Cantonese people have a strong taste. Do they really eat rats?

In today's network society, there are many sayings about Guangdong. When it comes to Guangdong's nickname, many people joke that it is "eating the province". How did this nickname come from? It is said that there is a saying circulating in Baidu's propriety bar: "Except for planes flying in the sky, cars running on the ground, people on legs, four-legged tables and chairs, there is no Cantonese who don't eat." So it is called "food province".

In fact, some areas in Guangdong do eat rats, but they are not rats that run out of sewers in the middle of the night, but "voles" or "mountain rat". Guangdong people eat wild game such as sugar cane, rice and wild fruit. They are similar to the eating habits of rabbits. They are completely different from those who grew up eating garbage in the garbage dump. Voles and mountain rat eat wild fruits and rice when they grow up. Their meat is sweet and delicious. They are full of game, not as smelly as house mice. However, it is difficult to see voles in Cantonese cuisine. Because voles are expensive, they usually go to special restaurants in the suburbs to taste this game.

Due to the influence of online jokes, people who eat melons think that Cantonese people eat everything, even if rats are found at home, they can catch them to make braised pork, so many people are biased against Guangdong's food culture. Let's not have these prejudices.

In life, we will encounter many different living habits from ourselves. Don't panic. We should try to understand the local living habits and treat them with tolerance. Just as some foreigners think it is inconceivable for China people to eat animal offal, some people in China think it is difficult for foreigners to eat raw beef. They just have different eating habits.