Glad to see someone else had the common sense to think about this. These rats are generally no different then any other wild game that's caught and eaten.
Rats eat anything. They are known to eat very old and rotten dead animals etc. Also if there are villages enarby they also might dine on trash as well. Additionally there are also diseases in the wild that you do not want to reach the dining plate. Thats also a reason why deer and boar in most western countries get checked after they are killed. Wild does not automatically mean pure and healthy... People simply forget that.
A lot of us westerners, especially those that live in cities are so far removed from this sort of thing they're unable to comprehend it and they struggle to get over the mental roadblock built up for decades of "rat bad".
I can honestly say if I have no issue with a cheap, renewable, healthy supply of protein like this considering they are "wild" and consuming grain, insects, nuts, seeds and other healthy foods from the wild. It would be the same as rabbits really. City rats are what really make this an issue for people in the west and I wouldn't go near one with a ten foot pole.
@@keifer7813 "you are what you eat" So if they are eating trash, the meat is trash, if they are eating grains and nice clean grass, well then the meat is nice and clean. That's why grass fed/ pastured cow or chicken meat cost more
@@keifer7813 do you just like to argue for the sake of arguing ?? You get a perfectly logical, appropriate response to your question and still not happy. Would you rather eat a pig raised outside on a farm or one that lived in the sewers eating garbage and feces ??
I did work as contractor for restaurants, both fancy and cheap, big chains, all of them. Usually big chains like mcdonalds, are fine cause they have corporation watching over them. But small-medium fancy restaurants of sole propietorship.....thats another movie. Disgusting things.....and we're talking places $50-$70 per person, not super expensive but you would expect quality... You dont see whats in kitchen so sorry to break it to you. The only clean healthy food is the one you make.
Eating field rats are also common in some parts of the Philippines. They are actually clean since they are from the wild and not from the city. They are no different from other wild animals caught in the wild for consumption.
When I was in Ecuador, I ate Cuy. It is more known in Peru, but it is also a traditional dish eaten on special occasion. Aka, I ate Guinea Pig. It wasn't bad. My opinion, it is not my place to judge what another culture eats.
Awesome video, I had no idea there was such an expansive market for Rat, and its wild how it exists in this gray area of legality. I appreciate how you present both sides, the positive, the negatives, the people who benefit, etc. Great video!
I’m really surprised - Rats from the fields are eaten here in NE Thailand, they aren’t dirty, like city rats. There are also rat farms but the taste isn’t so good as free range rats. Why is this illegal in VN?
My grandfather was stationed with a unit of đặc công and mentioned that they managed to catch field mice or rats. After the war, he developed a liking for charcoal roasted rat with shredded lemon leaves. Apparently they tasted better than chicken.
Read the book "Never Cry Wolf." About a man studying wolves in Alaska. He found that the majority of their diet was mice and rats. He wanted to see if rat meat could really sustain a large carnivore, so he decided to test it by living off rodents himself. 🤢 He ate rats/mice for months and found that large animals could live off rodents and do well. After all, it's just meat.
Wild rats that live in the country are much different than those found in the cities. It is only controversial from a Western point of view. Food is food.
I coughed and laughed when you said..."can this actually be good?"...Knowing full and well that you already know the answerer to that is 100% YES!!!...LMAO...This was another great video Andrew! They only are getting better...by the end I was getting hungry for sure...
Up only 3k subs since I joined? With top quality production like this the million sub mark should be close, critical mass must be around the corner here Andrew
"10 kilos of Rat per day"? That's not a lot... each of those big ones weigh approximately Half a kilo... that would be only 20 rats a day... Either the restaurant owner said the wrong number, or they din't sell only rats...
Imagine, you invite some new friends to you're new home, to prepare a new dish... They 'wolf' down the honey glazed meat, they forgot to ask what was this tasty treat?
The title is misleading. These are field mice, not rats. They eat mostly grains and insects. They dont live in sewers or eat garbage like their city kind.
Rats are still rats, even if you don't like that name for some reason. Those weren't mice, and eating grain does not make a mouse. Have anymore interesting insight to your world view?
