“It’s What’s for Dinner.” Or not.
Our buddy from Italy, Steven Chiodini, wrote to share this 1991 “gem” from the Wall Street Journal with us. (Thanks, Steven. Maybe.) “The Cantonese people of south China are legendary for eating anything that moves — and some things that are still moving,” according to the feature, which went on to profile kitchen utensil salesman and restaurateur Zhang Guoxun, who opened what was believed at the time to be “China’s first restaurant dedicated to serving rat.” The feature easily offers our Quote of the Month: “‘I was always eating out, but I got bored with the animals that restaurants offered,’ Mr. Zhang says during an interview over a plate of Black Bean Rat. ‘I wanted to open a restaurant with an affordable exotic animal. Then I was walking home one night and a rat ran across in front of me and gave me this idea.’”
That said, what’s A) the most exotic meal you’ve ever had (mine involved an eyeball), and B) the worst meal you’ve ever eaten? (Hopefully they’re mutually exclusive in this case.) Submit the best answer, and there may just be a juicy rat in it for you.