Surviving on RATS: This Mekong Village Makes Millions from Rats

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  • @goyodelpilar
    @goyodelpilar 9 місяців тому +625

    give that man a medal!!! very underrated yt vlogger!!! he know how to respect other people culture and don't make any stupid or rude action/talks just to make views!!! hope BBC get this man he's a gem!!!

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB 9 місяців тому +4

      Lies again? Rating Pending USD SGD

    • @edyedy5515
      @edyedy5515 9 місяців тому +1

      And eating

    • @hemawathyvellangamully7113
      @hemawathyvellangamully7113 9 місяців тому +5

      How eating everything become culture for you? Rats are intelligent animals in their own way! The Rat name Magawa save hundreds' of human life in Vietnam. Do you know that? Your those days poverty become fesyen now, and you give new term as 'culture' for that!

    • @edyedy5515
      @edyedy5515 9 місяців тому +3

      @@hemawathyvellangamully7113 your country also,and also street food 😂

    • @hemawathyvellangamully7113
      @hemawathyvellangamully7113 9 місяців тому +2

      @@edyedy5515 What my country? Im Malaysian. We only have decent food here.

  • @gunlokman
    @gunlokman 8 місяців тому +206

    This man is a brilliant reporter. Everything about his report is highly watchable and informative. I'm glad I found this.

    • @Kunfucious577
      @Kunfucious577 4 місяці тому +4

      Absolutely. His narration isn’t opinionated but just explains how it is in a very interesting way.

  • @somosgenel
    @somosgenel 8 місяців тому +433

    Before going "OOOH GROSS, YUCKY ETC", you need to understand that the Vietnamese in the XX century fought war after war after war. These people are true survivors.

    • @OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051
      @OdinSmilesRavensLaugh72051 5 місяців тому

      I understand that and know what I respect the Vietnamese but when a country is in such disarray people need to hunt rats to survive that's when you know it's bad.
      It's sad that our so called governments tell us they are protecting us yet give no fks about their own people when it comes down to it.. while they sit in their giant palaces eating the best food, drinking the best wines and fucking till they go blind while us normal folk are out there living like vikings just less balls 😢

    • @FckPeace2
      @FckPeace2 5 місяців тому +4

      Lol a war has absolutely nothing to do with eating rats 🤮

    • @Lordtariq4233
      @Lordtariq4233 5 місяців тому +21

      I guess when you’re hungry and lacking food resources , anything goes!

    • @Kunfucious577
      @Kunfucious577 4 місяці тому +36

      These aren’t city rats that live off garbage and live in sewers. These aren’t that bad.

    • @lewa_broken
      @lewa_broken 4 місяці тому +14

      Still eww

  • @chazzwestlv
    @chazzwestlv 6 місяців тому +168

    These people are hardworking and smart. Using what they have. Respect.

  • @alexis3429
    @alexis3429 5 місяців тому +19

    Andrew, I, just, want to tell you how impress I am about your video of this village in Vietnam's field rats sell and consumption.
    I have never heard nor seen anything like it! And, once I got over my shock, I appreciated it your objective, unbiased, respectful, and honest look at this topic.
    It's easy [for most of us] to say, "I can Never Eat A Rat."
    But, that is because we haven't known hunger!
    Thus, thank you for opening my mind and learn see things with a new perspective.
    Your video humbled me.
    And, keep up the Great Work that you do!

    • @hongockimquang1994
      @hongockimquang1994 4 місяці тому

      They're more of a real treat right after harvesting, or we may call it "tradition" or "culture" - because it was down right stupid not to take a free gift from nature in your hard time and well back then any time was hard time, everyone knew that so they kept doing it.
      Talking about food...
      I doubt anyone has the guts to say that our parents and their parents and their parents and their... (you guess it) ate bad food. They ate what's now called natural, wild, organic, or at the very least, pasture-raised in our standard. Comparing to that, we would have the right to bear grief in our heart acknowledging that we're eating way worse ones.

    • @incredifunk
      @incredifunk 2 місяці тому

      You make it very valid point

    • @VVv-zv1nc
      @VVv-zv1nc 26 днів тому

      indeed, people who say "i'd rather die than eat rat/roach" are quite dumb and never knew real hunger in their entire lives, and are unable to think in those terms, which is why thry are dumb

  • @rioapril7045
    @rioapril7045 7 місяців тому +81

    I love how respectful and open-minded you are towards other cultures!

  • @Strenqthened
    @Strenqthened 9 місяців тому +306

    How does this channel only have 92k subs. every video is shot beautifully and respectfully. Stunning visuals from all walks of life. More power to you Andrew, I pray for your success.

    • @jessierosenqueen5644
      @jessierosenqueen5644 9 місяців тому +9

      That's because this is a fairly new channel. Give it a year or 2 and this channel will blow up hehe. Yeah i agree that the vids were shot professionally and beautifully and deserves to have more subs.

    • @joereyna614
      @joereyna614 9 місяців тому

      ​@@jessierosenqueen5644 He started uploading back in 2017....

    • @jessierosenqueen5644
      @jessierosenqueen5644 9 місяців тому

      @@joereyna614 Are you sure? His oldest vid is just a year ago.

    • @AlexVictor
      @AlexVictor 9 місяців тому

      @@joereyna614 maybe he decided to get rid of old content and start fresh again

    • @drissaudia1323
      @drissaudia1323 9 місяців тому +1

      He doesn’t come out with enough content. He was filming a lot with Sonny. Maybe it will grow now since he’s producing more content.

