While I haven't eaten a rat (that I know of), I have eaten other larger members of the order Rodentia. They really don't taste like chicken. I would describe taste more like lean pork. :-)
Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: mark.al...@l-3com.com To: Minton, Mark ; Texas Cavers Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:01 AM Subject: RE: [Texascavers] RE: [How to cook bats] Tastes like chicken! (You knew this was coming) Mark A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Minton, Mark [mailto:mmin...@nmhu.edu] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:56 AM To: Texas Cavers Subject: [Texascavers] RE: [How to cook bats] Don Cooper said: >You'd think RATS, instead would yield a whole lot more meat... I suspect the bats they're eating are the large fruit bats and flying foxes, not the little guys we're used to. And people do eat rats. I don't know about in Asia, although I suspect they do, but definitely in southern Mexico. In Chiapas cavers have seen rat on a stick, cooked and ready to go like a kabob, in the markets. Mmm! Mark Minton
