Feline Fricassee

Tasty:

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.

I didn't know Vizigoth had family in Italy.

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Hat-tip to Derek M.