I have a small restaurant in NY….lve been serving Rat for 3 years but l can’t tell you the restaurant or what we call it on the menu, most people that order it don’t know it’s Rat
@@buzz5969what wrong with you!! Stop racist!! They have farm pig!! But meat rat like special food to drink beer, like white eat sea food!! French eat snail,stop racist or think white people better than another people!!
i think sonny's rats in cambodia looked sooo much more appetizing, i mean im not a rat eater or w/e but his rats were that good looking i actually want to go out of my way to find it
The interviews always make me laugh. Not for any bad reason or anything; I'm just too easily amused. Andrew will talk to someone in English, and then, due to the magic of editing, they will immediately respond and nod like they understood what he said but speak a completely different language as a response.
Its food for the poorer people in society, its better than dogs cats dolphins etc. Rats procreate quickly and have many litters a year, its pretty sustainable I imagine.
I’m deadly scared of rodents, but I ate bbq rats almost daily when I was in Cambodia. There’s no head, legs or tail, it was just meats and it tasted like those chicken and sticky rice made by Lao people.
$12 to eat a fried rat???? I mean I love how they find food for the crocs and create jobs but seems expensive when a package of chicken in the us with enough to feed a family is half the cost
Hey Andy, I guess like most cultures, if it's part of your life from birth then it's normal to you. I must confess that those roasted Rats 🐀🐀 looked good and if you told me it was something else I would try it but I couldn't do it knowingly. Unless starving. I don't understand why the government doesn't get involved and regulate it for safety and reap some of the tax benefits. I guess that's just the beauty of diversity in our world. Have a Blessed and Beautiful Day ✝️🐢
People eat squirrels and rabbits and other rodents so why not rats? Other than the bad press rats get, eating garbage and being carriers of disease in the wild, I could see them raised on farms in controlled environments could be edible. As for taste and quality of meat it probably depends on what they eat. Still, not so sure I could eat one. Too big a yuck factor.
In all reality squirrels are just tree rats and squirrels are delicious, if they live in the wild they are eating the same thing that makes any wild game great for eating. Having grew up in Detroit and seeing monster size rats running in all the alleys where they are feasting on humans waste does make it a little gross though. Moved away from the big city into the mountains and have expanded my horizens.
Yeah i wouldn't trust those "big c" numbers. A papya tested positive. A work friend of my mother had her two kids along with two of their friends (4 total) go to get tested. They signed up but left as the line was too long, they were never tested. They got their results a few days later, 2 positive, 2 negative.
Thanks very much, Andrew, for another enjoyable video. Keep it up, and hoping you will reach 200,000 subs before Christmas. Perhaps even 250,000! I am forwarding this to 50 of my friends.
Wretched. I believe the food you eat shapes your genetics and how you look. It has an influence on the psychological and emotional level. Ruminant animals are for kings.
Videos like this is what causes Asian hate in the us and around the world. Without giving any warning or anything form of respect before the videos starts makes me question his motives. It’s like he’s trying to make videos that will make the western world tune in and make him get views. Something seems off.
I dont see why rats caught in the wild would be nasty, it’s not like city rats gnawing on menstrual pads and bum vomit. That’s different.
Glad to see someone else had the common sense to think about this. These rats are generally no different then any other wild game that's caught and eaten.
Rats eat anything. They are known to eat very old and rotten dead animals etc. Also if there are villages enarby they also might dine on trash as well. Additionally there are also diseases in the wild that you do not want to reach the dining plate. Thats also a reason why deer and boar in most western countries get checked after they are killed.
Wild does not automatically mean pure and healthy... People simply forget that.
A lot of us westerners, especially those that live in cities are so far removed from this sort of thing they're unable to comprehend it and they struggle to get over the mental roadblock built up for decades of "rat bad".
@@Mmouse_ Rats do carry more diseases than other rodents...
@@Mmouse_, any kind of animal that also eats meat is bad, because they have the potential to have more parasites. It's not specific to rats.
My man's making content like National Geographic 👌
Andrew, your production level and documentary style commentary continues to get better with each project! ❤
I can honestly say if I have no issue with a cheap, renewable, healthy supply of protein like this considering they are "wild" and consuming grain, insects, nuts, seeds and other healthy foods from the wild. It would be the same as rabbits really. City rats are what really make this an issue for people in the west and I wouldn't go near one with a ten foot pole.
rabbits don't have enough nutrients to survive on, I wonder if rat has enough of everything to not need the supplements a rabbit diet requires.
