RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-18 Thread Martin Baxter 

Mr Worf, I grew up in Virginia, and the person who introduced me to hoghead 
cheese and tripe was my great-uncle JT, Deity rest him well. He was a farmer, 
originally from Mississippi, if memory serves, and he brought his mother's 
entire cookbook with him when he left home after she passed away, when he was 
16. My great-aunt Maggie (Deity rest her well also) was a great cook in her own 
right, but she willingly admitted that he taught her a few tricks in the 
kitchen. Eating at their house was non-stop fun.

If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody 
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik




To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:20:36 -0800
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with  
his cat casserole


















 



  



  
  
  I have eaten hoghead cheese back when I was a kid. A couple of times it 
was good, but it didn't taste right when I got older and I haven't touched it 
since. I have also heard about the eggs and tripe before too. She must be from 
Texas or Louisiana? 



On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:

Food is a funny thing.  My significant other told me today that she was having 
hogshead cheese for lunch.  Do any of you know what hogshead cheese is? 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheese). Further, she told me how her mother 
used to scramble cow's brains in her eggs. And don't get me started on eggs 
(chicken embryos? really?).




~(no)rave!



--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:



 





 Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole



 Richard Owen in Rome



 �43 
 Commentshttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article7029058.ece#comment-have-your-say




 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article7029058.ece#none






 [image: Beppe Bigazzi]







 Beppe Bigazzi says cat is better than chicken



 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/xxx



 A top Italian food writer has been suspended indefinitely from the country�s

 version of the television programme Ready Steady Cook for recommending

 stewed cat to viewers as a �succulent dish�.



 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.



 Elisa Isoardi, the programme�s presenter � who has a cat called Othello 
 �

 tried to steer Bigazzi off the subject. Reports said that during the

 commercial break she and the show�s producers tried to persuade him to

 apologise to viewers but he refused.

 Related Links



 �ITV fined for butchery of I�m a Celebrity rat

 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article7020369.ece




 �Cats and dogs to be taken off menu in China

 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7003032.ece



 Carla Rocchi, the head of ENPA, the Italian society for the protection of

 animals, said that killing cats was illegal. Francesca Martini, the Deputy

 Health Minister, said it was �absolutely unheard of for a public service

 broadcaster to tell people how delicious cats are to eat�. She called for

 the producers to be investigated for criminal offences involving incitement

 to mistreat animals.



 Bigazzi, a consumer affairs journalist and author of Cooking with Common

 Sense, has been one of the stars of La Prova del Cuoco for the past ten

 years. He is noted for his exuberant style and previously caused uproar by

 boiling lobsters live on the show. Yesterday he said that he had only been

 joking about the recipe, and he had been misunderstood.



 He added: �Mind you, I wasn�t joking all that much. In the 1930s and 
 1940s,

 when I was a boy, people certainly did eat cat



 in the countryside around Arezzo.� Food historians said that Italians in

 cities such as Vicenza devised cat recipes in times of economic hardship.

 Inhabitants of Vicenza are still nicknamed magnagati (cat eaters), and in

 some butchers� shops rabbits are sold with their heads to assure buyers that

 they are not cats.



 *From pet to pot*



 � In his 1529 treatise on cookery, Ruperto de Nola recommended spit-roasting

 cat basted with garlic and olive oil. He wrote: �Take

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-18 Thread Mr. Worf 
My father still eats hoghead cheese on occasion.

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:



 Mr Worf, I grew up in Virginia, and the person who introduced me to hoghead
 cheese and tripe was my great-uncle JT, Deity rest him well. He was a
 farmer, originally from Mississippi, if memory serves, and he brought his
 mother's entire cookbook with him when he left home after she passed away,
 when he was 16. My great-aunt Maggie (Deity rest her well also) was a great
 cook in her own right, but she willingly admitted that he taught her a few
 tricks in the kitchen. Eating at their house was non-stop fun.