  • @stephaniesiddall3012
    @stephaniesiddall3012 9 місяців тому +190

    I wouldn't hesitate. It's not a NYC sewer rat! It is eating organically grown food, living clean and a readily renewable food source, bringing income to a village. The way things are going on this planet, people have to stop being so ridiculous when it comes to animal protein. Your videos are very informative and lovely to watch!

    • @thomastruong8382
      @thomastruong8382 7 місяців тому +10

      Stephanie, former US POW's shot sown in North Vietnam have told stories on how they "improved" their protein intake by catching snakes to eat. It was always a double treat when they found a frog in the snake's belly.

    • @Catdaddy510
      @Catdaddy510 7 місяців тому

      You look like you would put anything in your mouth lil baby 😂

    • @t.shakeena2797
      @t.shakeena2797 7 місяців тому +15

      🤢

    • @HumanOverPopulation-bl5oj
      @HumanOverPopulation-bl5oj 7 місяців тому +5

      The animals disagree, you can eat something else that doesn't need to be killed

    • @pharaohford1981
      @pharaohford1981 6 місяців тому

      ​@@HumanOverPopulation-bl5oj predatory world....can't go back to the garden

  • @sonnyr1899
    @sonnyr1899 6 місяців тому +27

    Dude: I need a visa to America
    Embassy offices: what is your purpose of visiting our country?
    Dude: I’m special rat 🐀 hunter.

  • @yasharshachaawar5530
    @yasharshachaawar5530 6 місяців тому +11

    These guys are needed in newyork

  • @LanTran-dg6xv
    @LanTran-dg6xv 9 місяців тому +158

    Field mice are a favorite dish in Western Vietnam. They are different from rats in landfills or at home that eat dirty food and are susceptible to plague. In Vietnam, hamsters are a specialty, thank you for visiting our country.

    • @Red-Revolution708
      @Red-Revolution708 7 місяців тому +7

      They’re the same . The rat came from Asia when the trade route opened during Roman times.

    • @HumanOverPopulation-bl5oj
      @HumanOverPopulation-bl5oj 7 місяців тому +4

      Poor tiny animals killed for a bite

    • @catman3953
      @catman3953 6 місяців тому +10

      I spent two weeks in Hanoi and never saw a rat, or a pigeon. But I saw lots of'em in Bangkok.

    • @blackearl7891
      @blackearl7891 6 місяців тому

      ​​@@HumanOverPopulation-bl5ojehh it's rat. They are a pest

    • @phoenixman8569
      @phoenixman8569 6 місяців тому +6

      AAWWWW,,, eatng hampsters? I had a couple of those little guys as pets when I was a child...

  • @Tibbygames
    @Tibbygames 9 місяців тому +979

    They would make millions in New York

  • @shannonsnyder4043
    @shannonsnyder4043 9 місяців тому +105

    When I was a kid I remember my father who was a marine and was one of the few first deployed there in the early 60s I think and he told me of a village that's sole income was rats for food . I didn't believe him then but I do now as an adult . You brought back a memory that I totally forgot being he died when I was an older teen . Thanks for the memory kick .👍👍👍

    • @Seaneey
      @Seaneey 8 місяців тому +6

      Hope it brings a smile to your face knowing your dad truly opened up to you & told you about his life in nam.

    • @عیسیناصری-غ8م
      @عیسیناصری-غ8م 7 місяців тому

      اینا چرا موش میخورن 😮😮😮حال آدم بهم میخوره هرچی مریضیه از چین شروع میشه از بس همه اشغالی میخورن ..سگ و گربه وموش

    • @dorotayp2031
      @dorotayp2031 6 місяців тому +3

      Głód ludzi zmusza do jedzenia zwierząt których my byśmy nie zjedli.Pozdrawiam z Polski😊

  • @mad_dog4294
    @mad_dog4294 2 місяці тому +6

    Master Splinter turned into food😂😂
    RIP Teenage Mutant Noodle Turtles

  • @MrYougotcaught
    @MrYougotcaught 2 місяці тому +9

    He said it's like a taste between fatty chicken dark meat, and pork belly....FUCK, now i want to travel there to try

  • @vazteusen9139
    @vazteusen9139 9 місяців тому +86

    As a child, my Pops used to tell me stories about how they would catch rats caught in the rice fields of Philippines. My Pops would tell me how delicious they were, although, squeemishingly i had always disagreed.. Thank You Andrew for sharing this video.. I now have a better insight of what my Pop's was trying to share with me 💯🙏

    • @10thBCT
      @10thBCT 9 місяців тому +7

      We still eat them here in South Cotabato, the one's from the rice fields

    • @alaehvlogs5676
      @alaehvlogs5676 9 місяців тому +2

      So what country is this video? Thailand? Cambodia?or Vietnam?

    • @xeroxxx9625
      @xeroxxx9625 9 місяців тому +2

      Pinoy ka

    • @walterwine
      @walterwine 9 місяців тому +1

      Pops Fernando?

    • @xeroxxx9625
      @xeroxxx9625 9 місяців тому

      @@walterwine gago haha

  • @jasondiggs6740
    @jasondiggs6740 9 місяців тому +55

    Remember family, these are rats that feed on plants, fruits, and grain. Our ancestors been hunting rodents for thousands of years just like any other game animal.

    • @RobbyO-p5p
      @RobbyO-p5p 9 місяців тому

      @@mannsouth100that was cause by fleas, on city or Norway rat

    • @ariamason9324
      @ariamason9324 9 місяців тому +5

      ​@@mannsouth100💀 ☠️ 💀 ☠️ 💀 leptospirosis

    • @nuridingojekdriver5851
      @nuridingojekdriver5851 8 місяців тому +1

      Sama aja namanya tikus pemakan segalanya

    • @HumanOverPopulation-bl5oj
      @HumanOverPopulation-bl5oj 7 місяців тому

      History doesn't justify anything

    • @yellard6785
      @yellard6785 6 місяців тому +2

      My understanding is Americans won't eat rabbit as they see it as a rodent (which it is).. However, American immigrants from Europe often ate rabbit in their home countries..

