Hard Times Recipes

Rat And Mouse Recipes-

Mice aren't that bad. Especially not with chiles and tortillas! It's all how you look at them. When the big crash hits,or the next big natural disaster, you're going to drool for any extra mice running around your house. Most of these recipes are "Weight Watcher friendly" (Approx. 4 point value).

RECIPE FOR "Enchiladas El Mouse-O FROM EL HOUSE-O"

6 corn tortillas, 6 mice parboiled, stripped, boned, chopped, seasoned. 2-3 large red dried chiles soaked in water 5 min. l chopped green onion, cilantro for decorating. oil/onions. salt pepper to taste,

Make regular enchilada sauce by grinding the soaked chiles in the pot liquor, and straining well to separate the chile skin from the chile's red meat. Then, fry onions, throw sauce in for l minute. Set aside.

Heat tortillas on a greased skillet, drop into sauce until covered, pull out, then fill the sopping wet tortilla with about 2 tbs. mouseburger meat, roll up. Set rolls in a dish, line all six up. Pour remaining sauce on top. Decorate with any old cheese, l chopped green onion. Bake l5 min at 350 degrees. Serve with wine or if you are poor,drink tap water.

SHEPHERD'S RODENT PIE

Not every shepherd can dice a lamb every time his belly rumbles. So many have learned to make do with DICED FIELD MICE or RATS.

Take 4 potatoes, boil, mash, season, add cream, mash some more, line 8" pieshell with them.

Boil six medium sized mice. Rats are ok if you know what they've been eating. No Buick upholstery or graveyards.

If the rodents are the right size, you should have a cup of rat meat (depending if you've cleaned the carcasses well enough.) Season with salt, pepper, cayenne, add l cup blanched, chopped almonds, l cup cracker crumbs, l egg, (reserve l tsp for topping) making a burger. OPTIONAL: bell pepper, onions, cilantro, parsley, thyme, oregano, l can creamed corn, l can of those crunchy chinese things, water chestnuts, chopped olives, a dash of catsup or tomato sauce.

Fill the pie. Cover with more potatoes. Use egg/cream to wipe down pie so it toasts brownish in oven.

Remember, a rodent tastes just like a big rabbit. The taste of the flesh is identical. Ask any concentration camp prisoner or hobo.

TIP: when cooking rodents, pre-soaking up to 5 hours helps take away that pesky rodent flavor. AND the longer you cook it, with the other ingredients, the better the meat tastes.

Try this st.pattie's day favorite !!!

MOM'S RAT MULLIGAN STEW

1 1/2 lbs. SMASHED RAT MEAT (Your local butcher will grind for you) Approx. 2 large rats
1 family sized can vegetable soup
1 can kidney beans with juice
1 sm. can tomato sauce

First,brown meat,discard any greasy fat.
Combine and heat all the ingredients, then simmer 1/2 hour. Break up a couple handful of spaghetti and add. Simmer until the spaghetti is done.

Look for more great recipes coming soon..... (Human Flesh Blood Sausage)