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Cat stew lover skewered in Italy
This Sept. 3, 2003 photo made available Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 shows cooking AP – This Sept. 3, 2003 photo made available Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 shows cooking show host Beppe Bignazzi ...
By FRANCES D'EMILIO, Associated Press Writer Frances D'emilio, Associated Press Writer – Wed Feb 17, 5:51 pm ET
ROME – Italian state TV has suspended a cooking show host who shocked the nation by saying cat stew is a Tuscan delicacy he swears he has enjoyed many times.
RAI TV confirmed on Wednesday that it had suspended Beppe Bigazzi, the 77-year-old host of a popular morning program that offers food tips and recipes in a country fiercely proud of its cuisine.
When his 27-year-old female co-host looked stunned as Bigazzi said he has eaten cat stew "many times," the white-haired, grandfather figure defended his tastes.
"Why, people maybe don't eat rabbit, chicken, pigeon?" Bigazzi said. He could have added horse meat, which many butchers and supermarket meat departments stock.
"Who's not fat, kills the cat," is how Bigazzi began his lighthearted prattle about cat stew.
Bigazzi claimed cat stew was a Tuscan specialty near the Arno river valley, but co-host Elisa Isoardi looked so embarrassed she ducked behind a cart of fresh salad greens whose healthy virtues the two were supposed to be chatting about.
"Cat, soaked for three days in the running water of a stream" in Tuscany "comes out with its meat white, and I assure you — I have eaten it many times — that it is a delicacy," Bigazzi continued.
His critics included Health Ministry Undersecretary Francesca Martini.
"Cats are pets protected by law," Martini noted, specifically against "cruelty, maltreatment and abandonment."
She lamented in a statement issued by the Health Ministry that Bigazzi's advocating cat stew "hurts sensibility, which is fortunately steadily growing, of citizens toward animals."
The director of the RAI channel the show runs on, Mauro Mazza, called the decision to suspend Bigazzi for an unspecified amount of time as "painful but inevitable."
Only a few moments after revealing his startling recipe, Bigazzi seemed to anticipate he would be barraged with criticism. "Now there will be letters from nature lovers. Why don't they defend rabbits?" he asked.
By Wednesday, two days after the showed was broadcast, the YouTube video clip had recorded more than 55,000 hits, and more than 800 comments registered.
Animal lovers are too gay to function. Fortunately, they won't exist in the future to come.
Did he publish any recipes before he was taken off the air?
Maybe Mono has one you could try out. :P
They had a cat meat cooking contest in Australia a couple years ago. A cat casserole won, they had the recipe on the web at the time. Apparently they have a huge feral cat population and some people encourage eating them to reduce it.
cat-dishes would fit nicely in a culinary program where they make war-dishes.
Cat lovers are really bizarre.
The people of Vicenza, 30 kms from my home town, are known and mocked as "cat-eaters"; it's a centuries-old tradition.
L.
What does the "L" stand for?
Quote from: Pedrito on February 18, 2010, 04:08:35 AM
The people of Vicenza, 30 kms from my home town, are known and mocked as "cat-eaters"; it's a centuries-old tradition.
L.
What do they call you guys?
I found this in the norwegian press, if I had found it in english I was soooo... going to post it.
Quote from: Jaron on February 18, 2010, 04:14:21 AM
What does the "L" stand for?
L33t
Loser
Lampoon
Lost
Legolas
Le Comte du Monte Cristo
Latin Lover
Languish
Londoner
Latinus
Letter
Lesbian
Leopard
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leger
Liechtenstein
Liberian
Librarytarian
List
...Leo
L.
Cat eating is even more unappetizing than dog eating. :yuk:
I would guess cats taste similar to rabbit.
In eastern US cities 100+ years ago writers at times commented on "roof rabbit" meals.
Quote from: PDH on February 18, 2010, 10:06:26 AM
In eastern US cities 100+ years ago writers at times commented on "roof rabbit" meals.
Sure they did, gramps.
Quote from: Jaron on February 18, 2010, 04:14:21 AM
What does the "L" stand for?
It stands for Leeroy, which is his name. :)
Quote from: lustindarkness on February 18, 2010, 08:54:56 AM
I would guess cats taste similar to rabbit.
When my mother - who grew up in the 40s - bought deep frozen rabbit at the supermarket she always referred to it as "Polish roof rabbit", a term from my granny. :ph34r:
I knew about roof rabbit. My great uncle lawrence does not share my profound feeling for cats in a non-culinary manner.
Still, this seems harmless enough. Cats are too fickle to serve man, which is fine, but it also does not afford them the moral bulwark against consumption dogs and horses enjoy.
Apparently the guy qualified his statement afterwards claiming it was something that was tipically done in rural Tuscany the 30s and 40s, when he was young.
In Spain we also have a saying that goes along the lines of "Serving cat instead of rabbit" (Dar gato por liebre), as it was something done by unscrupulous establishments back in the day.
Anyway, I think you'll be more interested to see a picture of the co-host of the show. :perv:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.panorama.it%2Fmedia%2Ffoto%2F2009%2F01%2F15%2F496f56f514267_normal.jpg&hash=3b2b3a213f78e10f7cfc1695ff72ecb5e08594d3)
Pedrito, what happened to Antonella? Isn't she hosting "La prova del cuoco" anymore?
Quote from: The Larch on February 19, 2010, 04:50:29 AM
Pedrito, what happened to Antonella? Isn't she hosting "La prova del cuoco" anymore?
I didn't even know the show changed host, but this new one is, well, interesting :perv: What's her name?
Antonella Clerici right in these days is hosting San Remo's Music Festival, a big career jump for her - if it can be said of hosting a contest of crappy songs sung by old glories and X Factor celebrities, with the throwing in of the last heir of Savoia's dinasty singing the worst of them all :rolleyes:
L.
Quote from: Pedrito on February 19, 2010, 05:25:16 AM
Quote from: The Larch on February 19, 2010, 04:50:29 AM
Pedrito, what happened to Antonella? Isn't she hosting "La prova del cuoco" anymore?
I didn't even know the show changed host, but this new one is, well, interesting :perv: What's her name?
Antonella Clerici right in these days is hosting San Remo's Music Festival, a big career jump for her - if it can be said of hosting a contest of crappy songs sung by old glories and X Factor celebrities, with the throwing in of the last heir of Savoia's dinasty singing the worst of them all :rolleyes:
L.
It's Italian TV after all, there's no shortage of eye candy thrown around. :lol: It was a nice incentive to watch it when I was learning the language. ;)
About the new host, her name is in the article:
QuoteBigazzi claimed cat stew was a Tuscan specialty near the Arno river valley, but co-host Elisa Isoardi looked so embarrassed she ducked behind a cart of fresh salad greens whose healthy virtues the two were supposed to be chatting about.