mskitty -- you are a hoot!!!
lorax -- I have a sister-in-law from Equador, and she has confirmed that the South American mountain rat, called Vizcacha, is eaten in several ways. There is Vizcacha with rice cassarole, as well as the ever popular pickled version - Vizcacha en escabeche. Yum Yum. Check out the mountain rat pic I found.
Oh boy, I can see mskitty now just a drooling away!!!
Kidding aside, I'd try this critter before possom.