  • @wolftotem2367
    @wolftotem2367 9 місяців тому +131

    I'm a carnivore but no,I'll not put rat meat into my gut unless if I'm in a dire situation like in war-time with nothing else to eat..

    • @334honda
      @334honda 9 місяців тому +25

      Over a million cattle died in the Texas Panhandle fire the other day. With more land going to solar farms also. Cattle and pork,sheep will be high costing. Rats are far cheaper to raise also than chicken or even squirrels. People will be eating rats soon because of cost.

    • @kingbb7102
      @kingbb7102 8 місяців тому +7

      Lol chill your gonna give him a heart attack.

    • @MTLMT
      @MTLMT 8 місяців тому +1

      These are rice fields rats, taste almost like pork, especially if it’s fat one.

    • @romihananto8124
      @romihananto8124 8 місяців тому +2

      Cats food

    • @lovemaranathalo9653
      @lovemaranathalo9653 8 місяців тому +3

      @Wolf. Of course Your level is only carnivore, they are at omnivora level😅

  • @HKSlapActual
    @HKSlapActual 6 місяців тому +3

    Can confirm that Vietnamese people have excellent hand eye coordination. I work in the PCB field and it’s 90% Vietnamese operators.

  • @sharoncarter4086
    @sharoncarter4086 7 місяців тому +8

    Enjoyed your video, learnt so much. Great to watch. Just subscribed, going to watch more of your stuff.

  • @dontran449
    @dontran449 9 місяців тому +209

    This is rice field rats,not city rats

    • @edyedy5515
      @edyedy5515 9 місяців тому +2

      Mostly know it

    • @rockyabdoellah431
      @rockyabdoellah431 8 місяців тому +23

      who can guarantee whether the rat is from the city or from the fields.

    • @dontran449
      @dontran449 8 місяців тому +8

      @@rockyabdoellah431 well the rice fields itself very very large wide and long you can not see across, the rat eat only rice from many many miles rive fields only country side ,if city rats impossible I guessed

    • @fenasi_
      @fenasi_ 8 місяців тому +3

      Какая разница

    • @collentreefelling9142
      @collentreefelling9142 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@@rockyabdoellah431The rice field rats are mice!

  • @jewel7322
    @jewel7322 9 місяців тому +19

    @andrew you’re so fun to watch! Thanks for keeping us entertained!

  • @Anna-vl2ni
    @Anna-vl2ni 9 місяців тому +62

    They said Our Rat is not Your Rat 😂🐀
    I was sooo squimish about this but the finished product did def look appetizing. Thanks for the education.

    • @larryc1616
      @larryc1616 9 місяців тому +5

      What's next well-fed giant roaches?

    • @Anna-vl2ni
      @Anna-vl2ni 9 місяців тому +6

      @@larryc1616 🤣🤣 some countries eat bugs 🤷

    • @flowrepins6663
      @flowrepins6663 9 місяців тому +2

      ​@@Anna-vl2nithere are many bugs that arent as nasty

    • @rockkorn
      @rockkorn 6 місяців тому

      He means is farm rat,the farm in rat dosent eat shit,they eat rice some animals, however rat is rat😄

    • @yellard6785
      @yellard6785 6 місяців тому +1

      It was brave of him to eat it.. I am sure it did taste good but it's psychological... The Koreans eat dogs... And why not? What's the difference between eating dogs and other sensitive intelligent animals like pigs? But.. I don't think I could eat it.😲

  • @zmakeupvlogs6065
    @zmakeupvlogs6065 6 місяців тому +3

    salute to you Andrew😁👏👏 Another Sonny in the making, you guys do great job in what you do !! God bless and more of this amazing videos to come. 🙏

  • @RozCurry
    @RozCurry 4 місяці тому +6

    This video has been up for months and you mean to tell me no one else heard the cat crying in the background [10:32] !!!! 😂

  • @didierduplantier8359
    @didierduplantier8359 9 місяців тому +126

    I would call those things field mice rather than rats.
    They just eat rice and bugs instead of trash like city rats, so they should be safe to eat.

    • @hgv1883
      @hgv1883 7 місяців тому +16

      They are rats not mice not city rats

    • @zaq1337
      @zaq1337 6 місяців тому

      Where is this?

    • @yellard6785
      @yellard6785 6 місяців тому +1

      IDK.. I think they are from the species rats...

    • @HumanOverPopulation-bl5oj
      @HumanOverPopulation-bl5oj 6 місяців тому

      Humans have no value to the world.

    • @billlam7756
      @billlam7756 4 місяці тому

      ​@@yellard6785maybe hamster 😂

  • @tedgraham6548
    @tedgraham6548 7 місяців тому +85

    Funny how most animals cooked like chicken ends up looking like chicken and also tasting like chicken.

    • @azadev
      @azadev 7 місяців тому

      IKR

    • @rolandoduran8339
      @rolandoduran8339 7 місяців тому +3

      Chicken nuggets at fast food

    • @duvell1
      @duvell1 7 місяців тому +4

      Thats why I been getting myself off meat. Eating lots of veg.

    • @yellard6785
      @yellard6785 6 місяців тому +2

      Most certainly not everything tastes like chicken... Certainly not beef, not even other birds like duck or turkey.. But yes, lots of stuff does taste similar..Eg Frog legs 😂 Apparently crocodile too!