What makes city rats any different? They both just eat whatever they can
@@keifer7813 "you are what you eat" So if they are eating trash, the meat is trash, if they are eating grains and nice clean grass, well then the meat is nice and clean. That's why grass fed/ pastured cow or chicken meat cost more
@@holland3g1 Plenty of trash in the wild
@@keifer7813 do you just like to argue for the sake of arguing ?? You get a perfectly logical, appropriate response to your question and still not happy. Would you rather eat a pig raised outside on a farm or one that lived in the sewers eating garbage and feces ??
I also want to say thank you for presenting these different foods from an open perspective. I learn a lot and this content is really interesting.
Healthier than McDonald's or Kentucky friend chicken
True. As long as no diseases. There could be diseases at mcds too but that's something their prob decent at avoiding us guess idk tho
@@Stefanonymouscarried a disease called cancer, diabetes, obesity etc...honestly, I dont eat no rat just being real lol
You have that right!
I don't know about other countries, but here in America we have to make sure foods are right. Thank God.
I did work as contractor for restaurants, both fancy and cheap, big chains, all of them. Usually big chains like mcdonalds, are fine cause they have corporation watching over them.
But small-medium fancy restaurants of sole propietorship.....thats another movie. Disgusting things.....and we're talking places $50-$70 per person, not super expensive but you would expect quality...
You dont see whats in kitchen so sorry to break it to you. The only clean healthy food is the one you make.
yeah, quality of Andrew's content is really in the multi-mil sub range.
Eating field rats are also common in some parts of the Philippines. They are actually clean since they are from the wild and not from the city. They are no different from other wild animals caught in the wild for consumption.
Speak for yourself huh?
@@mnlgabbymnlgabby8366can’t read huh? 🧠
@@mnlgabbymnlgabby8366 "some parts" familiarize yourself with this term, it literally means "not everyone" really hope this helps!
Here in Pampanga, Philippines we eat wild rats.
Rats is just star spelled backwards. The rats are the shining star of today's menu. Great content as always, Andrew!
Indians also misspelled Bigrat in Bharat, in fact, they built a temple for Bigrats and make daily offerings to them.
That’s why canned rat meat is sold as star meat look it up
Such a nice documentary, wouldn't be surprised if you hit 1M subs soon 👌🏼
When I was in Ecuador, I ate Cuy. It is more known in Peru, but it is also a traditional dish eaten on special occasion. Aka, I ate Guinea Pig. It wasn't bad. My opinion, it is not my place to judge what another culture eats.
Think pretty low of yourself eh ?
I feel a big network contract coming your way my friend! Such good everything, topic, production, narration, etc.!
The part of the world
where cats are unemployed.
Not unemployed, just also for dinner, probably.
@@MrMassDeffect 😂
@MrMassDeffect lmao 🤣
@@MrMassDeffect I am laughing while feeling awkwardly aware that this is about my species 😅 🐈
They're on the menu, too.
This is top tier content! Keep it coming man! Time to try these rat when i am in Saigon next month!
Every country is different we should respect their culture 💯
Always love your content but I am especially obsessed as well with the rat trade. How absolutely cool. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Awesome video, I had no idea there was such an expansive market for Rat, and its wild how it exists in this gray area of legality. I appreciate how you present both sides, the positive, the negatives, the people who benefit, etc. Great video!
Those are field rats in the forests and fields, they don't eat garbage.
I’m really surprised - Rats from the fields are eaten here in NE Thailand, they aren’t dirty, like city rats. There are also rat farms but the taste isn’t so good as free range rats. Why is this illegal in VN?
My grandfather was stationed with a unit of đặc công and mentioned that they managed to catch field mice or rats. After the war, he developed a liking for charcoal roasted rat with shredded lemon leaves. Apparently they tasted better than chicken.
Yup!! Because them eat rice not like city rat eat trash!! Healthy than chicken industry
Really liked the fusion journaling, reporting & documenting of this underground "industry". Great video!
Woah! Great video as always Andrew. Thumbnail's also on point!
Read the book "Never Cry Wolf." About a man studying wolves in Alaska. He found that the majority of their diet was mice and rats. He wanted to see if rat meat could really sustain a large carnivore, so he decided to test it by living off rodents himself. 🤢 He ate rats/mice for months and found that large animals could live off rodents and do well.
After all, it's just meat.
