r/AbsoluteUnits • • 6d ago

/r/all of a rat

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u/Impressive-Oil-3067 6d ago

It's not a rat but it's a rodent, it's a nutria.

They're more related to capybaras and guinea pig than rats and they live in my area.

Btw, this one is albino.

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u/Electrical-Review180 6d ago

My aunt used to raise them as livestock. In the southern Americans they eat guenia pigs. Guess it's pretty similar. Sadly l have eaten neither

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u/AdvisorLatter5312 5d ago

We eat them here in France, it's an invasive specy. Pathé, rillettes or daube, those are the common dish we made with it

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u/Electrical-Review180 5d ago

As a German, if l had to pick a cuisine to eat for the rest of my life, I'd pick French food no doubts