    • @NomenClature-o8s
      @NomenClature-o8s 6 місяців тому +1

      It does NOT taste like chicken.

  • @meetjeric
    @meetjeric 9 місяців тому +32

    Vietnam: Rats are food
    USA: Rats are pets

    • @meetjeric
      @meetjeric 9 місяців тому +2

      @@Islander286 i guess they learned from their ancestors who thrived thru vietnam war

    • @badgalkia10
      @badgalkia10 7 місяців тому +6

      Pests*

    • @diversejoe617
      @diversejoe617 7 місяців тому +1

      @@badgalkia10 You beat me to it lol

    • @farhazlife
      @farhazlife 7 місяців тому

      Rats r yuk! Disgusting

    • @Nobodyknowsm
      @Nobodyknowsm 6 місяців тому +1

      not every American sees them as pets I’m from California and I certainly don’t see them as pets

  • @dripdrop9787
    @dripdrop9787 4 місяці тому +2

    Im hungover as sh** right now and ive literally found you today and binged on your content... even managed to build a hunger after seeing them rat dishes 😂❤😂

  • @toddbarts9916
    @toddbarts9916 4 місяці тому +4

    At 00:21 sec the guy with a cage full of rats, a motorcycle helmet on and a cigarette in his mouth seems to sum up this video.

  • @kennethprice5628
    @kennethprice5628 9 місяців тому +169

    Im not that hungry yet...😂

  • @st.charlesstreet9876
    @st.charlesstreet9876 9 місяців тому +8

    Andrew, Thank You for show us other cultures and foods that we would never know of. Great educational video!

  • @shiblu1029
    @shiblu1029 9 місяців тому +17

    Woah, I'm new here! What a amazing video!!!! Surprisingly good scripted and edited. That is why it deserved more than a hundred THOUSAND views in less than 24 hours. Good job bro, thanks for giving me another side of Vietnam that even I am a vietnamese doesn't know.

    • @alaehvlogs5676
      @alaehvlogs5676 9 місяців тому

      Vietnam Favorite food 🐀

    • @thuytrang3564
      @thuytrang3564 7 місяців тому

      hihi chồng tôi cũng bẫy chuột để bán

  • @nidotalen255
    @nidotalen255 6 місяців тому +1

    For those who are confused these rats arent the same one u find in ur houses...these are field rats as clearly shown in the video.. Pls refrain urself from watching this type of sensitive videos if ur not a meat eater as it can cause serious distress and other issues .. Anyway have a great day all!!

  • @KennyEatsWorld
    @KennyEatsWorld 9 місяців тому +10

    Beautiful shots, compelling storytelling and above all a respectful approach to the locals with the intention to learn and not showing superiority. NatGeo...please hire Andrew and let him continue doing beautiful UA-cam videos like these. Subbed!

  • @i500x
    @i500x 9 місяців тому +70

    That's awesome that they can take advantage of an abundant natural resource like that. I'd try it.

    • @ceejay777-u6p
      @ceejay777-u6p 9 місяців тому

      because your fowl

    • @Founderschannel123
      @Founderschannel123 9 місяців тому

      Its not just abundance its pretty much a pest to both human and native biodiversity itself so better than nothing

    • @fajrialwahyudi6836
      @fajrialwahyudi6836 9 місяців тому

      Kau coba saja memakan tikus,dan tikus di kota besar besar,kau pasti suka..😂😂😂

  • @ramonepedgio5964
    @ramonepedgio5964 9 місяців тому +8

    Fascinating. I admire them for their ingenuity and resourcefulness.

  • @soupspoon9554
    @soupspoon9554 11 днів тому +1

    A rat contains a surprising amount of calories, protein, and fat, with the average 300g rat containing: 648 calories, 63g of protein, and 33g of fat.

  • @c-bone578
    @c-bone578 9 місяців тому +8

    Well put documentary combined with an honest food review. New subscriber here. I hope this video wasn't demonitized. Awesome work. Now I'll be onto your next videos.

  • @nashambenyisrael7689
    @nashambenyisrael7689 7 місяців тому +12

    Perhaps NYC should get in contact with these people and get rid of the rat problem 😅

    • @martinalarcon3108
      @martinalarcon3108 5 місяців тому

      New Yorkers living in nyc 😮😢 with bidenflation 😮😢 rats 🐀 are cheaper then looting a Costco 😢😮

    • @man08839
      @man08839 3 місяці тому +2

      Yes

    • @weirdphax5406
      @weirdphax5406 3 місяці тому

      just don't call the haitians... they'll eat the cats

    • @incredifunk
      @incredifunk 2 місяці тому +1

      They wouldn't want those nasty things

  • @tstones5187
    @tstones5187 9 місяців тому +25

    Thanks for taking one for the team

  • @daniellerostaing1467
    @daniellerostaing1467 5 місяців тому

    this reporter deserves an a award for this video!

  • @TheNomadicTrader
    @TheNomadicTrader 7 місяців тому +1

    Great production, thank you Andrew

  • @ryanmcgrath339
    @ryanmcgrath339 9 місяців тому +8

    Thank you for bringing this raw footage. I always say it's what makes a very good documentary. Thanks for what your doing hear. Ps if like to see you invite sonny to one of your videos. Thanks again bro

  • @andyyin1100
    @andyyin1100 9 місяців тому +20

    They are bush rats no't domestic rats therefore they are just like any other animals.

    • @RobbyO-p5p
      @RobbyO-p5p 9 місяців тому +5

      Exactly…no different from squirrel or rabbit

  • @amunrah84
    @amunrah84 9 місяців тому +12

    You really deserve more subscribers guy these videos are very well made

  • @305raider3
    @305raider3 29 днів тому

    AMAZING BROTHER....GREAT WORK. That is def not a typical city rat. You're a brave man

  • @myracarbajal4978
    @myracarbajal4978 Місяць тому

    Great video! Just subscribed to your channel!
    God bless!!

