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HiPointDem

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32. the global neoliberal economy is so innovative!

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 08:17 PM

May 2013

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Rat Meat Sold as Lamb in Latest China Food Scandal......now updated: [View all] dixiegrrrrl May 2013 OP

shocked no one noticed, the meat tastes different and has different texture loli phabay May 2013 #1

I'm sure it does, but how do you know this? Hekate May 2013 #34

growing up our parents called rats track rabbit so we wouldnt be freaked out loli phabay May 2013 #35

The 10 pound rodents in the Amazon are really tasty, a favorite meat. Coyotl May 2013 #39

when in belize the guides who went with us into the ulu would bring lots of wierd stuff loli phabay May 2013 #40

Mini teacup lamb. Very rare! nt Xipe Totec May 2013 #2

omg. for the win loli phabay May 2013 #4

I hope that is real Panda in Panda Express itsrobert May 2013 #3

we had lamb chops last night and if those were from a rat, I dont wanna meet that mutha NightWatcher May 2013 #5

This is one of those days that I'm happy I'm a vegetarian Happyhippychick May 2013 #6

I am 80% vegetarian, I find. dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #7

for me it depends on the season and what i have put up and whether we have been fishing loli phabay May 2013 #9

A few more stories like this and I'm going to have to make the switch! reformist2 May 2013 #14

Vegetarian also. Reading stories like this makes me happy to be vegetarian. n/t RebelOne May 2013 #21

I would have been a little suspicious when they advertised it as "Mickey Lamb" BlueJazz May 2013 #8

Ummmm... Ratatouille... Buns_of_Fire May 2013 #10

"King Rat"...great movie. russspeakeasy May 2013 #11

Great book, too--disturbing, but a fine read. nt MADem May 2013 #36

+1 russspeakeasy May 2013 #38

China doesn't have a monopoly on this kind of fraud. Lasher May 2013 #12

Food fraud goes back to before turn of the century in recent history. dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #13

I agree, Dixie. Lasher May 2013 #28

talapia tastes like nothing BainsBane May 2013 #30

Rack of Rat - the newest delicacy n/t Blaukraut May 2013 #15

how the hell big were those rats?? boston bean May 2013 #16

The only real issue is the mislabeling. MineralMan May 2013 #17

Been a while since I did mammalian systematics, aren't rabbits still in Lagomorpha? HereSince1628 May 2013 #18

Could be. Does it matter? MineralMan May 2013 #19

It would mean that bunnies aren't rodents. HereSince1628 May 2013 #20

OK. I checked and you are correct. MineralMan May 2013 #22

Never ate a rat, but I have eaten squirrel...fox squirrel actually...in stew. HereSince1628 May 2013 #23

Rabbit is a favorite of mine. MineralMan May 2013 #25

Used to love rabbit. dixiegrrrrl May 2013 #29

i have hundreds of the buggers in the hollow below my pasture, nothing like free range. loli phabay May 2013 #41

the Chinese don't eat rats though BainsBane May 2013 #31

if it were like stew meat, if it were ground up dembotoz May 2013 #24

Where? If in the US, it was amixture of lamb MineralMan May 2013 #26

Beef or lamb, if long slices...most frequently lamb in Middle East/SW Asia, occasionally beef MADem May 2013 #37

My grandfather ate a lot of rats. FarPoint May 2013 #27

the global neoliberal economy is so innovative! HiPointDem May 2013 #32

Telling your rat from your mutton: jsr May 2013 #33

boiling lamb is so wrong, rat you should boil then roast then feed to your dog. loli phabay May 2013 #42

I am physically ill. smirkymonkey May 2013 #43