 If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in
 bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik




 --
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
 Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:20:36 -0800
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers
 with his cat casserole


  I have eaten hoghead cheese back when I was a kid. A couple of times it
 was good, but it didn't taste right when I got older and I haven't touched
 it since. I have also heard about the eggs and tripe before too. She must be
 from Texas or Louisiana?


 On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Food is a funny thing.  My significant other told me today that she was
 having hogshead cheese for lunch.  Do any of you know what hogshead cheese
 is? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheese). Further, she told me how
 her mother used to scramble cow's brains in her eggs. And don't get me
 started on eggs (chicken embryos? really?).

 ~(no)rave!

 --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
 
  

 
 
  Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole
 
  Richard Owen in Rome
 
  �43 Comments
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article7029058.ece#comment-have-your-say
 
 
  
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article7029058.ece#none
 

 
 
  [image: Beppe Bigazzi]
 
 
 
  Beppe Bigazzi says cat is better than chicken
 
  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/xxx
 
  A top Italian food writer has been suspended indefinitely from the
 country�s

  version of the television programme Ready Steady Cook for recommending
  stewed cat to viewers as a �succulent dish�.

 
  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.
 
  Elisa Isoardi, the programme�s presenter � who has a cat called
 Othello �

  tried to steer Bigazzi off the subject. Reports said that during the
  commercial break she and the show�s producers tried to persuade him to

  apologise to viewers but he refused.
  Related Links
 
  �ITV fined for butchery of I�m a Celebrity rat
  
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article7020369.ece
 
 
  �Cats and dogs to be taken off menu in China
  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7003032.ece

 
  Carla Rocchi, the head of ENPA, the Italian society for the protection of
  animals, said that killing cats was illegal. Francesca Martini, the
 Deputy
  Health Minister, said it was �absolutely unheard of for a public
 service
  broadcaster to tell people how delicious cats are to eat�. She called
 for

  the producers to be investigated for criminal offences involving
 incitement
  to mistreat animals.
 
  Bigazzi, a consumer affairs journalist and author of Cooking with Common
  Sense, has been one of the stars of La Prova del Cuoco for the past ten
  years. He is noted for his exuberant style and previously caused uproar
 by
  boiling lobsters live on the show. Yesterday he said that he had only
 been
  joking about the recipe, and he had been misunderstood.
 
  He added: �Mind you, I wasn�t joking all that much. In the 1930s and
 1940s,

  when I was a boy, people certainly did eat cat
 
  in the countryside around Arezzo.� Food historians said that Italians
 in

  cities such as Vicenza devised cat recipes in times of economic hardship.
  Inhabitants of Vicenza are still nicknamed magnagati (cat eaters), and in
  some butchers� shops rabbits are sold with their heads to assure buyers
 that
  they are not cats.
 
  *From pet to pot

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-18 Thread Martin Baxter 

I was watching an old ep of No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain a few weeks 
ago, and he was in France, watching hogshead cheese being made. Don't know who 
was drooling more, him or me. :-)

If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody 
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik




To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:34:58 -0800
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with  
his cat casserole


















 



  



  
  
  My father still eats hoghead cheese on occasion. 


On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com 
wrote:


























Mr Worf, I grew up in Virginia, and the person who introduced me to hoghead 
cheese and tripe was my great-uncle JT, Deity rest him well. He was a farmer, 
originally from Mississippi, if memory serves, and he brought his mother's 
entire cookbook with him when he left home after she passed away, when he was 
16. My great-aunt Maggie (Deity rest her well also) was a great cook in her own 
right, but she willingly admitted that he taught her a few tricks in the 
kitchen. Eating at their house was non-stop fun.


If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody 
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik





To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:20:36 -0800

Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with  
his cat casserole


















 



  



  
  
  I have eaten hoghead cheese back when I was a kid. A couple of times it 
was good, but it didn't taste right when I got older and I haven't touched it 
since. I have also heard about the eggs and tripe before too. She must be from 
Texas or Louisiana? 




