My grandmother, living out in the backwoods, once asked us kids if we knew what we were eating.
We said, "Chicken?"
She laughed and said, "No ā it's squirrel."
They have a fish in Korea called ģ„ķ¬ (jwipo), often nicknamed "sea rat."
A friend once offered me something on a stick from a local Korean street vendor.
I tried it and asked, "this is good, what is it?ā
He said, "Rat."

I stopped eating and said, āRat?!ā
He laughed and said, āNo, no ā in Korea we call it 'sea rat'.ā
While, living working in Thailand
they serve something called ąø«ąøąø¹ąøąø² (nĒu naa) ā meaning "field rat."
It's made from actual rats... not bad, actually ā spicy, like most Thai food!
Common in "Maha Sarakham" (ąø”ąø«ąø²ąøŖąø²ąø£ąøąø²ąø”),"