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Rat meat new delicacy in TN, Puducherry villages [1]

Puducherry: There is a new delicacy that is in hot demand in hamlets in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry protein rich rat meat. It comes cheap, just Rs 2.50 per rat, and villagers swear nothing tastes better. Snake-hunting Irula tribals, desperate to peddle their rodent-snaring skills, have succeeded in getting the meat on the kitchen menu of villages in Cuddalore district and the Union Territory. The trend could catch on elsewhere too.

Publication Date: 
26/05/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Animal Products [3], Tribals [4], Tamil Nadu [5], Cuddalore [6]
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