Do cambodians eat mouse meat?

Question

my dad has a cambodian coworker, he said that sometimes we eat mouse in cambodia when we lived on a farm, I have trouble believing that it is true that they eat mouse, since it doesnt seem like a healthy food to me. So do you think he was lying

Answer 1

I think they do eat mice in Cambodia, esp in the rainy season.

They are huge mice, the size of a cat.  There is no English/American equivalent.  I saw a documentary on Cambodia & they showed poor people eating mice.  I am from Singapore myself but still think it is gross.  But maybe they can not afford to eat better foods.  Their poor country & it's people are still recovering from Pol Pot's tyrannical regime.

Answer 2

Have not heard specifically about Cambodians munching on mice but very probable since neighbouring countries like Thailand & Vietnam also eat mice. This is not uncommon in agricultural countries as a means of pest eradication to prevent rats & mice eating grain crops in the fields. As you're from India, it's also common in the rice fields & some rat catchers like the Irula tribe have been doing this for a long time. The captured rodents are both meant for the market and their own cooking pots.

Answer 3

mice rats and many small rodents are food around the world..

"GROSS" is your discrimination..

You most likely eat KFC chicken,,,skin, pin-feathers,sinew, tendons, cartilage   as party food.. BBQ Buffalo wings etc...

guinea pig

NOUN:

Any of various small, short-eared domesticated rodents of the genus Cavia, having variously colored hair and no visible tail. They are widely kept as pets and often used as experimental animals.

ro�dent

NOUN:

Any of various mammals of the order Rodentia, such as a mouse, rat, squirrel, or beaver, characterized by large incisors adapted for gnawing or nibbling



All of these animals are skinned before cooking

Remember to include rabbits and (?)

Answer 4

Nope, a lot of countries eat mice and rats, I'm sure Cambodians are no exception.

Answer 5

If it's that big it's some kind of rat.

You'd have to be very hungry to eat mice like the ones we have here, as there's not much to them. I've read that Chinese people who catch rats in their house would cook them and serve it as "house deer".