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August 11, 2009
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TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI AP Joseph Mitengo of the Ntcheu District in Malawi sells the mice in Lilongwe.

Is it wrong that I think these look completely edible?  They certainly beat the fishmouths of previous posts.  I’m imagining that they’d be a bit like chicken wings.  Although I’m not loving that they don’t seem to have been skinned in anyway.  They’re apparantly quite the delicacy in Malawi – I discovered them here.

And if you’re feeling sorry for the poor wee mice you can’t have had the pleasure of sharing your home with them.  One winter of sleepless nights listening to them scuttling through the loft above your head and daily trap setting and emptying and you’ll be craving a mouse kebab.