My father told me that before in the GDR was Nutria rat meat after the 2. WW in the area around Bitterfeld popular. He has seen people eating it and it came even from big rat farms. Later it dissapeared.
Now it is back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RxcFjV6tosThey even distribute it on ebay:
https://www.ebay.de/itm/Nutria-100g/264500834082?hash=item3d957a6f22:m:m8U1jia3GQcxaw79vAkAZeAChina closes the bush meat markets and Germany opens. What an insanity!
Btw the meat is as expensive as dry aged or filet steak from the young bull.
The German hunting association even promotes this "meat" with recipies like "Nutria leg with sweet potatos":
(The farmer from Meyers asperagus farm
http://sattelhof-meyer.de/ promotes his sweet potatoes and the hunting association the rat. To the credit of Mr. Meyer, his sweet potatoes look very good. And of cause they have the spices paprika powder, Cilantro, lots of black pepper - my father told me about the canteen of Siemens. My father is an Engenieer in Electrotechnic and build big installations all around the world. First day there was steaks. Second day there was strips of beef and the third day there was Gipsy strips of meat (in a gravey with lots of hot spices) They recycled the meat every day again. To overcome the crocodile taste, they added spices to save money)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdHqay2wAEgThe next virus will come from Germany!