Farmers Foe Christmas Fayre No 4: Rat-ta-Toohey

Please do not read if :-
1) You do not have a sense of humour
2) Think all wild animals wear country gent costumes and talk to each other when we ‘humans’ aren’t watching
3) Are a vegetarian person

You will find it offensive.

Ok so it’s Christmas and a credit crunch one at that. In the next 12 blog entries, in fact each day leading up to Christmas I will give you an idea how you, the humble farmer, can control the vermin on your land and cook up a tasty dish… for free!! Please enjoy, share your own recipes of your ‘Farmers Foe Fayre’. Feel free to send in pictures of your finished dishes.

Farmers Foe Christmas Fayre No 4:



Rat:

They’re everywhere, get in everything from food to seed, spread disease and are crafty critters. On top of this, they are becoming resistant to some popular rat baits used to control them, making them even harder to control! Any good ‘ratters’ are farmers friends.

Rat-ta Toohey stir-fry: A variation on Thai style stir fry.

Why not try to cook them like chicken?

Ingredients
• Fresh rats
• Fresh herbs
• Peanuts oil
• Chilli peppers
• Butter
• Peanuts
• Large bottles of Tooheys beer , some to drink whilst you cook lest you forget what you're eating!.

Preparation

• First you’ll have to have blown the rat skin with a blowtorch (gets rid of the fur!).
• Then leave them to cool down.
• When cool enough, clean the rest of the skin with steel wool.
• Eviscerate the rat and split it.
• Put all the good rat parts in a jar, with the fresh peppers, the herbs, beer and oil.
• Leave for it for half an hour to marinate.
• Deep-fry until brown in a mixture of butter, peanut oil and Toohey’s beer .
• Serve hot with some crunchy peanuts.

For more exciting recipes on how to cook your rats, look here.

http://bertc.com/subfive/recipes/cookingrats.htm

Disclaimer


The views in this blog post are my own. I have not tried any of these recipes, so don’t blame me if it all goes wrong. I have included links and credits where applicable.


Some of the animals mentioned in the blog are protected species so please refer to www.defra.gov.uk before turning the gas on.


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Bon appétit