  • @ritchierich2793
    @ritchierich2793 9 місяців тому +9

    This episode sums up what this channel is about, a really in depth or an extension of Sonny's Best ever Food review show... 👍

  • @josephsmith961
    @josephsmith961 9 місяців тому +8

    Great video! Also a good example why you should always rinse your rice.

  • @edward2448
    @edward2448 9 місяців тому +11

    Hey Andy 🐀. Growing up in NYC I've seen some giants in the subway 🚇 system. I also have probably eaten some without knowing. I recall a time at Central Park by Columbus circle I purchased a "Kabob" from a street vendor. After eating it I noticed that my last chunk of meat had hair on it. Could have been cat but the fur looked like a subway rat. My friend and I confronted the vendor and he started yelling saying that we didn't buy it from him. When he refused a refund my buddy knocked his wagon over. I wouldn't want to eat the rat skin. However these rats are not living in a train station they are country rats. Definitely cleaner. A rodent is a rodent, rat, squirrel or rabbit. Enjoy.! Seeya next time ✝️

    • @DMSProduktions
      @DMSProduktions 9 місяців тому +4

      I think your friend went a bit o/b with the street vendor, but you're right he should have been honest about his source of protein & those subway/sewer rats would NOT have been healthy to eat.
      These 1s in VN certainly would be.
      Cambodia also farms field rats, but the species they have are HUGE! The size of CATS!
      I worked with a Cambo guy named Verak, he told me about them, & said they were so nice to eat. Very good meat.

    • @edward2448
      @edward2448 9 місяців тому

      @@DMSProduktions I didn't tip over his Cart.

    • @DMSProduktions
      @DMSProduktions 9 місяців тому

      @@edward2448 Ah ok, your friend then!

    • @ariamason9324
      @ariamason9324 9 місяців тому +1

      Any one eating in Asian restaurants has probably eaten things they never wanted to.

    • @DMSProduktions
      @DMSProduktions 9 місяців тому

      @@ariamason9324 Clispy fli lat la!

  • @user-ec6xd2ig4c
    @user-ec6xd2ig4c Місяць тому

    In the neighboring country Philippines there are some remote places where people like eating the rice field rats. They say it's clean because the rats eat rice. They say the liver of the rats cooked with soy sauce, garlic, and vinegar tastes great.

  • @HEAVYMETALJSTYLES
    @HEAVYMETALJSTYLES 5 місяців тому

    Another option for when the bottom drops out, James Clavelle's King Rat comes to mind. Good on them for making do❤

  • @JASONBLOOD-v1r
    @JASONBLOOD-v1r 9 місяців тому +9

    Finally a good video for your personality

  • @kenguterrz3210
    @kenguterrz3210 9 місяців тому +46

    They need to come over to NYC…it’ll be a buffet here for them.

  • @nadus7775
    @nadus7775 9 місяців тому +4

    this is such an original and well-crafted youtube video.

  • @SoFunMe
    @SoFunMe 4 місяці тому

    I'm not sure I would partake in this meal, but I am curious about the bones. Do they filet the meat or cook it with the bones like fried chicken? The bones would be very small and you would have to be careful eating these.

  • @felixkimani5375
    @felixkimani5375 7 місяців тому +2

    The villagers would really love Newyork😂

  • @watduh123
    @watduh123 9 місяців тому +20

    Rats from the country are different from the city. Cleaner.

    • @silvrywight3483
      @silvrywight3483 9 місяців тому +2

      Exactly! what i was gonna say

    • @HarvardArchaeology
      @HarvardArchaeology 9 місяців тому

      The rats still eat its own feces in the fields buddy. Be quiet.

    • @michaell4034
      @michaell4034 9 місяців тому +6

      I don't think anyone would eat city rats.

  • @spearcy
    @spearcy 9 місяців тому +4

    I gotta think there's a good reason why, over the ages, the overwhelming majority of humans didn't include rats in their meat diet. What did they learn over all that time?

  • @ewil1230
    @ewil1230 9 місяців тому +18

    Call me crazy but i would actually try this dish never let it be said I'm culturally bias. The fact that they actually feed on rice and not the crap that New York City rats eat on... Andrew thanks for the enlightenment i really enjoyed this video.

  • @sharontriplin3382
    @sharontriplin3382 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for sharing your video, I would love to try those delicious looking " Rats ". My mouth was Watering, as I watched you enjoy. Please continue with the lovely travel videos. We dream of traveling and tasting delicious delicacies, from around the world. Bravo ❤😊❤

  • @soupspoon9554
    @soupspoon9554 11 днів тому +1

    It's protein. You season and eat what you have. ❤

  • @punsirol
    @punsirol 9 місяців тому +6

    Amazing video, i am also Mongoloid people from Indian state of Manipur. We aldo ate paddy field rats during our childhood. It was very tasty indeed👌

  • @danielschannel701
    @danielschannel701 9 місяців тому +8

    We welcome more of these people to come over to New York City.

    • @fajrialwahyudi6836
      @fajrialwahyudi6836 9 місяців тому

      Para pemakan tikus lebih berguna jika tinggal di kota yang penuh tikus...bisa habis semua tikus mereka makan..😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @thaoau9271
      @thaoau9271 8 місяців тому +1

      Chuột ở thành phố, bệnh viện nhà ở không ai ăn đâu bạn ơi. Chuột này săn bắt ngoài đồng ruộng hoặc chuột họ nuôi cho thức ăn cỏ,mía,ngô... Thức ăn sạch.

