{"id":6268,"date":"2015-06-30T06:47:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T06:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2012\/09\/17\/brit-tweeters-sink-their-teeth-into-bbc-rat-meat-investigation\/"},"modified":"2015-06-30T06:47:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T06:47:09","slug":"brit-tweeters-sink-their-teeth-into-bbc-rat-meatinvestigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/6268","title":{"rendered":"Brit tweeters sink their teeth into BBC rat meat investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Johnboy_Cook\/status\/247814332405129216\n

Tweeters across the pond are throwing their British humor into overdrive on the heels of a BBC hidden-camera report <\/a>exposing a black market trade in illegal meats at London’s Ridley Market — including rats!<\/p>\n\n\n

LOL hold tight the hipsters in East London eating rat & illegal meat. Gwan with your hipster meat meals.<\/p>\n

— QUENCY DIRTBOX (@ILLAMAN) September 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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@tomfoolery1<\/a> God I love my cane rat.. Rare please, with a side of new potatoes.<\/p>\n

— SallyR (@Rowlierowlie) September 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/April204\/status\/247837154795978752<\/a><\/p>\n

Of course not everyone saw it that way….<\/p>\n\n\n

Lol ppl disgusted at rat 'bush meat' yet eat chicken (reptilian birds) and cow foot smh.<\/p>\n

— iDesignedMyself (@_Made) September 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Rat meat in Dalston story a bit overdone. Cane Rats are size of small deer and delicacy. Probably taste like Guinea Pig – delicious roasted<\/p>\n

— Matt Kelly (@mk1969) September 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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YES! Nothing wrong at all with sinking your teeth into a a delicious hunk of disease-infested cane rat! Tastes like chicken, just with a bit more bubonic plague.<\/p>\n

Some even saw potential benefits to the new trade.<\/p>\n\n\n

RT @yojam_es<\/a> Hopefully Ridley roads many rat meat retailers will deter yuppies from moving any further up Kingsland road<\/p>\n

— shoreditch (@hoxbot) September 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Alas, even that slight hope was soon redacted once the author realized that hipsters will eat just about anything if you add arugula and raise the price.<\/p>\n\n\n

RT @ben_bt<\/a> @psmith<\/a> Cue organic cane rat and smokies pop up restaurant on Kingsland Road within the week<\/p>\n

— shoreditch (@hoxbot) September 17, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n

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Vichyssoise avec Rat? Angel Hair Pasta with Rat Pesto? The culinary possibilities for innovation are endless. It’s definitely sustainable, and we’re sure Jamie Oliver will find a way to turn it into a nutritious school lunch soon. Pass the Ratatouille!<\/p>

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