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A man is going to eat a rat in front of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in protest. This will not be the first time he eats a rat as a form of protest.



John Ojim Omoding, who ate a rat in front of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in 2005, is threatening to repeat what he says is a traditional form of protest used to bring change. He is not the only have who has adopted such forms of protest.

According to the 79 year old, his grandfather also ate a live rat in front of British colonizers in 1947, persuading them to make the eastern Torora area a county. Now Omoding wants Tororo promoted to district status and says he may eat more rats in front of the President. He plans on doing so when the president starts touring the country to campaign for a fourth term in office.
Rats are not generally eaten in Uganda, though some members of the Iteso tribe, from which Omoding comes, are said to have considered them a delicacy until the 1950s. Omoding s 2005 rat-eating stunt made headlines in Uganda and he plans to do the same. Omoding said that eating rats was a historic custom, practiced for centuries to induce development programs.

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Eeeewwwwww, a rat?

How does it taste BTW? The article says that it's a delicacy, though eating a live one might be a bit more than I can stomach

Ask Vijay Prakash he might knows how does it taste :)


Ask Eat rats for snacks, says Indian official

An Indian welfare official has advised poor people to farm rats for snacks as a way to beat rising food prices.

7:38PM BST 13 Aug 2008

Vijay Prakash, the welfare minister in Bihar state in eastern India, said he wanted to set up rat farms and sell the meat to upmarket hotels, street stalls and restaurants.

The project will start with stalls in rural fairs followed by "rat meat centres" in urban areas.

The 2.3 million members of the Musahar caste, one of the poorest in India, have traditionally eaten rats that they hunted in paddy fields.

Now Mr Prakash says rich people should also sample the meat, which he said was full of protein and tasted better than chicken.

"Some socially deprived people in Bihar have always consumed rat meat," he said. "If they can eat rats, why can't the rest of the people?
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He said the plan would tackle food prices on two fronts: by reducing the amount of grain consumed by rodents and producing a cheap form of meat.

But he also said developing rat farms would help the social development of Musahars.

"The government has decided to engage the Musahars in commercialisation of rat meat for their overall development," he said. "It will help empower them and change their poor living conditions if the venture is properly designed and clicks."

He said the poor image of rats could change.

"I discovered during a fact-finding mission about rat meat that it is a popular food item," he told The Times of India. "It is called 'patal-bageri' and its demand is high,"
Eat rats for snacks, says Indian official - Telegraph
 

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