I didnt read the book but I watched the movie here on TH-cam… It showed him eating them.😊
Wild rats that live in the country are much different than those found in the cities. It is only controversial from a Western point of view. Food is food.
Then why dont Westerners eat rats? use you brain, man. Asians were starved over the course of history...the question is, why still eat them now?
That was brilliant ! You’re great at making these TH-cam videos !
This documentary is TOP NOTCH TRIPLE AAA grade. Thanks you.
Superb cinematography, and presenting skills👍
Did anyone see the processed rat that she put on ice twitch 9:58?
love the content man
Love your videos, super watchable but also really informative and interesting.
At 15:50 did anyone else see the little tail waggled? I know it’s the fan blowing, but fml I was taken aback lol
I coughed and laughed when you said..."can this actually be good?"...Knowing full and well that you already know the answerer to that is 100% YES!!!...LMAO...This was another great video Andrew! They only are getting better...by the end I was getting hungry for sure...
15:50 seen that tail jumping 🫢🤮
this man should be allowed to have his videoes on National Geographic.
I see little difference from eating rabbit
Lagomorphs are pretty much the same as rodents biologically. It really isn't much different.
subbed for the video quality !
Up only 3k subs since I joined? With top quality production like this the million sub mark should be close, critical mass must be around the corner here Andrew
Awesome documentary, thanks for these unique insights!
Top class production. You are the best. 👍.
"10 kilos of Rat per day"? That's not a lot... each of those big ones weigh approximately Half a kilo... that would be only 20 rats a day... Either the restaurant owner said the wrong number, or they din't sell only rats...
Imagine, you invite some new friends to you're new home, to prepare a new dish... They 'wolf' down the honey glazed meat, they forgot to ask what was this tasty treat?
tell them its Japanese Kobe Wagyu beef.🥩. Nobody cares
now im hungry
Another great video
I thought the species they consume are the bamboo rats with larger front teeth and live in the mountains?
You'd think that the authorities might be suspicious after a while... After all, they'd very likely... smell a rat.
(I'll see myself out.)
What’s the name of the city where they sell the rats ?
Farm rat is a delicacy in Thailand. It's not the same species as a town rat and quite a bit bigger.
Yes you are right rice field rats are different from city rats. They are much larger in size too.
The title is misleading. These are field mice, not rats. They eat mostly grains and insects. They dont live in sewers or eat garbage like their city kind.
The title is correct. Considering the size, rats are larger and heavier while mice have smaller bodies. They are definitely rats.
Rats are still rats, even if you don't like that name for some reason. Those weren't mice, and eating grain does not make a mouse. Have anymore interesting insight to your world view?
Mice are very small rodents like size of hamsters!
What sup with the dramatic music? It's not sewage rats like London, NYC, or LA... Rice paddy rats are expensive and delicacy in SE Asia
I have a small restaurant in NY….lve been serving Rat for 3 years but l can’t tell you the restaurant or what we call it on the menu, most people that order it don’t know it’s Rat
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lol.
😂
I'm in VN. Need to go try it.
Love your videos..very appetizing 🥴😳👍🏆
$12 to eat a rat? How much does pork cost?
50 cents 😂
They dont have pork, they have rat.🤓
@@buzz5969what wrong with you!! Stop racist!! They have farm pig!! But meat rat like special food to drink beer, like white eat sea food!! French eat snail,stop racist or think white people better than another people!!
Great channel mate. Much appreciate from Australia.
interesting video, thanks for sharing
Rabbits, Squirrels, Possums, and Nutria are all quite similar...
i think sonny's rats in cambodia looked sooo much more appetizing, i mean im not a rat eater or w/e but his rats were that good looking i actually want to go out of my way to find it
The interviews always make me laugh. Not for any bad reason or anything; I'm just too easily amused. Andrew will talk to someone in English, and then, due to the magic of editing, they will immediately respond and nod like they understood what he said but speak a completely different language as a response.
I tried new york strain, huge and tasty, the best , easy to catch
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Ever since i watched demolition man, I've always craved a rat burger 😋 with a beer
2:52 well-its one-way to prevent flea infestation and therefore the bubonic plaque...?!
Its food for the poorer people in society, its better than dogs cats dolphins etc. Rats procreate quickly and have many litters a year, its pretty sustainable I imagine.
my boy needs more subs what
This is testimony to how bbq sauce makes anything taste good.
