Is it safe for humans to eat mice???

[shelliebear]

And another thing, I'll admit it makes my stomach squirm to think about eating a mouse, or drinking human breast milk. The real issue, is WHY? Why can I think about eating a chunk out of a cow's thigh and it's delicious, but not a mouse fried on a stick with some salt and pepper? French fries, ketchup, pickles--What's the deal? Why do we as people act like such picky eaters when we're capable of eating whatever we want?
Just food for thought (pun intended )

[Jerhart]

At first I was like...






But then I was like...

[shelliebear]

Srs tho

[dr del]

Hi,

There's actually some reasoning behind these decisions - I'm not saying it is good reasoning but it is there;

I just don't understand. Forgive me if someone said it before, I didn't read through all 7 pages, but I don't understand--who made the decision that it's ok to eat a cow's liver, intestines, heart and brains and RAW FISH and eggs, even drink milk from a cow's udder, but it's not ok to do the same with a mouse or rat?

This is mainly to do with the perception that rodents are eating garbage and therefore could be harbouring more diseasees and toxins. Far from entirely accurate - especially given the size of fish near sewage outlets and the occasional mercury spike/ red tide.

On a similar subject, we can drink milk from cows and goats, but human breast milk in ice cream (Baby Gaga in UK) is considered disgusting.
Where are the people who decided this? I'd like to check them for some sort of disease that compromises their brain function and decision making abilities....I'm sure I'd find something.

There is actually some fairly good reasons not to eat human produced products ( cannibalism being a somewhat more extreme version ) and it is simply this;

Any disease or other problem contained in the product is 100% certain to be able to infect humans. Not that many diseases/ parasites can cross the species barrier.

And to the OP - get a grip. Wasted food is just something that is going to happen - next time just freeze it and keep it in a tupperware box in the freezer and try to convert them to F/T with it later. That would also cut down the price you pay for the rodents.


dr del

[Abaddon91]

my father has been to korea he had rat(gi buddy dared him is the story) said it was gamey

[joepythons]

Put it in a pot and make soup??? What do ya think I am a witch or somethin?

Dude if i wrote down my thoughts about you i KNOW i would get some bad boy points .So i will be nice for now

[Redneck_Crow]

Not eating rodents comes from a cultual bias.

I ate bbq paddy rats a few times when I was living overseas. They didn't taste like chicken. They tasted like squirrel, which is also a rodent, and delicious when properly prepared. Groundhog is also good to eat, and it's a rodent too.

[Bellabob]

Redneck crow is right. Not eating rodents is cultural. We associate rodents with disease and death (which they cause.) The famous rat catchers of india eat rats, and its all they eat. They are paid by the Indian government to catch and exterminate rats from crop fields. They see that if they just leave them out to rot, that woul be a waste....so...they eat them. However, many a rat catcher has died from eating the bodies of infected rats.

If you are not a troll, and are really serious about this, than by all means go ahead and eat it. Your rat is captive bred and most likely safe to eat.

[MoshBalls]

eww, I wouldn't do it. If you just killed it and you want to save it freeze it. As long as it hasn't already been frozen. (you can't refreeze meat) Then you could heat it up and try it again on your snake.

As for trying to feed it to your mouse that seem kinda mean. I try not to let the mice/rats in my house know their future until the moment it comes.

[MasonC2K]

This is the greatest troll thread in the history of these forums. Ever. Period.

I lolled greatly. Props to OP for keepign it going for so long.