Rat Meat in Demand as Food Costs Rise

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The price of rat meat has quadrupled in Cambodia this year as inflation has put other meat beyond the reach of poor people.
With consumer price inflation at 37 percent according to the latest central bank estimate, demand has pushed a kilogram of rat meat up to around 5,000 riel ($1.28) from 1,200 riel last year. ($1 = 3,900 riel)
Spicy field rat dishes with garlic thrown in have become particularly popular at a time when beef costs 20,000 riel a kg.
Officials said rats were fleeing to higher ground from flooded areas of the lower Mekong Delta, making it easier for villagers to catch them.
Reuters report HERE

...the pic we posted above is kinda cute...the gross-out pics are HERE