which is not difficult to catch and can be without fear upotreblint food, moreover, many eat them not only in difficult times, but every day, and even as a delicacy.



Thai fried rat became a popular dish in roadside bars, despite the fact that they cost twice as much pork, or poultry ...



Today, in large parts of Latin America and Asia, as well as in parts of Africa and Oceania rat meat is still common and appetizer and main course. In some parts of China has a popular restaurant, where rats are prepared dozens of ways.



In the Philippines, the peasants hunt field mice and rats with machetes and flamethrowers. In countries from Peru to Ghana rats and mice are seen as an important source of animal protein.



Even in the US there are commercial suppliers of both. The company under the name «Gourmet Rodent», which literally means "Gourmet rodent" sends customers skinned and frozen carcasses with companies UPS and «Express Mail», and living animals - Cargo Aircraft «Delta Air Freight» ...



History rat dishes out to the distant past - in imperial China rat was called reindeer, and a dish of meat it was considered particularly exquisite treat. Marco Polo wrote that the Tatars eat rats in the summer months ... and in the days of Columbus, when the ship's depleted stocks of provisions due to unforeseen delays on the way across the oceans, a specialist in catching rats is becoming an important member of the crew, whose work is highly paid, and rats, usually perceived as pests become a valuable source of protein ...



So, as they say, do not argue about taste ...



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