On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:

Food is a funny thing.  My significant other told me today that she was having 
hogshead cheese for lunch.  Do any of you know what hogshead cheese is? 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheese). Further, she told me how her mother 
used to scramble cow's brains in her eggs. And don't get me started on eggs 
(chicken embryos? really?).





~(no)rave!



--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:



 





 Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole



 Richard Owen in Rome



 �43 
 Commentshttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article7029058.ece#comment-have-your-say





 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article7029058.ece#none







 [image: Beppe Bigazzi]







 Beppe Bigazzi says cat is better than chicken



 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/xxx



 A top Italian food writer has been suspended indefinitely from the country�s

 version of the television programme Ready Steady Cook for recommending

 stewed cat to viewers as a �succulent dish�.



 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.



 Elisa Isoardi, the programme�s presenter � who has a cat called Othello 
 �

 tried to steer Bigazzi off the subject. Reports said that during the

 commercial break she and the show�s producers tried to persuade him to

 apologise to viewers but he refused.

 Related Links



 �ITV fined for butchery of I�m a Celebrity rat

 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article7020369.ece





 �Cats and dogs to be taken off menu in China

 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7003032.ece



 Carla Rocchi, the head of ENPA, the Italian society for the protection of

 animals, said that killing cats was illegal. Francesca Martini, the Deputy

 Health Minister, said it was �absolutely unheard of for a public service

 broadcaster to tell people how delicious cats are to eat�. She called for

 the producers to be investigated for criminal offences involving incitement

 to mistreat animals.



 Bigazzi, a consumer affairs journalist and author of Cooking with Common

 Sense, has been one of the stars of La Prova del Cuoco for the past ten

 years. He is noted for his exuberant style

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-18 Thread Mr. Worf 
He loves him some pork. Dude said that he was seriously considering moving
to asia after he found a place that made honey roasted pork. I do have to
admit that the place looked beautiful. :)

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:



 I was watching an old ep of No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain a few
 weeks ago, and he was in France, watching hogshead cheese being made. Don't
 know who was drooling more, him or me. :-)


 If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in
 bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik




 --
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
 Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:34:58 -0800

 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers
 with his cat casserole


  My father still eats hoghead cheese on occasion.


 On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Martin Baxter 
 truthseeker...@hotmail.com wrote:



 Mr Worf, I grew up in Virginia, and the person who introduced me to hoghead
 cheese and tripe was my great-uncle JT, Deity rest him well. He was a
 farmer, originally from Mississippi, if memory serves, and he brought his
 mother's entire cookbook with him when he left home after she passed away,
 when he was 16. My great-aunt Maggie (Deity rest her well also) was a great
 cook in her own right, but she willingly admitted that he taught her a few
 tricks in the kitchen. Eating at their house was non-stop fun.

 If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in
 bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik




 --
 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
 From: hellomahog...@gmail.com
 Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:20:36 -0800
 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers
 with his cat casserole


  I have eaten hoghead cheese back when I was a kid. A couple of times it
 was good, but it didn't taste right when I got older and I haven't touched
 it since. I have also heard about the eggs and tripe before too. She must be
 from Texas or Louisiana?


 On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Food is a funny thing.  My significant other told me today that she was
 having hogshead cheese for lunch.  Do any of you know what hogshead cheese
 is? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheese). Further, she told me how
 her mother used to scramble cow's brains in her eggs. And don't get me
 started on eggs (chicken embryos? really?).

 ~(no)rave!

 --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
 
  

 
 
  Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole
 
  Richard Owen in Rome
 
  �43 Comments
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article7029058.ece#comment-have-your-say
 
 
  
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article7029058.ece#none
 

 
 
  [image: Beppe Bigazzi]
 
 
 
  Beppe Bigazzi says cat is better than chicken
 
  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/xxx
 
  A top Italian food writer has been suspended indefinitely from the
 country�s

  version of the television programme Ready Steady Cook for recommending
  stewed cat to viewers as a �succulent dish�.