I’m deadly scared of rodents, but I ate bbq rats almost daily when I was in Cambodia. There’s no head, legs or tail, it was just meats and it tasted like those chicken and sticky rice made by Lao people.
$12 to eat a fried rat???? I mean I love how they find food for the crocs and create jobs but seems expensive when a package of chicken in the us with enough to feed a family is half the cost
eerrrr that no squirrel 15:45 , that a chipmunk. 😂
Yes they eating those too😂
0:21 apparently tastes alike beef...?
Cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẽ một video hay
great vid .thanks
Hey Andy, I guess like most cultures, if it's part of your life from birth then it's normal to you. I must confess that those roasted Rats 🐀🐀 looked good and if you told me it was something else I would try it but I couldn't do it knowingly. Unless starving. I don't understand why the government doesn't get involved and regulate it for safety and reap some of the tax benefits. I guess that's just the beauty of diversity in our world. Have a Blessed and Beautiful Day ✝️🐢
It may seem weird or cruel, but these people have to provide for their families.
People eat squirrels and rabbits and other rodents so why not rats? Other than the bad press rats get, eating garbage and being carriers of disease in the wild, I could see them raised on farms in controlled environments could be edible. As for taste and quality of meat it probably depends on what they eat. Still, not so sure I could eat one. Too big a yuck factor.
Yup. These rats eat grass and vegetation. Basically like eating a rabbit. White guy over sensationalizing.
I don't think a Michelin star restaurant sells rat meat.
Same as squirrel
Street food you eat in Cambodia and Vietnam that you rhink os chcken are probably ratmeat.
In all reality squirrels are just tree rats and squirrels are delicious, if they live in the wild they are eating the same thing that makes any wild game great for eating. Having grew up in Detroit and seeing monster size rats running in all the alleys where they are feasting on humans waste does make it a little gross though. Moved away from the big city into the mountains and have expanded my horizens.
6:39 who builds stairs like that?
Rat people?
😭😭
@@NinoNlkklayo 😂😂
No thank you Andrew.. Making me so hungry for a traditional ratatouille
Yeah i wouldn't trust those "big c" numbers.
A papya tested positive.
A work friend of my mother had her two kids along with two of their friends (4 total) go to get tested. They signed up but left as the line was too long, they were never tested.
They got their results a few days later, 2 positive, 2 negative.
Guinea Pigs are popular fare in Peru.
Thanks very much, Andrew, for another enjoyable video. Keep it up, and hoping you will reach 200,000 subs before Christmas. Perhaps even 250,000! I am forwarding this to 50 of my friends.
Rat meat on sticks is pretty common
what is the rat big c disease
Cheeseitus🤓
waiting for your arowanna video in VietNam🥰
Free range chickens will eat anything , so these rats are not the sewage rats .
Chuột đồng mới ăn đk nhé...
Còn chuột nhà hoặc trong thành phố rất nhiều bệnh hạch
Thats why locals in city dont eat rats from random restaurants becuase could be sewer rats
Cat's be like: *Miaw miaw , miaw-miaaaw, Miaw miaw miaw-miaawaaw* ...
😿🐀🎵
11:47 escaped or not safe?😂😂
For the carnivores out there, ask someone out in Louisiana about swamp rats!
number 1 its not an under ground thing... they are huge meaty rodents and they are very munchable :0
Same as rabbits why here in the uk are we not farming rabbits wild rabhits sell up to £12 each in butchers 🤷♂️
Really!! Your country (uk) hunt rabbit althought it can live in farm!! In asia,rabbits live in farm wait grow to kill for meat !!
No Pied Piper jokes Andrew? Come on, thats a low hanging fruit.
14:52 Hoang Sa and Truong Sa of Vietnam are not on the map. We always affirm sovereignty over these two archipelagos. You should respect it
I just ate otherwise I would be hungry now 🤤
Wretched.
I believe the food you eat shapes your genetics and how you look. It has an influence on the psychological and emotional level. Ruminant animals are for kings.
Videos like this is what causes Asian hate in the us and around the world. Without giving any warning or anything form of respect before the videos starts makes me question his motives. It’s like he’s trying to make videos that will make the western world tune in and make him get views. Something seems off.
Think you wanted to say processing line lol but i knew what you meant
@15:50 the tail part is moving! eeewwwwwwwwwwk!