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Bat Soup Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Lor / All my dishes 1 year, 7 months ago This one's for Orangeskipper!!! Hope you like it ;-) The following is a genuine recipe from Micronesia. Fruit bats, or flying foxes, are furry, fruit and nectar eating bats about the size of small rabbits. They make very affectionate pets. Hmmmm, I'm not rushing out to find one.... More Prep:25m Cook:60m Servings:4	Lor
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Ingredients

3 - 4 Fruit bats, well washed but neither skinned nor eviscerated

Water

1 Tbsp. Finely sliced fresh ginger

1 LARGE onion, quartered

GARLIC and lots of it !!!

Sea salt to taste

Chopped scallions

Soy sauce and coconut milk / cream

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Directions

Place the bats in a large kettle and add water to cover, ginger, onion, garlic and salt.

Bring to a boil and cook for 60 minutes.

Strain broth into a second kettle.

Take the bats, skin them and discard the skin.

Remove meat from the bones and return meat, and any of the viscera you fancy, to the broth.

Heat.

Serve liberally sprinkled with scallions and further seasoned with soy sauce and/or coconut cream.

Makes 4 servings.

NOTE: A final word about the Jean Hewitt cookbook. It is now out of print.

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Comments

lor 1 year, 7 months ago said:
I NEVER thought I'd be submitting a recipe for Bat Soup to the group!!! NO, I would never eat anything closely resembling a bat and this posting is all in fun.

mrtnzangel8 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Oh wow...I'm gonna say great post! Don't know if I would eat it but I am a Survivor fan...they are in Micronesia right now. One of the survivor's ate this stuff, well, I don't know if it was this recipe but it was bat soup. He said it's not that bad after you take the skin off...LOL

minitindel 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Omg ...i would never eat it but some would i thought it was interesting tho thanks i have to rate it a 5 for interesting .lol

cookinggood 1 year, 7 months ago said:
With a name like Bat Soup I had to look!
Ferri

intherain 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Bats are too cool to eat! :) (I love hearing them on summer nights.) This reminded me of a cookbook my mom has...the roadkill cookbook. Never made anything from it of course, but it's fun to flip through. :)

debwin 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Where the heck did you find this recipe!! You never know it might not be that bad.

lipsantos 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Here in Brazil there is a brand of yogurt called BatMilk. Even though it's made of regular cow's milk, the name makes me smile every time I pass it in the grocery store. When I saw the name of this recipe, I just had to take a look and I'm having a good laugh. However, I honestly would never eat bats!

cabincrazyone 1 year, 7 months ago said:
I'd rather eat a baseball bat.

orangeskipper 1 year, 7 months ago said:
What can I say Lor? I am so honored:) LOL

momo_55grandma 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Sorry Lor gotta pass on this one little to rich for me Ha.

pat2me 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Hi, Lor
Gotta give this a 5 for interesting as well! Some cultures eat things we wouldn't dream of eating!
Very interesting!

rml 1 year, 7 months ago said:
If it involves garlic, it has to be good! Fun Post

peepers 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Who would low ball this recipe? My gosh, I wouldn't eat bat. Nope, I'd never, NEVER eat bat but I'm giving you a 5 for originality. I must say, I'm right there with rml because I LOVE garlic LOL

chacha 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Ewwwwwww, I can't imagine but you've got my 5. Like Peepers said, it's certainly original lol

robertg 1 year, 7 months ago said:
I wonder how many martini's I'd have to have to try this?
Love the post...Bob

sparow64 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Had to look, cuz I'm a Survivor fan too! They are in Micronesia, and one of the Survivors has eaten a bat soup more than once...but you could see the whole bat in what he ate....ICK! Fun post! Thanks for sharing.

linebb956 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Great to add some humor to Grouprecipes! ... We can have a cook off with my opossum! LOL
Keep having fun!

luvshk 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Oh, Lor. I could never eat this stuff, coconut milk just does not agree with me!

greekgirrrl 1 year, 7 months ago said:
HOLY MOLY, LOR GIRL!! I love it!!LOL

crainny 1 year, 7 months ago said:
That's what I am talking about... Long live the scary foods of the world!

laadeedaa 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Hahahaha... this is too much and I never thought I'd see a recipe such as this one here. I got the biggest charge out of reading Bat Soup. You are hilarious! 5 from me

fishtrippin 1 year, 6 months ago said:
And people thought roast turtle was strange? :}
But seriously, in some places its eat what you've got or starve. And Daddy always said, "Try everything once." Good thing there aren't any fruit bats in South Dakota. Eww.

mishi 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Now this is unusual! Although I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole but you've got my 5 because it's unique ;)

mystic_river1 1 year, 2 months ago said:
You got my 5, but I decline an invitation to dinner. Good post..love the unusual ones.

lumpy1 1 year, 1 month ago said:
If i was a judge i would order you to go to bat abuse counseling and bat education class and to install a bat house on your garage. and you would thank me later. holly

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