 
  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.
 
  Elisa Isoardi, the programme�s presenter � who has a cat called
 Othello �

  tried to steer Bigazzi off the subject. Reports said that during the
  commercial break she and the show�s producers tried to persuade him to

  apologise to viewers but he refused.
  Related Links
 
  �ITV fined for butchery of I�m a Celebrity rat
  
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article7020369.ece
 
 
  �Cats and dogs to be taken off menu in China
  http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7003032.ece

 
  Carla Rocchi, the head of ENPA, the Italian society for the protection of
  animals, said that killing cats was illegal. Francesca Martini, the
 Deputy
  Health Minister, said it was �absolutely unheard of for a public
 service
  broadcaster to tell people how delicious cats are to eat�. She called
 for

  the producers to be investigated for criminal offences involving

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-18 Thread Martin Baxter 

He's got my dream job. Travel and eat and talk about it.
  
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-18 Thread Mr. Worf 
He's a good writer. I also love his monologues on the show as well.  Hmm
lets see. Travel the world, drink and eat exotic food, and get paid for it
too? Yea, I would say that is a dream job. :)

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Martin Baxter
truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote:



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[scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-17 Thread Kelwyn 
Food is a funny thing.  My significant other told me today that she was having 
hogshead cheese for lunch.  Do any of you know what hogshead cheese is? 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheese). Further, she told me how her mother 
used to scramble cow's brains in her eggs. And don't get me started on eggs 
(chicken embryos? really?).

~(no)rave!

--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:

 
 
 
 Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole
 
 Richard Owen in Rome
 
 �43 
 Commentshttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article7029058.ece#comment-have-your-say
 
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article7029058.ece#none
 
 
 [image: Beppe Bigazzi]
 
 
 
 Beppe Bigazzi says cat is better than chicken
 
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/xxx
 
 A top Italian food writer has been suspended indefinitely from the country�s
 version of the television programme Ready Steady Cook for recommending
 stewed cat to viewers as a �succulent dish�.
 
 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.
 
 Elisa Isoardi, the programme�s presenter � who has a cat called Othello 
 �
 tried to steer Bigazzi off the subject. Reports said that during the
 commercial break she and the show�s producers tried to persuade him to
 apologise to viewers but he refused.
 Related Links
 
 �ITV fined for butchery of I�m a Celebrity rat
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article7020369.ece
 
 �Cats and dogs to be taken off menu in China
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7003032.ece
 
 Carla Rocchi, the head of ENPA, the Italian society for the protection of
 animals, said that killing cats was illegal. Francesca Martini, the Deputy
 Health Minister, said it was �absolutely unheard of for a public service
 broadcaster to tell people how delicious cats are to eat�. She called for
 the producers to be investigated for criminal offences involving incitement
 to mistreat animals.
 
 Bigazzi, a consumer affairs journalist and author of Cooking with Common
 Sense, has been one of the stars of La Prova del Cuoco for the past ten
 years. He is noted for his exuberant style and previously caused uproar by
 boiling lobsters live on the show. Yesterday he said that he had only been
 joking about the recipe, and he had been misunderstood.
 
 He added: �Mind you, I wasn�t joking all that much. In the 1930s and 
 1940s,
 when I was a boy, people certainly did eat cat
 
 in the countryside around Arezzo.� Food historians said that Italians in
 cities such as Vicenza devised cat recipes in times of economic hardship.
 Inhabitants of Vicenza are still nicknamed magnagati (cat eaters), and in
 some butchers� shops rabbits are sold with their heads to assure buyers that
 they are not cats.
 
