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Thai Cuisine – Rat!

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Yes, I should be writing about Mexico, but this story caught my eye.

BBC photo

From the BBC…(and thank you BBC for eliminating my appetite this eve)

Thai fast food sellers are enjoying a boom in rat sales, as people learn to love the taste of the rodent.

While rat has long been eaten in Thailand’s poorer northern regions, a growing number of the country’s roadside vendors are now serving it up.

The rats are drowned and sold uncooked or ready to eat, with happy customers purchasing rat meat for as much as 150 baht ($4.82; £2.30) a kilogram.

“It’s better than chicken,” one customer told the AP news agency.

TEFL in Thailand – Big Changes

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

Thailand TEFL Trouble?

I’ve been watching developments and writing about Thailand of late, trying to sort out the mess over there as the country adopts stringent measures for those looking to teach English there. TEFL Watch and the TEFL News Network have it all laid out for us, by the book. It looks like it’s going to be serious challenge to try teaching in Thailand.

Here is an article from TEFL Watch that explains the issues and new requirements:

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