Tweeters across the pond are throwing their British humor into overdrive on the heels of a BBC hidden-camera report exposing a black market trade in illegal meats at London’s Ridley Market — including rats!
LOL hold tight the hipsters in East London eating rat & illegal meat. Gwan with your hipster meat meals.
— ILLAMAN (@ILLAMAN) September 17, 2012
@tomfoolery1 God I love my cane rat.. Rare please, with a side of new potatoes.
— SallyR (@Rowlierowlie) September 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/April204/status/247837154795978752
Of course not everyone saw it that way….
Lol ppl disgusted at rat 'bush meat' yet eat chicken (reptilian birds) and cow foot smh.
— iDesignedMyself (@_Made_MMM) September 17, 2012
https://twitter.com/mk1969/status/247800721062383617
YES! Nothing wrong at all with sinking your teeth into a a delicious hunk of disease-infested cane rat! Tastes like chicken, just with a bit more bubonic plague.
Some even saw potential benefits to the new trade.
RT @yojam_es Hopefully Ridley roads many rat meat retailers will deter yuppies from moving any further up Kingsland road
— shoreditch (@hoxbot) September 17, 2012
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Alas, even that slight hope was soon redacted once the author realized that hipsters will eat just about anything if you add arugula and raise the price.
RT @ben_bt @psmith Cue organic cane rat and smokies pop up restaurant on Kingsland Road within the week
— shoreditch (@hoxbot) September 17, 2012
Vichyssoise avec Rat? Angel Hair Pasta with Rat Pesto? The culinary possibilities for innovation are endless. It’s definitely sustainable, and we’re sure Jamie Oliver will find a way to turn it into a nutritious school lunch soon. Pass the Ratatouille!