 *From pet to pot*
 
 � In his 1529 treatise on cookery, Ruperto de Nola recommended spit-roasting
 cat basted with garlic and olive oil. He wrote: �Take the garlic with oil
 mixed with good broth so that it is coarse, and pour it over the cat and you
 can eat it for it is a good dish�
 
 � The Spanish expression pasar gato por liebre derives from the practice of
 hunters trying to sell skinned cats as hares. When butchered, the animals
 are supposed to look almost identical
 
 � In 2007 Australians at a cooking contest in Alice Springs sought to curb
 the feral cat population by using them in a dish. One judge found the cat
 casserole so tough that she had to spit it out
 
 � Last month legal experts in China responded to pressure from the 
 country�s
 middle class and proposed a ban on eating cat and dog meat. Both are
 traditional Chinese dishes but if the law is passed people caught eating
 cats could face 15 days in prison
 
 Sources: agencies, florilegium.org, statemaster.com
 
 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article7029058.ece
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole

2010-02-17 Thread Mr. Worf 
I have eaten hoghead cheese back when I was a kid. A couple of times it was
good, but it didn't taste right when I got older and I haven't touched it
since. I have also heard about the eggs and tripe before too. She must be
from Texas or Louisiana?

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Food is a funny thing.  My significant other told me today that she was
 having hogshead cheese for lunch.  Do any of you know what hogshead cheese
 is? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheese). Further, she told me how
 her mother used to scramble cow's brains in her eggs. And don't get me
 started on eggs (chicken embryos? really?).

 ~(no)rave!

 --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
 
  
 
 
  Celebrity chef Beppe Bigazzi upsets viewers with his cat casserole
 
  Richard Owen in Rome
 
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  Beppe Bigazzi says cat is better than chicken
 
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  A top Italian food writer has been suspended indefinitely from the
 country�s
  version of the television programme Ready Steady Cook for recommending
  stewed cat to viewers as a �succulent dish�.
 
  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.
 
  Elisa Isoardi, the programme�s presenter � who has a cat called
 Othello �
  tried to steer Bigazzi off the subject. Reports said that during the
  commercial break she and the show�s producers tried to persuade him to
  apologise to viewers but he refused.
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  Carla Rocchi, the head of ENPA, the Italian society for the protection of
  animals, said that killing cats was illegal. Francesca Martini, the
 Deputy
  Health Minister, said it was �absolutely unheard of for a public
 service
  broadcaster to tell people how delicious cats are to eat�. She called
 for
  the producers to be investigated for criminal offences involving
 incitement
  to mistreat animals.
 
  Bigazzi, a consumer affairs journalist and author of Cooking with Common
  Sense, has been one of the stars of La Prova del Cuoco for the past ten
  years. He is noted for his exuberant style and previously caused uproar
 by
  boiling lobsters live on the show. Yesterday he said that he had only
 been
  joking about the recipe, and he had been misunderstood.
 
  He added: �Mind you, I wasn�t joking all that much. In the 1930s and
 1940s,
  when I was a boy, people certainly did eat cat
 
  in the countryside around Arezzo.� Food historians said that Italians
 in
  cities such as Vicenza devised cat recipes in times of economic hardship.
  Inhabitants of Vicenza are still nicknamed magnagati (cat eaters), and in
  some butchers� shops rabbits are sold with their heads to assure buyers
 that
  they are not cats.
 
  *From pet to pot*
 
  � In his 1529 treatise on cookery, Ruperto de Nola recommended
 spit-roasting
  cat basted with garlic and olive oil. He wrote: �Take the garlic with
 oil
  mixed with good broth so that it is coarse, and pour it over the cat and
 you
  can eat it for it is a good dish�
 
  � The Spanish expression pasar gato por liebre derives from the
 practice of
  hunters trying to sell skinned cats as hares. When butchered, the animals
  are supposed to look almost identical
 
  � In 2007 Australians at a cooking contest in Alice Springs sought to
 curb
  the feral cat population by using them in a dish. One judge found the cat
  casserole so tough that she had to spit it out
 
  � Last month legal experts in China responded to pressure from the
 country�s
  middle class and proposed a ban on eating cat and dog meat. Both are
  traditional Chinese dishes but if the law is passed people caught eating
  cats could face 15 days in prison
 
  Sources: agencies, florilegium.org, statemaster.com