Rat Beatings

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Rat Beatings

Hallo!

Yes, there was a series of drawings of rat catching from Point Lookout, MD.
Kind of lends new meaning to "I'm a-fightin' for ma rats."
(Sorry, could not resist, must be the OTC cold medication).

Curt
Rat On a Stick Mess

[ooticamitica]

Re: Rat Beatings

very amusing!

[Gary of CA]

Re: Rat Beatings

So long as the rats are of the rodent variety and not the hospital-rat of the Civil War genre, rat beatings are OK. All right Mrs. Lawson, where's that furless-tail squirrel (or is it bald-tail squirrel) stew recipe you were talking about? Mighty popular in Vicksburg I heard tell.

[maineman]

Re: Rat Beatings

I remember an illustrated diary of a C.S. prisoner at Point Lookout (I belive it was in the Life/Time series) illustrating the catching, skinning and cooking of rats. (I think there was also an illustration as well of an unlucky reb's encounter w/ a lobster as well)

"No rats were harmed in the posting of this reply"

It was a crab