The government of Bihar, an Indian state, is recommending that people eat rats:
Apparently, it will even be available as a menu item in restaurants:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080818/n_world_reuters/international_india_rats_dc
"Eating of rats will serve twin purposes -- it will save grains from being eaten away by rats and will simultaneously increase our grain stock," Vijay Prakash, an official from the state's welfare department, told Reuters.
Apparently, it will even be available as a menu item in restaurants:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080818/n_world_reuters/international_india_rats_dc