[Sca-cooks] Exotic but Tasty?

[Ron Carnegie]

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> From: sca-cooks-bounces+r.carnegie=verizon.net at ansteorra.org
> [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+r.carnegie=verizon.net at ansteorra.org]On Behalf
> Of Elaine Koogler
> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 8:48 AM
> To: Cooks within the SCA
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Exotic but Tasty?
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>
> Daniel Phelps wrote:
>
> >Was written:
> >
> >
> >>I'd rather eat a rat than NutraSweet.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >I had a Captain once who claimed to have a great recipe for rice
> fed bamboo
> >rat.
> >
> >Daniel
> >
> >
> I had to read this while eating my breakfast!!!  Thanks a bunch!! :-(
>
> Kiri


    The book "Lobscouse and Spotted Dick" is a collection of historic
reciepts for food mentioned in the Patrick Obrien books.  This is the series
that inspired for the film Master and Commander".  The author of L+SD
mentioned that she had persoinally tried every recipe (save bat guano soup
which was even in the series more of a joke than a real dish).  One of these
receipts is for rat.  She stated that though she hated to admit it, the Rat
was actually rather good.

Cheers,
Ranald