Rat on a Stick Recipe

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Cook Your Own Rat on a Stick

The author of this very fun recipie was Pixie Bledsaw, who also drew some of the first art in the early days of Judges Guild. Clearly a very creative lady!

I have made this recipe and found it very good, you really can't go wrong with cheese stuffed meatloaf.

However if you plan on making it for your gaming group, you might want to check the to see how people might react, my late husband and best friend were somewhat disgusted by the presentation. 🤷‍♀️

The Recipe:

Ingredients

1 to 1-1/2 lbs. ground beef

1/2 cup finely crushed cheddar cheese crackers

1 egg

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1/2 lb. cheese (Colby, Colby Cheddar, or Jack Colby)

1 Tbsp. honey

1 cup barbecue sauce

8 wooden meat skewers or equivalent

- For optional tails -

4 pieces spaghetti

red food coloring

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Cut cheese into half-inch cubes. Impale cheese cubes on skewers, dividing cheese cubes evenly among skewers.

In large bowl, mix beef, egg, cracker crumbs, and pepper. If mixture doesn't stick together well, add 2 tablespoons milk.

Divide mixture into 8 sections.

Press each section flat until 1/2 inch thick.

Wrap each stick of cheese in a section of meat. Make sure there are no holes or cracks in the meat that would let the cheese leak out while baking.

Shape top end of meat "rat"into a point.

Optional tails:

Fill a small saucepan with water and add four drops of red food coloring. Bring to a boil.

Break 4 sticks of spaghetti in half. Place spaghetti in water, leaving one end out of water.

When spaghetti has softened and turned pink, remove from water.

Using unsoftened end, insert 1 piece of spaghetti into round end of "rat".

Drape soft end of spaghetti around handle of stick.

Place "rats" on baking sheet. (one with sides)

Dribble honey over "rats".

Pour barbecue sauce over "rats"

Bake 30 minutes at 400 degrees F, basting and turning occasionally.

Serve to hungry gamers.

As an added bonus you can make whiskers out of spaghetti and use raisins for eyes.

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