Grilled rat sellers earn millions | Bangkok Post: business

Grilled rat sellers earn millions (pix)

Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 17.54
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Grilled rats have become a local hit in Phitsanulok province and a couple has reportedly earned over a million baht a year selling them.

Somboon Yooyen, 50, and her boyfriend Somsak Tiwong run a grilled rodent stall on Sukhothai-Phitsanulok road near tambon Phai Kho Don.

"I am proud of selling grilled rats and I earn roughly 2,000 to 3,000 baht each day, sometimes 10,000 baht a day during festivals. This occupation provides me with enough cash to buy a truck and a house in only a couple of years,” said Ms Somboon.

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2ploenchit
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Discussion 3 : 24 Jan 2013 at 19.203
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@D2 I've always thought it's a rat-hole. However, I'll invite them to my home to let them take care of the rats that live between the ceiling, and make some money as well.
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Are they selling grilled dog food or are the rats supposed to be for human consumption?
Not that I think that humans can’t eat rats but I am a little concerned where all these rats come from. Does someone have a rat farm or are these rats from the sewers of Phitsanulok?
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...and here I've been teaching teenagers for the last two years like a sucker...
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