What Rodent Did Belize Feed the Queen
Daily Mirror cover: "The Queen Eats a Rat!" Queen Elizabeth eats gibnut, 1985 Queen Elizabeth Politely Ate Rat Stew in Central America, Said It Tasted Like Rabbit
There are certain foods that Queen Elizabeth refuses to touch. For example, Her Majesty avoids garlic because of the stinky breath problem and doesn�t like starchy sides like pasta with her meals. She also insists on sandwiches with the sharp corners cut off during teatime.
Despite the queen�s very specific demands, she is adventurous when it comes to sampling new foods in foreign countries. As the representative for the United Kingdom she�s often required to sample local cuisine as a sign of respect for that culture.
Fresh fruits and gourmet entrees are delightful. However, at times Queen Elizabeth must try some truly exotic selections � like the time she ate rat stew or when she sampled a sea slug.
The queen once sampled rat stew in Belize while visiting Central America as the dish is a local delicacy there. Daily Mail reported that Her Majesty declared it tasted �like rabbit� and was perfectly happy to eat it alongside her hosts.
And even now the country benefits from the queen�s adventurous palate. Belize restaurants still advertise the dish as �Royal Rat� and �Rat eaten by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth� to help drum up business.
Gibnut is not a rat, this story is just one of the things that went viral because the gibnut is from the rodent family.
The Queen was provided with menus to choose from ahead of time and she selected the gibnut - it was not a surprise to her. The Gibnut meal was cleared with the queen's people before she was served Gibnut in Belize. Ray Lightburn was the chef.
Gibnut is sometimes known as bush rabbit, but certainly is not rat! It doesnt eat garbage, it eats from da bush. Much healthier to eat. I very much doubt if de queen would have been permitted to eat rat as u can pick up diseases fahn rats. Gibnut rocks!
It�s a tabloid. They live on scandal and untruths and stretching the facts. Reckless reporting. In any case it was great press for Belize.
Alan Usher: The Sun made fun of the Queen at Belize's expense. The menu was cleared by the Buckingham Palace months in advance. The editor is a silly little man looking for sensation.
Anna McNab: My son was barely 5 years old and we stood on the veranda of the then Chateau Caribbean while they has a ceremony at the park across the street then she walked in front of the Chateau. We were fortunate to have been in Belize at that time. My son still remembers he was that close to a queen!
Albert Avila: I understand she was given a menu and that was the dish she chose. Also, the Royal Family does lots of hunting in their privately owned forest and they eat some of the wildlife they catch.
Onesimo Pot: It made the news in England, so much so, that they had to print additional newspapers. The British know how to make things sensational.
Alexander Aguet: My grand Henry Fairweather always sat first on her right when she visited and the gibnaut was always from his farm. She ate it all. Everytime she came to Belize or some envoy would come they would get gibnut from my granddad and most were packed and taken back to England. How I know this my sister my mother and grandmother would do the packing.
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