INDIA TELLS PEOPLE TO EAT RATS
Posted in News on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 at 2:03 pm by James McGinnis
http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/news/bcct/india-tells-people-to-eat-rats/
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Citizens in one of the poorest regions of India were advised by the government to start eating rats, according to a report Thursday by the BBC.
Vijay Prakash, prinicipal secretary for the state’s welfare department, said: “Rats have almost no bones and are quite rich in nutrition. People at large don’t know this cuisine fact but gradually they are catching up.”
Prakash estimates that nearly half of all food stocks in the county are actually eaten by rodents, so eating rats will actually have additional benefits.
“There are twin advantages of this proposal. First, we can save about half of our food grain stocks by catching and eating rats and secondly we can improve the economic condition of the Musahar community,” he told the BBC.
Rat meat is not only a delicacy but a protein-enriched food, widely popular in Thailand and France, Prakash said.
Posted in News on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 at 2:03 pm by James McGinnis
http://blogs.phillyburbs.com/news/bcct/india-tells-people-to-eat-rats/
Courier Times Now
Citizens in one of the poorest regions of India were advised by the government to start eating rats, according to a report Thursday by the BBC.
Vijay Prakash, prinicipal secretary for the state’s welfare department, said: “Rats have almost no bones and are quite rich in nutrition. People at large don’t know this cuisine fact but gradually they are catching up.”
Prakash estimates that nearly half of all food stocks in the county are actually eaten by rodents, so eating rats will actually have additional benefits.
“There are twin advantages of this proposal. First, we can save about half of our food grain stocks by catching and eating rats and secondly we can improve the economic condition of the Musahar community,” he told the BBC.
Rat meat is not only a delicacy but a protein-enriched food, widely popular in Thailand and France, Prakash said.