Posted on 09/03/2007 3:28:06 AM PDT by Daffynition
Australians have come up with a novel solution to the millions of feral cats roaming the outback - eat them.
The felines are the descendants of domestic pets and kill millions of small native animals each year.
A recent Alice Springs contest featured wild cat casserole. The meat is said to taste like a cross between rabbit and, perhaps inevitably, chicken.
But wildlife campaigners have expressed their dismay that Australia's wild cat now finds itself on the nation's menus.
Cat stew recipe
Feral cats are one of the most serious threats to Australia's native fauna.
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One of the competition judges found the meat impossibly tough and had to politely excuse herself and spit it out
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They eat almost anything that moves, including small marsupials, lizards, birds and spiders.
The woman behind the controversial cat stew recipe has said Australians could do their bit to help the environment by tucking into more feral pests, including pigeons and camels.
But it was a recipe for feline casserole that impressed some of the judges at an outback food competition in Alice Springs.
Preparing this unusual stew seems simple enough.
The meat should be diced and fried until it is brown. Then lemon grass is to be added along with salt and pepper and three cups of quandong, which is a sweet desert fruit.
It is recommended that the dish be left to simmer for five hours before being garnished with bush plums and mistletoe berries.
Marinated moggie was not to everyone's taste. One of the competition judges found the meat impossibly tough and had to politely excuse herself and spit it out in a backroom.
Wild cats are considered good eating by some Aborigines, who roast the animals on an open fire.
This outback cuisine does come with a health warning.
Scientists have said that those eating wild cats could be exposed to harmful bacteria and toxins.
Holy smokes! Alley Oop only ‘wore clothes from a wildcat’s hide’, those crazie Aussies propose to eat the rest of the cat!
I want to hear somebody down under propose selective cannibalism with Islamic terrorists as the main menu item.
Oh wait, nobody would want to eat a sh*t sandwich.
Never mind.
As with feral cats, feral human beings (Dhimmicrats) should never have been released into society to begin with.
Mick from the high mountains of New Mexico rides again. Old dittoheads will understand the reference
LOL ...viva the Roadkill Cafe!
The feral cats have destroyed most of the indigenous food stock of the Aboriginals.
On PBS a while ago showed Aboriginal women hunting feral cats for the cook pot.
Their technique was to flush them from cover and keep them on the move till the cats were exhausted and could then be caught.
I wouldn’t eat a cat for two reason:
1) Cats, being predators, are exposed to alot of parasites and general nasties that can be transmitted to humans
2) We ain’t talkin prime rib here folks - it’s a... CAT! (yech!!)
Though I admit I would have no problem using them as bait for more interesting species.
Cat ready for take away...
LOLOL
I ain’t eatin’ it, but more power to ‘em.
So the Aussies have started eating Chinese?
Somebody, just the other day, was telling me about eating mountain lion. Said it wasn’t really that bad, but he would not hunt one just to eat it again.
I’d have to be pretty hungry to get some stuff down. Mountain lion would be one of them.
This thread needs more paprika.
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