By the way it is Kitty Stew, not "fritters"
Fritters are accompanied by an entirely different wine...
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Well, first maybe some kitty cat stew. I supposed if I was starving out in the middle of nowhere and nothing else to eat that "here kitty, kitty" might take on a whole new concept.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,586306,00.html
A top Italian food writer has been suspended indefinitely from the country's version of the British television program "Ready Steady Cook" for recommending stewed cat to viewers as a "succulent dish."
RAI, the public broadcasting network, said that it had dropped Beppe Bigazzi, 77, for offering the recipe on "La Prova del Cuoco," which is broadcast at midday on the main channel. Its switchboard was inundated with complaints from viewers and animal rights groups. Bigazzi said that casserole of cat was a famous dish in his home region of Valdarno, Tuscany.
?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 flavour the meat should be ?soaked in spring water for three days? before being stewed.
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My first reaction on seeing his picture is that I was looking at Angelo Mozilo, the former CEO of Countrywide Financial Corporation.
http://mortgage.freedomblogging.com/2009/05/13/mozilo-may-face-civil-charges/10415/countrywide-earns-2-2/
here is a link to the mans; wiki translated from italian to english. It gives a short revision say that Beppe has said he was speaking about back in the 30's and the 40's after WWII.
"In the '30s and '40s as everyone on the Arno Valley in February, we ate the cat instead of rabbit as there were those who ate the chicken and having nothing going on the hunt for mushrooms and truffles not yet foods luxury. Moreover Ligurian and Vicenza were equally and proverbs remind us. This does not mean eating cat meat today, I just recalled customs'
He also said:
"In the episode of Fat Thursday, I mentioned a saying of my parts. A berlingaccio (the carnival in dialect) - who has no fat kills the cat. Obviously someone wanted to know that I invited to eat cat meat, but it is madness
And here is a link to the video of the incident on YouTube. The look on the woman's face as he starts to talk about cooking cats is priceless.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoD7E3hGwu0
She's cute too. Soon as the word "gato" comes out, you can see her face change, lol.