    • @danielschannel701
      @danielschannel701 8 місяців тому

      So New York has dirty rats.@@thaoau9271

  • @ArnoldArvizu-t7i
    @ArnoldArvizu-t7i 9 місяців тому +12

    This is by far the best video I've come across. I'm a fan now it's just awesome . I want to try it . Looks Delicious

  • @Glenda-bh7ul
    @Glenda-bh7ul 6 місяців тому

    Great video Andrew!! I like that you made it whole!!!

  • @roygertel
    @roygertel 6 місяців тому

    Google Phu Dat brings me to HCMC city or north Vietnam, but not to the Mekong delta. can anyone send me location of that village ?

  • @sS-dh4ms
    @sS-dh4ms 9 місяців тому +9

    I'm glad I saw it. No longer feel disgusting or hate rats or mice. We have been programmed about everything which many things are wrong such as cultural differences, religions and the way we want to live in life differently..all cultures are fine, all religions are and all opinions and views or natures are fine.

    • @HelenaMikas
      @HelenaMikas 9 місяців тому +4

      Exactly .and diversity is good .I am a vegetarian now by choice but live and let live .is my motto Fresh food as opposed to chemically produced is always good

    • @personand
      @personand 3 місяці тому +2

      No they aren't 😂 there is right and wrong . Eg. the Muslim ppl trade was a part of their religion. Should we respect it ? NO slavery is wrong regardless if it was ur culture/religion
      Not all cultures/traditions are good and no one actually believe that all cultures are good

    • @Prenum
      @Prenum Місяць тому

      @@personandI’m so sick of culture simps.

  • @timfleischman1676
    @timfleischman1676 9 місяців тому +12

    Don’t knock until you try it. The only difference between that rats and other species is what’s going on in your mind

    • @Prenum
      @Prenum Місяць тому

      Would you eat dogs and cats?

  • @richiemochi
    @richiemochi 9 місяців тому +4

    Organic as it can get. From Farm fields to the table! I bet it does not cost much for a plate of it. Western nations need to start learning how to substitute the usual meats like chicken, beef, pork, lamb.

    • @DMSProduktions
      @DMSProduktions 9 місяців тому +1

      I agree. Oz has some of the cleanest countryside in which to farm animals! (WHY our beef & poultry is so good & salmonella free!) Rats are already HERE, why not FARM the things? They'd be healthy game meat!
      And they'd be easier than shooting 'roos all the time as you CAN'T farm marsupials!

    • @mannsouth100
      @mannsouth100 9 місяців тому +1

      Help yourself

    • @melaninbotswana2474
      @melaninbotswana2474 9 місяців тому

      Maybe 60% organic those rice fields are sprayed with pesticides organic is natural or wild if I eat cape Buffalo kudu from the wild

    • @thaoau9271
      @thaoau9271 8 місяців тому

      Một kilo thịt chuột tương đương với một kilo thịt bò nếu đó là mùa mưa bão, nếu thời tiết nắng nóng thịt 3 kilo thịt bò đổi lấy 1kilo thịt chuột thì cũng không có mà đổi 😂.

    • @DMSProduktions
      @DMSProduktions 8 місяців тому +1

      @@thaoau9271 Điều đó thật tuyệt! Vì thế nó có giá trị!

  • @gianfrancolodezzano
    @gianfrancolodezzano 6 місяців тому +1

    I'm from Italy and I spent a good portion of my life in the Far East, working for Companies dealing in stones (marbles, granites, etc...)...
    Well, it was a very good experience...
    I spent two years in Brunei, Malaysia and Philippines...I also visited India, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, I stayed for a while in Indonesia and orher Countries (Thailand, Japan...).
    I practically ate everything those areas offered to me at that time, i e. snakes (the python is very good) roasted monkeys, frogs, snails, various kinds of seafood, birds, and so on..
    But, honestly, I don't think I would eat rats...
    I remember them in Brunei (Tikus😅) ..The Kampong Ayer (Water Village) of Bandar Seri Begawan ❤ was full with them... They also crossed the Muara river, coming from the jungle ( very good swimmers) waiting for the remnants of the food that the cooks threw out of the messhall of the jobsite we were working in (the New Sultan's Palace and Government Residence)...
    They were big and black, and, frankly speaking, they didn't inspire positive feelings 😂 to me....
    However, they were great times, and I will feel nostalgy of those areas and cultures forever....
    Greetings from Italy to you all...
    Franco

  • @nidalshehahadeh7485
    @nidalshehahadeh7485 4 місяці тому +1

    I was invited to dinner in Lima Peru and as I was eating my relative kept telling me this is rat and I thought he was pulling my leg, I ate didn't think much of it until I realized what it was, Guinea Pig, though it tasted good getting it through my throat into my stomach became extremely challenging, the moral of the story it is the eye and the Brain what eats, I'm sure; to us in the West eating rats is disgusting and impossible but then we did not grow grow up eating it .

  • @dejavoue88
    @dejavoue88 4 місяці тому +8

    I'm so glad I live in a civilised country

    • @drone2u
      @drone2u 3 місяці тому

      Where

    • @dejavoue88
      @dejavoue88 3 місяці тому +1

      @@drone2u england.we don't have to eat rats etc we have progressed from using wood to eat with ,we don't have to eat or cook on the streets, and we have such things as hygiene. So yes I will say we are more civilised than a lot of countries

    • @drone2u
      @drone2u 3 місяці тому +1

      @dejavoue88 very interesting but I think being poor is no excuse for not having basic hygiene.. anyway good for you and wish you the best.

