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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 12:31:34 AM

Title: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 12:31:34 AM: Rome, Italy (CNN) -- Italy's state-owned television broadcaster has dropped a popular chef for sharing a recipe with viewers to cook cat.

Beppe Bigazzi told CNN that while he would miss collaborating with the RAI-Uno TV network, he would not apologize for his comments because they reflected historical facts, not just his opinion.

He blamed the furor on animal rights activists saying "It's their problem, not mine!"

During a live broadcast February 10, the grandfatherly Italian cooking expert noted that in decades past, Italians in the region of Tuscany did eat cat meat.

Bigazzi, 77, told viewers there was a saying for this time of year that "if you don't have meat, kill the cat."

The popular TV chef then went on to describe how you can tenderize the meat by letting it soak for three days in running spring water.

As Chef Beppe continued, his co-host of 'La Prova del Cuco,' Elisa Isoardi looked aghast.

The young hostess declared "My Othello in a stew? No!" Othello is the name of her pet cat. But Beppe wasn't finished.

He told viewers he had dined on cat many times and that the meat tasted better than chicken or rabbit.

By this point, Isoardi was trying to hide behind a cart filled with vegetables.

Management at RAI-Uno suspended him immediately. The chef said he has since been told he will not be appearing on the show again.

Carla Rocchi, President of Italy's Animal Protection Association, said: "The truth is that Bigazzi only wanted this: his moment of fame. He is getting it, but in a negative way."

There were indications during the TV broadcast that Chef Beppe knew animal rights activists would respond. He mentioned that while they would be upset, they were wrong to think animals like cats were any different from rabbits that are sold in Italian shops.

Interviewed at his apartment in Rome, Bigazzi told CNN: "It was a custom [to eat cat] all over Italy."

"In Parmas the cat was nicknamed 'the rabbit that runs on roofs,' in Liguria, the cat is nicknamed 'the rabbit with short ears, in Piemento it is called the 'rabbit that meows.' Today we are scandalized by this. Why? Because times have changed. The cat has become a domestic animal. This was not the case before."

Bigazzi says that his father was imprisoned by the Russians and his farm family scraped by on what they could during the war. "The chickens were for selling," he said. "The rabbits were for selling. The cat was more difficult to sell, so we ate cat. I have no shame of it."

Rocchi responded: "Today, what is the point of talking about eating a cat, especially since it is prohibited by law?"

An American volunteer at the famous Cat Sanctuary in the ruins of Torre Argentina in Rome said the debate over Chef Beppe's comments may come to some good.

Andy DiPaula told CNN: "I think the real question which has been raised in a lot of people's minds is, after all, if cats, why not rabbits, why not lambs, why not protect them as well?"

The Cat Sanctuary is now something of a tourist attraction. About 200 feral cats roam the ruins where Julius Caesar was said to have been assassinated in Ancient Rome.

The cats get food, shelter and veterinary care funded by public donations. The number of feral cats in Rome has declined after a concerted effort to sterilize the animals that were suffering due to over-population.

Rome's cats at the sanctuary can be adopted by the public. "But not to anyone," quipped DiPaula, "who arrives here with a cooking pan."
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Bocsius on February 26, 2010, 12:33:56 AM: Eh, I mean, I wouldn't eat a cat or a dog, but come on. It's no different or worse than eating a pig or a cow just because you call it Whiskers. It's still an animal you're killing and eating.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: OptimoPeach on February 26, 2010, 12:39:14 AM: I would like to try both
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 26, 2010, 12:40:37 AM: Quote from: Bocsius on February 26, 2010, 12:33:56 AM
Eh, I mean, I wouldn't eat a cat or a dog, but come on. It's no different or worse than eating a pig or a cow just because you call it Whiskers. It's still an animal you're killing and eating.

How about if you called it 'Dad'
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Bocsius on February 26, 2010, 12:41:06 AM: That would be a tad awkward, yes.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 12:44:39 AM: It's unfair that we can't eat cat just because some wackos want to keep these clearly antisocial animals as pets. I mean, the meat tastes BETTER than rabbit or chicken. I wanna have some of that, but thanks to those disgusting cat people, I can't.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Madrun Badrun on February 26, 2010, 12:45:00 AM: This is pretty ridiculous. Also "better than chicken" makes me want to try it.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: drew on February 26, 2010, 12:47:20 AM: id be down for some cat

fuck cats
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Barry Egan on February 26, 2010, 12:48:16 AM: I'm pretty sure there aren't any laws against killing your own cat and eating it if as long as you did it in a humane way, Ichi. I think you should try it and make a thread about it. I'd be curious to know how it tastes / some simple preparation methods etc.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 12:52:08 AM: Quote
The popular TV chef then went on to describe how you can tenderize the meat by letting it soak for three days in running spring water.

This makes my mouth water.

Fucking cat people. Why can't I go to a restaurant and order some delicious grilled cat? :spitzer
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 26, 2010, 12:52:31 AM: Quote from: My F*cking Grandpa on February 26, 2010, 12:48:16 AM
I'm pretty sure there aren't any laws against killing your own cat and eating it if as long as you did it in a humane way, Ichi. I think you should try it and make a thread about it. I'd be curious to know how it tastes / some simple preparation methods etc.

