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Roasted Rat on a Stick: a Passing Fad or the Cuisine to Stay?
| As a matter of fact, catching a rat (and hence obtaining sometimes a quite substantial amount of meat, you'd be surprised at the size of some of these rats) has never been easier — sometimes all you need to do, is reach below you! With such an abundance of those pests, rat meat presents an interesting opportunity for all players on the food market. Much easier to obtain (effectively free!) than synthetic or vat-grown meat, and much cheaper than "real" meat,...
| ...it might be just what the small business owners of Glitch needed to finally be able to mount a competition with bigger companies. Unless, said companies themselves are already in on the thread? When approached for comment by The Horn, many popular joints (such as the much beloved /burg/!) have given shifty answers, if not avoided answering alltogether, on whether they actually use rat meat in their dishes.
| It is yet unclear whether the rat meat is firmly to stay in the ration of Glitch citizen, but one thing is for sure — whether spiced and on a stick, or squished in-between your /burg/ bun, squeeky tailed friends might have already found their way into your stomach!
Mike Wazowski, writing for The Horn.
| Hell, have you *seen* the sort of drek street fenders typically shell out? Roasted rat is nothing. Disease or no, nothing beats real bonafide meat. -Lynx
| I mean, I can probqbly try to cook them myself. There's a kitchen in the base.
-Echo
Eww, what the hell, Andy. Put that thing down.
-Sierra
Hey, if they're good enough for burg, they're good enough grilled with some salt and pepper.
-Echo
| You mean you guys haven't been cooking them?
-Evening
| >>736216
Actually tastes half-decent with some salt. You just need to cook it thoroughly. It needs to be well done otherwise it's oozy and gross.
-Echo
I'm gonna puke, don't you dare put that thing near me.
-Sierra
Come on, the outside sear real nice as well, look!
-Echo
Andrew, get the bloody rats out of the canteen. Nobody's gonna use it at this point.
-Impulse
| You guys are just eating that now? Imagine not eating roasted rat in 20XX
-Big Neil
| I used to have rat burgers at this underground burger stand. Surprisingly good. Can't really recommend it though since they're unlicensed etc.
-Spartan
| >>736488
Where's the place?
-Echo
Please tell me you aren't visiting that when there are rats literally everywhere.
-Sierra
Hey, if it's good, it's worth a try. Besides, I think I've taken a liking to rats.
-Echo
God no. Please, I'm gonna puke.
-Sierra
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| With so many rats out on the streets of Glitch, most are disgusted, many are alarmed, but a select few see an opportunity for profit and perhaps new culinary discoveries? With a rapidly growing number of stalls and small-scale fast food joints all over the city offering a roasted (or sometimes grilled or smoked with spices) rat on a stick, is it a question of time before larger corporations capitalize on the increased interest in this controversial dish?