    • @donantonio5646
      @donantonio5646 3 місяці тому

      @@dejavoue88Actually The Brits have terrible hygiene, few bathe every day!!

    • @rrr826
      @rrr826 2 місяці тому +2

      @@dejavoue88hahaha you mean England the country that stole billions and billions of resources from other countries and destabilize them, and made them “ poor” in the first place. England was the nastiest place that ever existed compared to the Aztecs. You guys never showered, didn’t brush your teeth, didn’t have any hygiene and BROUGHT RATS TO THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE and possibly all over the world, even in Vietnam. You learned hygiene from the Aztecs a civilized nation that had shampoo and body wash … England is LATE TO BEING called CIVILIZED.

  • @ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639
    @ullo-ragnartelliskivi4639 9 місяців тому +20

    i started out with a "fuck no im not going to eat that" and im quite adventurous eater, like, brains and eyeballs and guts and whatnot, fish liver etc etc etc .... and i ended up thinking i gotta try this! im googling tickets for summer to vietnam.

    • @thaoau9271
      @thaoau9271 8 місяців тому

      Người Việt Nam rất thân thiện luôn đón chào các bạn quốc tế đến với đất nước chúng tôi thưởng thức những món ăn ngon nổi tiếng.

  • @KKoe10
    @KKoe10 9 місяців тому +4

    Damn bro, Andrew the rat you ate didn't even look like a rat. looks like a piece of fried chicken. Love this video. keep it coming. You are under rated bro. More people needs to subscribes your channel. I've seen many videos of food channels here and your style has become my second favorite aside from Sonny.

  • @oldschool8432
    @oldschool8432 9 місяців тому +10

    I'm getting hungry
    🐀 be like, don't 👀 at me

  • @Chill-guy-163
    @Chill-guy-163 14 днів тому +1

    Alternate title: “surviving on Covid-21”

  • @DRAGNET-pn5vf
    @DRAGNET-pn5vf 7 місяців тому +1

    GET IN WHERE YOU FIT IN, THANKS FOR THE VIDEO! 🇺🇲❤️👍🏻

  • @rnldmanuel88
    @rnldmanuel88 6 місяців тому +1

    These guys would clean up big cities fast.

  • @brolouiern9526
    @brolouiern9526 9 місяців тому +12

    New York City Rats are much much bigger ;+)

    • @georgeallen7667
      @georgeallen7667 9 місяців тому

      Adam's, Brag, the Squad et al.

    • @thaoau9271
      @thaoau9271 8 місяців тому

      Chuột ở thành phố cho thêm tiền họ cũng không lấy chuột đâu

    • @Mgalutongulamatpagkainnilakay
      @Mgalutongulamatpagkainnilakay 8 місяців тому +1

      Rats from the city is different from farm

  • @ali711269
    @ali711269 9 місяців тому +5

    Stands equivalent to the free range raised chicken 😁

  • @rockyabdoellah431
    @rockyabdoellah431 8 місяців тому +9

    who can guarantee whether the rat is from the city or from the fields.😐

    • @Me-cat720
      @Me-cat720 8 місяців тому +2

      They have passport and visa stamp on it.

    • @rockyabdoellah431
      @rockyabdoellah431 8 місяців тому +1

      @@Me-cat720 😂🤣

    • @mohdfaizmy
      @mohdfaizmy 8 місяців тому +1

      They have birth certificate..no worries.. 😁

    • @Me-cat720
      @Me-cat720 8 місяців тому

      It's break my heart anytime when I am talking serious somebody make laugh on me

    • @theenlightenedone13
      @theenlightenedone13 8 місяців тому +4

      Interview a surviving rat 😂

  • @elmucho2121
    @elmucho2121 Місяць тому

    what you did was wild man very nice job and am 50 first time i hear such thing in vietnam thanks for the tip great work

  • @mysabahTV
    @mysabahTV 6 місяців тому

    Ricefield rats are clean and tasty. Some villages in my country (Malaysia) also consume ricefield rats.

  • @xdtrobowen3881
    @xdtrobowen3881 9 місяців тому +6

    in Philippines, it's also delicacy
    in the provinces area with rice paddies and sugar cane plantation were commonly see these rodents.

  • @sanchezs7614
    @sanchezs7614 9 місяців тому +16

    Why did that bell at 0:01 sound like the intro to a Eminem song 😂

    • @coryholzhauer1049
      @coryholzhauer1049 4 місяці тому +1

      I was thinking metalica or Pantera but I can hear eminem in there too😂

  • @Ratzie01
    @Ratzie01 9 місяців тому +5

    In the region of Flanders in Belgium, muskrat was a local delicacy. We aren't allowed to hunt them anymore. They used to catch them on the banks of small streams. It's called "water rabbit", although it's neither a rat nor a rabbit.
    Actual rabbit meat is much more commonly eaten here, I personally like it stewed with beer and prunes.
    So "alternative" meat sources aren't that exotic. We have them in "the west" as well.

    • @thekraken1173
      @thekraken1173 9 місяців тому

      Why, are they going extinct?

    • @Ratzie01
      @Ratzie01 9 місяців тому +2

      @thekraken1173 they are an invasive species, not native to Europe. In Belgium they are actively hunted by the government. EU law prohibits the use of the animal in any way. This includes hunting and preparing them as food.

  • @geannealarcon9725
    @geannealarcon9725 6 місяців тому

    Your videos are informative and not just for likes and views. Done subscribing!

  • @Cochita322
    @Cochita322 21 день тому

    New subscriber. Great video

  • @johndyson4109
    @johndyson4109 9 місяців тому +27

    Just because something tastes good doesn't mean it is good....

