A suggestion that I advise against

In comments below, EBM asks why am I putting up rat recipes? The Republicans are the cause of these economic problems (not that Obama is doing anything about them either, but, y'know), so why shouldn't I be putting up recipes for adding Republican to your diet?

Now, the recipes actually work with most wild game (just adjust the amounts according to how many critters you need to get meat from in order to make the recipes work), so theoretically they'd work. The problem is that Republican leaves a bad taste in your mouth due to the amount of bile and venom contained in the species. I assume that, as with pufferfish, it would be possible to somehow isolate and remove the poisonous parts, leaving just the meat. But it may be that, as with toads, the bile and venom is simply too widely dispersed within the body of the creature to make it worthwhile to attempt to eat it.

So, to anybody proposing that the unemployed who've been told by Republicans, "eat rat or die", eat Republican instead... highly, HIGHLY advised against. Aside from the bile and venom issue, there's the possibility of catching Mad Republican Disease from the festering pool of ignorance that fills the cranium. This variation of Mad Cow Disease makes you appear in public waving tea bags in your Medicare-provided scooter while shouting "keep your government hands off my Medicare!" and other such nonsense. So, given the disease, bile, and venom problems, eating Republican is highly disrecommended. Republican: Just say no :).

- Badtux the Snarky Culinary Penguin