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Rat Ate. Ptui.
Oct. 7th, 2011 07:29 amWe came home from the event to find a small, dead rat in our pit. Annoying but not a huge deal.
However, the wife discovered a gnawed hole on the top of my charcuterie canvas suit bag - which is in the oubliette, just off the pit. The house has slumped enough that the door doesn't fit and there's a good-sized hole underneath. Enough, say, for a rat to run through where it can smell tasty aging meat and cheese. And want to go after them.
No signs that it got into the meat (thank $deity). But we've removed the chorizo a week early and other sausage projects are (waaah!) on hold while we figure out how to rat-proof the oubliette. If we want to continue using it to age meat and cheese, poison is right out.
However, the wife discovered a gnawed hole on the top of my charcuterie canvas suit bag - which is in the oubliette, just off the pit. The house has slumped enough that the door doesn't fit and there's a good-sized hole underneath. Enough, say, for a rat to run through where it can smell tasty aging meat and cheese. And want to go after them.
No signs that it got into the meat (thank $deity). But we've removed the chorizo a week early and other sausage projects are (waaah!) on hold while we figure out how to rat-proof the oubliette. If we want to continue using it to age meat and cheese, poison is right out.