I wanna make cat lasagne. HAPPY NOW GARFIELD
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Barry Egan on February 26, 2010, 12:59:28 AM: Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 26, 2010, 12:52:31 AM
Quote from: My F*cking Grandpa on February 26, 2010, 12:48:16 AM
I'm pretty sure there aren't any laws against killing your own cat and eating it if as long as you did it in a humane way, Ichi. I think you should try it and make a thread about it. I'd be curious to know how it tastes / some simple preparation methods etc.

I wanna make cat lasagne. HAPPY NOW GARFIELD

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Persialainen.jpg)

A persian cat seems like a good choice considering its portliness. I wonder if anyones actually ever cooked a persian before.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 01:06:31 AM: Looks like a hairy little pig. :drool
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Madrun Badrun on February 26, 2010, 01:06:44 AM: I wonder how cat people taste?

Now I'm imaging a Russian TV chef who says "You know there was a time in Leningrad where there was the saying 'if you don't have meat, kill the neighbor with the cats'" He would then go on to tell how to cook the meat using scrubbed off wall plaster as fire fuel.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Barry Egan on February 26, 2010, 01:17:49 AM: wat
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Himu on February 26, 2010, 01:48:34 AM: :lol @ this thread

and :o @ "better than chicken"
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 01:50:50 AM: Quote from: Himuro on February 26, 2010, 01:48:34 AM
:lol @ this thread

and :o @ "better than chicken"

Popeye's needs to get some new items on the menu, know what I mean? ;)
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 01:53:25 AM: I'm not going out and killing a cat, I just want the option of ordering one and having a chef prepare it for me without having to travel to China.

IT'S ITALIAN CUISINE
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 02:41:25 AM: According to that episode of The Shield, strangling a cat ain't that hard.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 02:46:33 AM: Better hope he doesn't boast about doing that shit too loudly, he could get in a heap of legal trouble over animal abuse.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Cormacaroni on February 26, 2010, 02:52:03 AM: Just struck me how weird it is to see a thread about eating pussy on the Bore.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 02:57:52 AM: Quote from: Borys on February 26, 2010, 02:49:05 AM
Cat Pizza anyone? :drool

So honnnngry NOM NOM NOM
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Phoenix Dark on February 26, 2010, 03:25:18 AM: can I put it in my alphabet soup?
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Human Snorenado on February 26, 2010, 03:38:13 AM: Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 26, 2010, 02:52:03 AM
Just struck me how weird it is to see a thread about eating pussy on the Bore.

:rofl
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: chronovore on February 26, 2010, 05:00:24 AM: Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 26, 2010, 02:52:03 AM
Just struck me how weird it is to see a thread about eating pussy on the Bore.
You beat me to it.
:bow cormacaroni :bow2
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: The Fake Shemp on February 26, 2010, 09:56:01 AM: Quote from: Cormacaroni on February 26, 2010, 02:52:03 AM
Just struck me how weird it is to see a thread about eating pussy on the Bore.

Game over, man.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Diunx on February 26, 2010, 10:01:27 AM: I could understand he getting fired if he where talking about dogs, but cats? who gives a fuck?
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Green Shinobi on February 26, 2010, 10:35:13 AM: Cats are really intelligent and have a load of personality. They're in an entirely different class than rabbits or chickens.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Reb on February 26, 2010, 10:39:03 AM: What about pigs? Roughly as intelligent.

Jonathan Safran Foer makes an interesting point on this in his book Eating Animals.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: chronovore on February 26, 2010, 11:02:16 AM: "Well, we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherfucking pig."
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 07:11:17 PM: Cats are fairly unlikeable animals. I've never gotten why some people keep them as pets, unless they have vermin problems.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: AdmiralViscen on February 26, 2010, 07:20:22 PM: (http://i47.tinypic.com/15hdiy8.jpg)
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Barry Egan on February 26, 2010, 07:25:01 PM: Quote from: Genghis Cohen on February 26, 2010, 07:14:01 PM
I have 2 cats :-[

:drool
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 07:59:56 PM: Quote from: Genghis Cohen on February 26, 2010, 07:14:01 PM
I have 2 cats :-[

You're just saving them for when times are lean, I know. :drool
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Powerslave on February 26, 2010, 08:13:07 PM: McKitten

Only slightly stranger than a McDragon.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 08:16:36 PM: (http://www.bobandmatt.com/images/cat_sandwich.jpg)
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: EmCeeGrammar on February 27, 2010, 10:34:17 AM: Cats have bursts of affection seeking mixed in with thier alone time. This is why I prefer them to dogs who ALWAYS want attention and act plain distinguished mentally-challenged . about it.
Title: Re: TV chef shows how to cook cats, gets fired
Post by: Powerslave on February 27, 2010, 01:28:19 PM: Quote from: Ichirou on February 26, 2010, 08:16:36 PM
(http://www.bobandmatt.com/images/cat_sandwich.jpg)

I bet it wont look like that when I order it. Fucking Mcdonalds and their deceiving product pictures.