Comments on: The Year of (Eating) the Rat http://benross.net/wordpress/the-year-of-eating-the-rat/2008/02/21/ A Midwesterner ON the Middle Kingdom Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:45:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Father of the Rat Fresser http://benross.net/wordpress/the-year-of-eating-the-rat/2008/02/21/comment-page-1/#comment-15664 Father of the Rat Fresser Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:44:33 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=161#comment-15664 Seriously, do you have rats in your buffet? Seriously, do you have rats in your buffet?

]]> By: Mom http://benross.net/wordpress/the-year-of-eating-the-rat/2008/02/21/comment-page-1/#comment-15596 Mom Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:00:01 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=161#comment-15596 Oh yeah, refrigerator rat is SO much better than sewer rat! Oh yeah, refrigerator rat is SO much better than sewer rat!

]]> By: Gabrielle http://benross.net/wordpress/the-year-of-eating-the-rat/2008/02/21/comment-page-1/#comment-15037 Gabrielle Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:45:26 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=161#comment-15037 I was totally okay with this post, right up until my eyes fell on the picture. I don't think I was prepared for a visual. I think I may go and vomit now. Excuse me. :) I was totally okay with this post, right up until my eyes fell on the picture. I don’t think I was prepared for a visual. I think I may go and vomit now. Excuse me. :)

]]> By: Leben http://benross.net/wordpress/the-year-of-eating-the-rat/2008/02/21/comment-page-1/#comment-14833 Leben Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:49:36 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=161#comment-14833 The picture of the rat makes me sick . when I saw it in my dormitory , I didn't chase them , I just used my broom . Good luck in the rat year . The picture of the rat makes me sick . when I saw it in my dormitory , I didn’t chase them , I just used my broom . Good luck in the rat year .

]]> By: guest http://benross.net/wordpress/the-year-of-eating-the-rat/2008/02/21/comment-page-1/#comment-14583 guest Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:14:44 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=161#comment-14583 怎么会有人吃老鼠!!!!!!! 太可怕了!!! 呕吐..... 怎么会有人吃老鼠!!!!!!!
太可怕了!!! 呕吐…..

]]> By: Sherry http://benross.net/wordpress/the-year-of-eating-the-rat/2008/02/21/comment-page-1/#comment-14255 Sherry Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:18:39 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=161#comment-14255 Hey there, Coincidentally I am from Sanming, China, the city where the whole story set in, thus so much fun and sense of nostalgia generated while reading your article. Nice try ben, as I myself have never had this courage to give the rat jerky a shot despite I am a local, born and bred. Yep little wonder that we are blessed with this local speciality of "8 jerkies", as we human beings existing around the world (not merely referring to Chinese people) are notorious for eating anything flying in the sky except the air-plane, anything swimming under the sea except submarine, and above all, anything with 4 legs except the table. Sherry Hey there,

Coincidentally I am from Sanming, China, the city where the whole story set in, thus so much fun and sense of nostalgia generated while reading your article. Nice try ben, as I myself have never had this courage to give the rat jerky a shot despite I am a local, born and bred.

Yep little wonder that we are blessed with this local speciality of “8 jerkies”, as we human beings existing around the world (not merely referring to Chinese people) are notorious for eating anything flying in the sky except the air-plane, anything swimming under the sea except submarine, and above all, anything with 4 legs except the table.

Sherry

]]> By: jack http://benross.net/wordpress/the-year-of-eating-the-rat/2008/02/21/comment-page-1/#comment-14253 jack Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:30:16 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=161#comment-14253 this is the first time to know this, I think this just happen in the past yearns, in which people have no food to eat, but now it can be popular in some city. I have no courage to try it, Ben you are great!!! this is the first time to know this, I think this just happen in the past yearns, in which people have no food to eat, but now it can be popular in some city.

I have no courage to try it, Ben you are great!!!

]]> By: Dickiebo http://benross.net/wordpress/the-year-of-eating-the-rat/2008/02/21/comment-page-1/#comment-14207 Dickiebo Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:25:16 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=161#comment-14207 If ever I needed proof that I'm a squeamish wimp then, this is it! If ever I needed proof that I’m a squeamish wimp then, this is it!

]]> By: michael http://benross.net/wordpress/the-year-of-eating-the-rat/2008/02/21/comment-page-1/#comment-14172 michael Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:14:41 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=161#comment-14172 Damn, Ben! You nasty... well, I guess I would try a bite. Damn, Ben! You nasty… well, I guess I would try a bite.

]]> By: ouyang http://benross.net/wordpress/the-year-of-eating-the-rat/2008/02/21/comment-page-1/#comment-14131 ouyang Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:53:02 +0000 http://www.benross.net/wordpress/?p=161#comment-14131 I once went to an aborigine bar in Tainan, Taiwan, and both crickets and mountain rat were on the menu. One fellow ordered rat because he wanted to see if his date would eat it, and we pretended it was chicken to get her to try it. I didn't like the taste at all. In the HBO series on Rome, there is at least one scene where the plebians are eating mice at a restaurant. The series was noted for its historical accuracy, so mice on the menu seems to go way back and all over. I once went to an aborigine bar in Tainan, Taiwan, and both crickets and mountain rat were on the menu. One fellow ordered rat because he wanted to see if his date would eat it, and we pretended it was chicken to get her to try it. I didn’t like the taste at all.

In the HBO series on Rome, there is at least one scene where the plebians are eating mice at a restaurant. The series was noted for its historical accuracy, so mice on the menu seems to go way back and all over.

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