BeardofPants
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@ tonksRE: story... what a nong. I mean, they always have a gross-out eating segment - usually some disgusting stuff. Hafta say, rats are some of the least disgusting stuff that they consume on that show....
NBC's 'Fear Factor' Sued for Rat-Eating Episode
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@ tonksRE: story... what a nong. I mean, they always have a gross-out eating segment - usually some disgusting stuff. Hafta say, rats are some of the least disgusting stuff that they consume on that show....
Gato_Solo
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Sharky said:The stunt may have been beyond reason . . . possibly. But "against their will"? I've never seen the show, but aren't the contestants voluntary?
Yep. They volunteer for that in order to win cash. They don't eat, they don't win.
BTW, tonksy...rats are edible. The reason behind not eating them is that most people don't cook them enough...and rats can carry a few diseases that would incapacitate you for a while.
Not that it tastes good (greasy).
tonksy
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i guess the navy figured we be too impatient to eat some chow to cook it rightGato_Solo said:Yep. They volunteer for that in order to win cash. They don't eat, they don't win.
BTW, tonksy...rats are edible. The reason behind not eating them is that most people don't cook them enough...and rats can carry a few diseases that would incapacitate you for a while.
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BeardofPants
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Gato_Solo said:
I thought it was the fleas on the rats that were the problem?
SouthernN'Proud
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They oughta sue the show for Mass Insult to Intelligence and Decency. It is proof that some people would watch absolutely anything.
Gato_Solo
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Yes...it was the fleas that caused the plague.
It's not tape-worm...that's a problem, too, but you can live with that and not be incapacitated in the least. It's basically the bacteria and virii that live in the rat get into the muscle (meat). Cooking over an open fire, which is what you'd be doing if you're eating rat, gives you almost nil temperature control, so you don't know if the microbes are dead or not.
Links and recipe found here...
It's not tape-worm...that's a problem, too, but you can live with that and not be incapacitated in the least. It's basically the bacteria and virii that live in the rat get into the muscle (meat). Cooking over an open fire, which is what you'd be doing if you're eating rat, gives you almost nil temperature control, so you don't know if the microbes are dead or not.
Links and recipe found here...
Sharky
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The fleas are for spice . . . like pepper.BeardofPants said:I thought it was the fleas on the rats that were the problem?
tonksy said:
Nutria are actually quite tasty . . . especially in boudin.
The big difference between nutria and rats as food is the fact that nutria are strict herbivores and will only eat fresh vegetation, whereas rats are scavengers and will eat just about anything. And, of course, nutria have those big orange toofies.
