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.
Well....another country gone 3rd world.....nothing new.
Just like these kids who kept throwing the kitten into the lake to watch it swim out over and over .....until it was exhausted and drown. Such sweet people....all of them.
IIRC, he said that he liked them in taco the best!
Mark
ROFL! Cool posts. ;o)
I remember him well.
Mick was probably Rush’s most memorable caller. I think I heard every time he called in as well as when Rush mentioned that he had died.
The best was when he was talking about the homeless. Mick quoted Paul in Thessalonians and said “If a man doesn’t work then neither shall he eat.” Rush said that since they’d be dying in the streets what would you do.
“Ya bury ‘em, Rush.”
Mick was pretty cool
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