"Rats are a major source of protein" says Vijay Prakash, a government official and rat-snacking advocate in the State of Bihar. "The only issue," he continued, before being led back to his padded cell, "is how people react to rat meat, but I think it will not be a problem."
I think we can probably resolve this quite easily. Hands up, who'd like to eat this:

And hands up who'd like to eat this:

Oh. I see. "Waiter, two deep fried rats pleased and make sure the tails are nice and crispy."
Originally published on Blogger on 14th August 2008.

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Food of the common people.
They didn't go hungry did they? Personally I would have given the field rats a miss, especially with all those other dishes on offer.
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