Ready Steady Meow!

Eat more puss!


TV chef has been given a roasting by animal lovers and network chiefs for praising cat meat.

Beppe Bigazzi, the co-presenter of Italy's version of Ready Steady Cook, gave advice on preparing "tender, white cat meat" for a cat casserole.

During the nutrition section of the lunchtime show, he said he often ate cat meat and found it "tastier than other animals", The Daily Mail reported.

He then quickly added: "I can assure you it's a delicacy now I am going to get lots of letters."

Hundreds of outraged viewers phoned the show's makers to complain, while thousands more made their feelings known on websites.

Francesca Martini, Italy's undersecretary for health, said Mr Bigazzi's comments were "offensive to the growing number of people who care about the way we treat animals".

Killing and cooking cats is illegal in Italy, with offenders risking of up to 18 months in prison.

Mr Bigazzi said: "It's all a big mix up. I was just trying to explain a saying from where I come from about the eating of cats. In the Thirties and Forties they were very popular."

Cat meat is considered a delicacy throughout much of South East Asia

It's all meat...

Zat wrote:It's all meat...

Sweeet and sour Siamese
Burmese in Garlic and Shallot
Salty and Pepper Ragdoll

Yummy!

Catatouille

Don't snatch that meat.

Irish stew cooked to purrrrfection.

Pussotto

Catteloni

Feline mignon

A pun-off. Where's lardy and Pete?

cat got their tongues

I am disappointed.

I thought this thread was oing to be about a spat between Brett Lee and Watto (or possibly Smiffy and Harby).

Skulls, only base fellows resort to puns on such a serious topic.

The base-tards

you calling Pete a 'tard?

May explain his fondness for horace

or of RD if he shows fondness for malevelolent loser dwarves thta only bronnyb could associate with