(Baonghean.vn) – Lunar February begins the season of "hunting" wild rats in the highlands of Nghe An. This is the time when wild rats are fat and can be processed into many "special" dishes such as: grilled on hot coals, stir-fried with lemongrass and chili, cooked with nam nhooc... Of course, not everyone dares to try it and not everyone has the opportunity to see this strange dish in their life.
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| February (lunar calendar) in Western Nghe An is the season for hunting wild rats. The way to hunt rats is to set traps overnight. Photo by Dao Tho. |
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| When setting traps, you have to be good at observing to detect trails with mouse footprints to use as bait to catch them. Traps are usually set in the evening, and you wake up in the morning to check and collect the traps. Photo by Dao Tho. |
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| Children in the highlands of Nghe An enjoy setting mouse traps in the forest as if it were a game. Photo by Dao Tho. |
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| A big mouse caught in a trap. Photo by Dao Tho. |
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| The result of a night of "hunting". Photo by Dao Tho. |
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| It turns out there's not only bo gian but also...mice! Cleaning, seasoning and hanging in the kitchen is the way the highlanders store meat when the "hunting" season is a big hit. Photo by Dao Tho. |
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| There are also many other specialties made from rat meat such as stir-fried with lemongrass and chili, cooked with rat meat... Photo by Dao Tho. |
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| Mice are a specialty favored by highlanders. Currently, wild mice are sold at very high prices in markets, up to 100,000 VND/mice. Photo by Dao Tho. |
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