Daniel the 26 toed cat

[USSWisconsin]

I like cats - this one is pretty special



Cat's 26 toes help boost Milwaukee animal shelter - Yahoo! News

[tankie]

I like cats also ,,, dead ones

[YellowFever]

Whiskey.....that cat....it's not special.....it's deformed...and deserve to die...and be eaten.

[tankie]

They get served up in chinese take aways here , sold as sweet n sour chicken , and im not joking either , bloody robbers , ya pay for chicken and end up with sweet n sour feral flea bag , bastards

[YellowFever]

C'mon, tankie...that's an urban legend.

I've been all over Asia but have not found a restaurant that serves cat...at least not openly.

Even exotic lands like England or Israel will be savage enough to serve cats.

[bigross86]

We have a whole bunch of foreign workers from Thailand, the Philippines and the region that will eat a stray cat or dog without thinking twice

[rickshaw92]

I had dog my first time in Saigon and it was wonderful. No H.P. sauce though. I haven't left home with out H.P. sauce since.

[USSWisconsin]

Come on over here and gobble him up then Yella...

I remeber going to a resturant in Madison many years ago, somebody recomended it - went in the side door and saw dog carcases hanging in the cooler - went back out the way I came - did not to stop and eat... It was in the paper a few weeks later - closed down for sanitary violations...

[YellowFever]

Went to the Norh rim of the Grand Canyon about 5 years ago with the family (sisters, nieces, nephew) and ran into an old couple with a dog and of course the nieces and nephews were cooing over the dog and the couple was showing off about how their bulldog was vey smart and loyal...etc..etc..

And I jumped in and said, "Yeah, I know that about bulldogs but how do they taste?"

The old couple picked up their dog and literally ran away from us.

I had a good laugh but my sisters gave me dirty looks for the next few hours and my nieces were grossed out but one of my nephew found it hilarious and used that line whenever he met any caucasians with a dog

Damn, I crack myself up sometimes...

[omon]

Went to the Norh rim of the Grand Canyon about 5 years ago with the family (sisters, nieces, nephew) and ran into an old couple with a dog and of course the nieces and nephews were cooing over the dog and the couple was showing off about how their bulldog was vey smart and loyal...etc..etc..

And I jumped in and said, "Yeah, I know that about bulldogs but how do they taste?"

The old couple picked up their dog and literally ran away from us.

I had a good laugh but my sisters gave me dirty looks for the next few hours and my nieces were grossed out but one of my nephew found it hilarious and used that line whenever he met any caucasians with a dog

Damn, I crack myself up sometimes...

lol, i got to try it sometimes, btw don't ask russians that.

[snapper]

Still a cute puddycat.

[Bigfella]

Hey! lets get back to talking about cute cats!!

[mustavaris]

Someone posts a picture of deformed cat and you start to talk about eating dogs. Chicom agents?

[cr9527]

Someone posts a picture of deformed cat and you start to talk about eating dogs. Chicom agents?

I've had dog(yes, not exactly a cat) once (Chinese Immigrant) in Botswana. We didn't kill it or anything, it just died from an accidental roadkill by our neighbors.

Anyways, wouldn't exactly recommend it to any of you, but mainly because it really doesn't taste that good.

Carnivores just don't taste as good as Vegetarians...

*Don't look at me like that*

Also, interesting cat

[YellowFever]

Hey! lets get back to talking about cute cats!!

No problem.


Consumption of cat meat

In most cultures, eating cat meat is considered taboo, in some cases even more than the consumption of dog meat, and it is condemned by many religions. Because cats are carnivorous, consumption of cat meat is not permissible under Jewish or Islamic dietary laws.


Cats sold for meat alongside ducks In Asia. In some parts of China, especially in the North, eating cats is considered taboo. Cats are seen as having souls, and thus the consumption of cat meat is sacrilegious. In southern China some people consider cat flesh a good warming food during winter months. The cat's stomach and intestines are eaten, as well as meat from the thighs, which are turned into meatballs served with soup. The head and the rest of the animal are thrown away. Organized cat-collectors in Nanjing's north-western suburb of Niti regularly ship cats to be used as food to the southern province of Guangdong. On 26 January 2010 China launched its first draft proposal to protect the country's animals from maltreatment including a measure to jail people who eat cat or dog meat for up to 15 days.

In Japan, cat meat was consumed until the end of Tokugawa period in the 19th century.

In Korea, cat meat used to be boiled and made into a tonic as a folk remedy for neuralgia and arthritis, though the meat by itself is not customarily eaten.

South America

Cat is not a regular menu item in Peru, but is used in such dishes as fricassee and stews most abundant in two specific sites in the country: the southern town of Chincha Alta (Ica Region, Afro-Peruvian mostly) and the north-central Andean town of Huari (Ancash Region). Primarily used by Afro-Peruvians. Cat cooking techniques are demonstrated every September during the festival of Saint Efigenia in a town of La Quebrada. In Huari, cat is consumed as replacement for guinea pig, most used through all Peruvian Highlands. Huari born people are often known as mishicancas (from Ancash Quechua mishi kanka, grilled cat).

In Brazil, specifically in Rio de Janeiro, there are urban legends saying that some street-made barbecue is made of cat meat, which is called "churrasquinho de gato" (literally, cat barbecue). Such urban legends, referring to pie filling, kebabs, hamburgers, gyros, etc., are commonplace, with varying degrees of truth or ironic scorn at street vendors' quality to them. For example, the Moscow, Russia version of old called hot cakes "kitten pies", and has recently been modified to a sarcastic "buy 3 shawarma, collect 1 kitten" as Middle Eastern cuisine has displaced cakes to dominate fast food stalls.

Cat meat was consumed in the city of Rosario (Argentina) in the middle of the economic crisis in 1996. As citizens of Rosario argued to the media, "It's not denigrating to eat cat, it keeps a child's stomach full."

Europe

Cats are eaten in certain rural Swiss cultures; the traditional recipe on farms in some regions involved cooking the cat with sprigs of thyme. In January 2004, Reuters reported that, "Swiss culinary traditions include puppies and kittens. Private consumption of cat and dog is permissible. Swiss animal welfare groups say it is hard to estimate how many pets are eaten in Switzerland every year."

Researchers have found recipes for "cat stew" and "cat in sauce" in the Basque Country in the Spanish province of Alava. Lluis Ripoll includes a medieval recipe for cooking cat in his book 'Llibre de cuina mallorquina'.

In February 2010, the food writer Beppe Bigazzi on a televised cooking show mentioned that cat stew was a "succulent" and well known dish in his home area of Valdarno, Tuscany. Later he claimed he had been joking, but added that cats used to be eaten in the area, historically. Joke or not, Bigazzi was widely criticised in the media for his comments and ultimately dropped from the television network.

Cats were sometimes eaten as a famine food during harsh winters, poor harvests, and wartime. Cat gained notoriety as "roof rabbit" in Central Europe's hard times during and between World War I and World War II.

In 18th-century Britain, geeks were known to eat cats as a part of a grotesque form of live entertainment.

Elsewhere

Indigenous Australians in the area of Alice Springs roast feral cats on an open fire. They have also developed recipes for cat stew. Some other inhabitants of the area have also taken up this custom, justified on the grounds that felines are "a serious threat to Australia's native fauna". Scientists warned that eating wild cats could expose humans to harmful bacteria and toxins.

In some cultures of Cameroon, there is a special ceremony featuring cat-eating that is thought to bring good luck.