Here is an Italian celebrity chef discussing a “succulent” recipe for cat. After public outcry, he’s been banned from the TV show “indefinitely,” according to the London Times. The hostess looks, understandably, completely freaked out.
The chef, Beppe Bigazzi, has since said it was a joke, but not “all that much” of one.
Thanks to Slog tipper Fifty-Two-Eighty.
This one’s dedicated to Fnarf. See? Cats are good for something.
I think he’s lying. The article mentions that when some Australians tried making a cat stew a few years back, it was so tough they had to spit it out. Cat is starvation poverty food, full stop.
But that’s nothing compared to Sandra Lee’s “Chicken Cherry Baguette Burgers” she had on the other day. I mean, what the fuck? That’s what a real atrocity looks like.
And in Festival March, Chef Beppe eats a warm turd, fresh from his butt.
Whew! We disagree about food nine times out of 10, but I can’t argue with that.
When the wolf is at the door, eat it. See MFK Fisher *How to Cook A Wolf*.
I wonder how many of the neighbors are going to come forward and say they heard “here kitty kitty kitty” the night their pet cat went missing.
Cat brains. Monkey brains.
Same thing, just a different ethnic speciality.
You should try witchety grubs, they’re yummy.
i would make cat tacos!
All joking aside, as a general rule of thumb, carnivores aren’t very tasty. Even omnivores (bears, raccoons, etc.) will never ne as good to eat as an herbivore. There are biochemical reasons for this which, in my younger and less booze-addled days, I probably could have told you about. Still, in a pinch, just about anything’s a big improvement over starving to death.
Shark’s good eatin though. BTW I don’t care if he was serious or not. What makes cats off the menu as opposed to cows?
I eat cow and “own” a cat.
Shark fins are good eatin. There; corrected that for you. If you’ve ever eated the real meat of a shark, you’d renege on that. Yuck.
A good point, though, and it’s the reason I forwarded this to BJ. What makes some animals fair game, and others sacrosanct? It makes no sense to me.
Pussies. Go to the Philippines. They love them some dog.
@10 – nobody “owns” a cat.
@11 – no, actual shark. Like, a blatantly obvious cross-section of the middle of a shark. (Torso? Fuselage? Thorax?). A ‘shark steak’.
Throw that shit on the grill. Serve with some sort of pilaf, roasted vegetables, mebbe a lime wedge and some chili powder. And either a gin and tonic, or a Samuel Jackson lager. Mmmmmmm!