CAT STEW — REALLY?!
The Lookout
Here’s one form the ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ file. Beppe Bigazzi, a 77-year-old Italian food writer has been fired from his Italian cooking show for recommending stewed cat to viewers as a “succulent dish.”
The channel’s switchboard was inundated with complaints from arrabiata viewers and, of course, animal rights groups. Bigazzi said that casserole of cat was a famous dish in his home region of Valdarno, Tuscany.
“Cat soup is one of the best dishes from Valdarno …. [the cat] is kept three days in a stream to bring out the qualities of its white meat … I’ve eaten it myself and it’s a lot better than many other animals,” he told viewers. “Better than chicken, rabbit, or pigeon.” He said that for optimum flavor the kitty should be “soaked in spring water for three days” before being stewed.
Hmmm … Good to know.
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