A "Recipe"

[MissREP]

As something akin to a joke, I posted the following on my FB page...I only got a couple of responses, but I think for some people it came across as well as a...dead rat. (The best response was my cousin informing my sister that she didn't think it wise to put me in charge of the reception food for her upcoming wedding.)

"...here's a meal idea for your next campaign, courtesy of Phoebe Y. Pember. Just in case you run out of hardtack and beans...

"The rat must be skinned, cleaned, his head cut off and his body laid upon a square board, the legs stretched to their full extent and secured upon it with small tacks, then baste with bacon fat and roast before a good fire quickly like canvas-back ducks." "

I'm not interested in eating rat--but if it became necessary, I'm sure the bacon grease would help...................................

(By the way, "A Southern Woman's Story" by Mrs. Pember is quite an engaging read.)

 

[Lnwlf]

Bacon grease makes EVERYTHING better, even planked rat.

 

[Rebel_Giratina]

I wonder if you could do the same thing with a squirrel...?

 

[Reb]

I wonder if you could do the same thing with a squirrel...?

Why not? You can do it with anything. Whether you want to eat it is a different question.

 

[MRB1863]

...after roasting to a golden brown, remove the rat and all tacks from the plank carefully so as to not damage. Then portion and eat the plank. Goes well with beer or wine.