How to judge whether mutton is made of "mouse meat"?

Illegal businessmen sell the animal meat products that have not been inspected and quarantined, such as foxes, minks and mice, with gelatin, carmine and nitrate added as mutton. Rat meat appraisal teaches you how to see through the machinations of illegal businessmen.

At present, the police have arrested 63 businessmen. These businessmen were accused of selling the purchased rat meat, fox meat and mink meat as mutton. Apparently, this criminal gang added gelatin, carmine and nitrate to "mutton" and then sold it to Shanghai and neighboring Jiangsu Province. The recently exposed truth is more shocking than reassuring, which makes many people in China wonder whether the "mutton" they cooked at home is really lamb.

how to identify whether the meat you eat is rat meat?

first, it smells like rat meat. Rats secrete a kind of oil on their skin, which gives them a peculiar smell of rodents. Some people think it tastes like Mexican tortillas, while others think it tastes like urine. No matter what it looks like, this taste is unique. Although the smell of rats will be reduced after being peeled and cooked, it is impossible to completely remove these smells no matter how they are cooked.

second, it tastes like rat meat. The fat secreted by mice makes the meat taste different. The smell is strong and pungent-much like raccoon or rabbit meat. When mixed with other meat, mouse meat tastes very different from mouse meat, so special attention must be paid to distinguish it.

Third, it tastes very delicious after grilling with spirits and syrup. Eating French bread and toast with smoked rat jerky. So, if you happen to be enjoying a barbecue, or feel that the beef jerky you are eating is slightly "rodent-like", you may have to check the ingredients.

fourth, it looks like lamb. Raw mouse meat is pink or red, which looks very much like lamb meat. Unfortunately, for people in China, the ground mouse meat looks like any ground meat. Because of the cut shape, the cooked mouse meat looks more like rabbit meat.

5. You live in Asia. In Asia, it is very common for people to eat mouse meat because of rice cultivation. In areas where mice feed on rice instead of garbage, this rodent is considered safe to eat. Of course, it is not clear whether the rat meat sold as mutton in China market is healthy or not, and whether those rats are fed with rice or live in sewers and eat garbage. Moreover, rats are disease carriers, and they may be infected after eating them.