Australian Author Cooks Feral Cats *Sensitive Material*

bunnicula · 09-03-2007, 09:13 AM

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An Australian chef's curiosity has definitely killed several cats Ã¢â‚¬â€œ and turned the nation's wild moggies into evening meals.

Feral cats roaming the Outback are being increasingly caught and cooked, and transformed into casseroles or stews.

Children's author Kat Kessing (yes, that's her real name) says the recipes are not only appetising but can also cut down the death and destruction caused by wild cats.

But critics say the concoctions are in very poor taste Ã¢â‚¬â€œ in more ways than one.

Ms Kessing has been turning cats into food for 15 years, after managing to trap one near her Alice Springs home.

She said: 'When I started to skin and gut it, I thought the meat looked quite nice. And I knew the Aboriginal mob roasted them on the fire and liked them.

'I thought I'd have a go too Ã¢â‚¬â€œ so I made a cat-erole.'

But she has only just publicly introduced her favourite recipe for sautÃƒÂ©ed cat, at an Outback food contest.

The meal involves chopping and browning two small feral cats, adding dashes of lemongrass, salt, pepper, wild peach, spinach leaves and mistletoe berries, and cooking on high heat for five hours.

Ms Kessing, 57, has also been working on extended menus, including roast cat and cat sausages.

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article...8&in_page_id=2

There's an interview with the author here:
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2007/s2016936.htm

Candycane · 09-03-2007, 01:06 PM

Wow, I can't believe that someone would go public with that. Awhile back, there was a suggestion by a different country that the starving residents start eating the numerous feral dogs.

I don't believe in eating meat in the first place, but the argument that eating cat meat is wrong versus eating cow meat, chicken meat, etc. is interesting to me.