Yo Tek Wouldn't want to endanger your chickens by stealing their lunch to make BD! Seriously, you can buy roast rat at restaurants in Bangkok. Different rat though, not those grey sewer jobs, brown bushrats mostly that have invaded the cities. We were infested with them at the Beach House in Hong Kong, quite cute, nice animals, not at all disgusting. Came down from the adjoining mountain. Trouble was they were taking over, and apart from their staple diet of fruit and veggies they also had a taste for electrical wiring. I lost patience when they ate our washing machine. I killed maybe 80 of them after that. We didn't get round to eating any though. :-)
Then there's the roast dog at the restaurants in Shenzhen... Naah, another time. Rat pelts, skaar? You mean they'd have to skin them? Might be a bit of a disincentive. Best Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ >that's not rat, that's NYC Chicken ;-) > >--- In biofuel@egroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 50cents for every rat pelt brought in would get a lot of homeless > > involved. > > > > Keith Addison wrote: > > > > > Check out the last two paragraphs below. > > > > > > Keith Addison > > > Journey to Forever > > > Handmade Projects > > > Tokyo > > > http://journeytoforever.org/ > > > > > > > > > November 29, 2000 > > > New York City Ponders Rat Problem > > > > > > A.P. INDEXES: TOP STORIES | NEWS | SPORTS | BUSINESS | TECHNOLOGY >| > > > ENTERTAINMENT > > > > > > By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS > > > Filed at 5:30 p.m. ET > > > NEW YORK (AP) -- Some big cheeses held a summit Wednesday at >Columbia > > > University on how to get rid of the rats that seem to be >overrunning > > > New York City. > > > ``Twenty years ago this city had a concerted effort to fight >rats,'' > > > rat expert Randy Dupree said somewhat wistfully. ``That stopped, >and > > > now we've seen a burgeoning of the rodent population. What we >need is > > > everyone to join in on a war on rats.'' > > > About 250 rat-weary citizens turned out for the Rat Summit, at >which > > > academics, health officials, politicians and bureaucrats focused >on > > > Public Enemy No. 1 -- Rattus norvegicus, commonly known as the > > > Norwegian rat. > > > ``Rat rage'' appears to be on the rise in New York. At a recent >rally > > > on the steps of City Hall, demonstrators chanted such slogans as, > > > ``One rat, two rat, three rats, four, everywhere I look there's >more > > > and more.'' > > > The city now has two official rat hot lines and a new City Council > > > committee that focuses specifically on vermin, and Mayor Rudolph >W. > > > Giuliani has designated an official as the city's ``rat czar.'' > > > ``We make unprecedented efforts to kill rats,'' Giuliani said. >``We > > > kill more of them than any place else. We probably lead the >country > > > in rat killing.'' > > > City Councilman Bill Perkins proposed banning the city's wire-mesh > > > trash receptacles because they make it easy for rats to get to the > > > garbage. > > > Deputy Mayor Joseph Lhota, the rat czar, urged everyone to be more > > > sanitary. > > > Bruce Colvin, who works as a consultant on rats, said estimates >of 8 > > > million rats in the city are almost certainly exaggerated, as are > > > tales about about foot-long monsters roaming the sewers and coming > > > out at night to feed on stray cats and lost puppies. > > > To control rats, Colvin insisted, New York should not focus on > > > killing rodents by placing packets of poison in abandoned lots >and on > > > subway tracks, but should instead concentrate on eliminating the > > > animals' food, particularly grease from restaurants. > > > ``For rats, grease is a high-protein food source,'' he said. ``It > > > allows them to kick up their sex drive. You know the rest.'' Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
