Post Apocalypse Rat Jerky

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If I am to be honest, post or pre-Apocalypse, the idea alone of eating rat turns my stomach, I am not so foolish as to say never however, because I understand that we may all do things including eating things that we are not now prepared to do if the world as we know it turns upside down.

In my reading for today I came across and old interview with the artist Laura Ginn who did a survival meal testing of rats some years ago. Included in that article was the recipe below. If it ever occurs that I must dine on rat, well knowing how to cook it will be helpful.

Rat Jerky
Created by Yuri Hart and Robert Pugh
15 Rats skinned and gutted.
1.Take all rats and with a smoking gun, smoker or cold smoker, smoke the rats with hickory until they have a smokey flavor.
2. Season the rats with salt and pepper. Line the rats on a grate with a sheet tray underneath.
3. Set the oven to 280 degrees, place the rats in the oven and cook for three hours, or until rats are crispy on the outside.
4. Let the rats cool, and then pull the meat off of the bodies into bite size pieces.
5. Serve meat at room temperature.

Source: Recipes for the Post-Apocalypse: How and why to eat rat meat

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