Australians cook up wild cat stew
By Phil Mercer
BBC News, Sydney
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.
One of the competition judges found the meat impossibly tough and had to politely excuse herself and spit it out
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.
As Baradium said...new one on me...too!!!!
NOW we might eat Vegemite ;D (YUMMO my fav) but feral cats ??? :o ??? :o
I'll leave that to my outback mates!!! EEWWW never know where those cats have been hope the wash them first ::rofl:: ::loony:: ::loony::
Different cultures eat different things.....I lived in a Filipino neighbourhood in Hawaii for 7 years, my neighbours kept cats in a cage which strangely disappeared every time they had a Luau...... ::silly:: I was always invited, and yes, I ate what I was given. Funny thing though...they had a pet duck which is alive and kicking to this day as far as I know.
As Baradium said...new one on me...too!!!!
NOW we might eat Vegemite ;D (YUMMO my fav) but feral cats ??? :o ??? :o
I'll leave that to my outback mates!!! EEWWW never know where those cats have been hope the wash them first ::rofl:: ::loony:: ::loony::
The Aussie version of Redneck quisine? Instead of possum? ;D ;D
G-man, they needed to keep the duck around as a source of their favorite Filipino delicacy; Balut! ::unbelieveable:: ::eek:: ::sick::
G-man, they needed to keep the duck around as a source of their favorite Filipino delicacy; Balut! ::unbelieveable:: ::eek:: ::sick::
Yep, although, of all things, they kept the duck because they liked it, and not for the Balut....
For those that dont know----"Balut" is a fertilised duck egg that is almost fully developed and ready to hatch, then eaten. ::eek::
G-man, they needed to keep the duck around as a source of their favorite Filipino delicacy; Balut! ::unbelieveable:: ::eek:: ::sick::
Yep, although, of all things, they kept the duck because they liked it, and not for the Balut....
For those that dont know----"Balut" is a fertilised duck egg that is almost fully developed and ready to hatch, then eaten. ::eek::
G-man, they needed to keep the duck around as a source of their favorite Filipino delicacy; Balut! ::unbelieveable:: ::eek:: ::sick::
Yep, although, of all things, they kept the duck because they liked it, and not for the Balut....
For those that dont know----"Balut" is a fertilised duck egg that is almost fully developed and ready to hatch, then eaten. ::eek::
Bloody hell mate! That's really gross!!Crikey ;D Franklin....you're right mate, it IS gross...bleccchhhh ::sick:: make you wanna do one of those yawns that are in techni-colour :D :D
Bloody hell mate! That's really gross!!
I have never had vegemite!
I have never had vegemite!
Hate to be acurate (hey i'm nearly a pilot ::rofl:: ) Marmite is SIMILAR but not the mitey Vege'!! We actually have Marmite here, i use it on the front wheel bearings on the landrover ::rofl::
Hate to be acurate (hey i'm nearly a pilot ::rofl:: ) Marmite is SIMILAR but not the mitey Vege'!! We actually have Marmite here, i use it on the front wheel bearings on the landrover ::rofl::
Hate to be acurate (hey i'm nearly a pilot ::rofl:: ) Marmite is SIMILAR but not the mitey Vege'!! We actually have Marmite here, i use it on the front wheel bearings on the landrover ::rofl::
Does this mean that you use Vegimite on your rear wheel bearings? What happens if you forget and switch em? ::loony::
;) Wait 'til you try Vegemite >:D ::rofl::
Thats because you didn't wash it down with a Crownie mate ;D