    • @Zerpentsa6598
      @Zerpentsa6598 6 місяців тому +8

      It's better and healthier than the stuff you get from KFC or pizza hut which are often made from caged chicken fed antibiotics, grains laced with chemicals, etc.

    • @an0therdimensi0n99
      @an0therdimensi0n99 6 місяців тому +2

      zerpents you seem to be skipping over the fact that every species alive has a Species Specific Diet.
      what is natural about needing a trap, and a long assembly line processing, then needing to cook and add oils/breadcrumb/seasoning - just for a meal?
      seems to me we were born with the tools for reaching up, grabbing an apple or banana, and eating fruits. i'd be curious about the average lifespan of everyday rat consumer.

    • @Lightblue2222
      @Lightblue2222 6 місяців тому

      If it's clean meat it's clean meat.
      Rats aren't known for being clean but heck maybe these ones are.

    • @DarrinJackson76
      @DarrinJackson76 6 місяців тому +1

      @@an0therdimensi0n99 - Herbivores have herbivore teeth for chewing grass and carnivores have teeth for cutting and tearing meat. Humans have omnivore teeth. Teeth designed for both. Humans species specific diet must therefore include meat. We do not have cow teeth.

    • @k.avilla8061
      @k.avilla8061 5 місяців тому +1

      @@DarrinJackson76 well said

  • @KingZR-OTv
    @KingZR-OTv 7 місяців тому +3

    I'll never eat "RAT" meat 0:43...

  • @smustipher
    @smustipher 9 місяців тому +4

    That rat meat is likely healthier than 80% of meat in US grocery stores - no hormones, fed on natural, pesticide free food, etc. If I visited there I would try it if I knew it was processed in the town featured here.

    • @Andrew_Fraser
      @Andrew_Fraser  9 місяців тому +2

      Totally agree

    • @thaoau9271
      @thaoau9271 8 місяців тому

      Bạn nói rất đúng 👍 Món thịt chuột là một món ăn của thiên nhiên ban tặng nó cũng như con sóc,con thỏ ở trong rừng đó thôi. Nhiều người ở Việt Nam không ăn họ cũng e ngại nhưng với tôi nó là một đặc sản. Mua phải theo mùa chứ không phải muốn ăn là có.

    • @WeAreAllOneNature
      @WeAreAllOneNature 8 місяців тому +1

      See the pesticides being sprayed onto the not so ''natural, pesticide free'' rice fields at 1:08 to 1,11.
      It is ok with me that they eat them - it makes good sense. But please don't falsely glamorize the purity of the rice.

    • @xtlshazrdvenpulofesjxix
      @xtlshazrdvenpulofesjxix 5 місяців тому

      you american guy new york?watch hollywood movie rats 2002 i seen maybe 3000 hollywood movies

  • @aga5897
    @aga5897 4 місяці тому

    As far as the entire Clade of Rats goes, we only have 4 classifications.
    Mice, Rats, Politicians and Business Partners.

  • @isratmiah7103
    @isratmiah7103 6 місяців тому

    Rice field Rats must be Organic, not sure if I will try one
    Great video👍

  • @VEE1959
    @VEE1959 Місяць тому +5

    U.S. people are so different from other countries. Thing is we have never had true hunger issues. There are millions and millions of acres to grow good and the same to hunt large game. And stores never run out of beef, chicken, fish ect. So much food here that more is wasted and thrown away each day that could feed a whole country of people in the 3rd world. Then there's the amount of people in the countries themselves. The usa only has 350 million people living in it, yet it's massive land. Some of these other places are small , like the size of 1 state here, yet has several hundred million people in them and hardly any fresh water or land avaliable to grow food. They have to depend on other countries to ship them commodity, like bare min. Flour, wheat, soybeans ,corn ect. So these people are hungry and may only get 1 bowl of food a day. So to them this rat meat may be the only meat they get besides maybe fish. And theses people are very poor, the whole family must do some type of jobs to earn what little they make so they can buy simple things to you and I, like salt pepper, different raw veges from each other or trade.even children have work to do. I feel like if I were in this type situation, I would eat what I had to so I could survive. It's meat, just a different type meat. I've had family that hunted and ate squirrels. To me they are cute little animals that live in trees, like tree rats. I do not eat them, but my mom and grandmother loved to eat them 50 years ago when I was a child. Just like they did deer, wild hogs, wild duck and turkeys ect. A lot of Americans just got spoiled to store bought meat. But it was killed and skinned somewhere, they just don't want to think about that.

    • @AnonymooseWasMyName
      @AnonymooseWasMyName 25 днів тому

      So much wrong here I don't even know where to start...
      JFC, if you won't learn history, economics, social issues or food access... at LEAST learn to use paragraphs/spacing.

  • @RAAA_505
    @RAAA_505 9 місяців тому +10

    There's a bunch in New York we can donate

  • @OhnoJamz
    @OhnoJamz 7 місяців тому +1

    This is how resident evil started … it’s better to farm the rats than to catch wild ones for multiple reasons ..

  • @OvertureofDaybreak
    @OvertureofDaybreak 3 місяці тому

    6:36.. You'd swear they were wee chicken wings from afar. These mice look way healthier than the ones in NYC. These mice will end up tasting like chicken,ngl. Great video by the way. Greetings from 🇬🇧

  • @marcusrhodes5732
    @marcusrhodes5732 9 місяців тому +6

    We all probably ate it in our Chinese food with sweet and sour sauce

    • @thomasvanhiel6105
      @thomasvanhiel6105 9 місяців тому

      Oh my god

    • @ambrag2cute358
      @ambrag2cute358 6 місяців тому

      I just stopped eating at my favorite Chinese restaurant because the texture of the meat started to change… I swear it was rat or cat…🥴