3rd World Inflation Out of Control: Price of Rat Meat has Quadrupled in Cambodia

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    Inflation is out of control in the 3rd World. The price of rat meat has quadrupled in Cambodia this year and inflation is putting rat meat beyond the reach of poor people.

    With consumer price inflation at 37 percent according to the latest central bank estimate, demand has pushed a kilogram of rat meat up to around 5,000 riel (69 pence) from 1,200 riel last year.

    Spicy field rat dishes with garlic thrown in have become particularly popular at a time when beef costs 20,000 riel a kg.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_cambodia_rats
     
    bogart, Aug 27, 2008 IP
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    pingpong123 Well-Known Member

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    With the way rats multiply why dont they grow them in rat farms or something???????
     
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  3. bogart

    bogart Notable Member

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    New York City has over thirty million rats.

    People complain that it's bad in the US but you don't see the rat population decreasing.

    [​IMG]
     
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    homebizseo Peon

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    The price of oil has sent the price of all meat sky high. Until oil consumption is dropped to a point of its not needed; we are at the mercy of the oil companies both foreign and domestic.
     
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    I guess there is a big difference, Cambodia being an agricultural country, the rats are fattening up on grains etc. So their meat shouldn't be poisoned. I can't imagine what the stomach of a NYC rat contained. It would be dangerous for consumption.

     
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    Lexiseek Banned

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    They should save up and only eat rat on special occasions then.
     
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  7. bogart

    bogart Notable Member

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    I've always thought of rat as an everyday food where every family could afford to put a rat on the table.

    What is the world coming to?

    New York rats are well fed. They eat at KFC and taco bell.

    Rats Take Over KFC/Taco Bell
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su0U37w2tws
     
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    That is too high in cholesterol. I prefer simple grain fed rats :)

     
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    aletheides Banned

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    Thats how I roll...
     
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    The Price of Rat Meat not only skyrocketing in Cambodia, but also at the Thailand, Vietnam and Laos as well...
     
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    I would have to be really hungry to eat a NYC sewer rat.
     
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    Damn, I wish you hadn't said that. Now the Anti-Americans on this board will be blaming America for raising rat prices too!
     
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    wisdomtool Moderator Staff

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    Definitely it is the Americans fault, if only they had reared their own rats better, feed them healthier food, we may have another huge source of rat meat from NYC, look at the situation now! Millions of rats in NYC roaming about yet cannot be harvested!

     
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    It doen't look bad once it is cooked

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]
     
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    Actually it looks good when prepared properly. I wonder if it taste like chicken?
     
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    If that's true, it's really alarming.

    I guess we should all be thankful for what we have.
     
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    No thanks, I prefer a Big Mac anytime of the day. If you don't tell me what I am eating I guess I would be fine eating that, but no way if I know it is rat, yucks!

     
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    India has started a campaign to start eating rats. They have no shortage of them -- 10 billion rats live in India.
    http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=979047

    [​IMG]

    The price of rice has hit 90 US cents per kilo in the Philliphines. Times are getting tough all over.
     
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    Man 90 cents for 2 pounds of rat meat - whats the world coming to LOL
     
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    2008 is the Year of the Rat in China
     
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