Re: [CH] Ugh.

wdb.cyb (wdb.cyb@gateway.net)
Mon, 4 Jun 2001 11:29:15 -0400

Dave,
I would like to personally thank you for your post. I am new to this group
and did not really know what to make of all this "cat" controversy and some
of the comments that seemed to me to be "over the top". Your voice of reason
and sanity is very appreciated.
Yvonne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Uncle_Dirty_Dave" <xrated@ameritech.net>
To: <raincrone@juno.com>
Cc: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 8:39 AM
Subject: Re: [CH] Ugh.


> raincrone@juno.com wrote:
>
> > >Actually they taste a lot like rabbit.
>
> > <going nomail till this juvenile, meanspirited crap ceases>
>
> Just a word or two on your ostrich-like actions....
>
> Now that you have jumped to your erroneous conclusions I hope that you
> have picked a soft spot to land.
>
> It's not juvenile and it's not mean spirited. It's just facts, madam. I
> have eaten cat (not by choice) and it does taste/look like rabbit. And
> it is good with a spicy rub/marinade. And the law requiring rabbits sold
> for meat to have their hind feet attached grows from the circumstances
> in which I ate cat meat. In the 1950s there was a huge scandal involving
> over 100 grocery stores in Central Illinois who were caught selling
> felis domesticus in place of rabbit. My father bought rabbit on average
> once a week from the market charged as the ring-leader in the deal
> (before the scandal broke).
> So, it's odds-on, nearing certainty that I have eaten cat. I have also
> eaten dog, horse, mule, lizard and snake. It's protein - and some people
> get all torn-up over eating horse or dog... nearly as much as you are
> over the mere mention of cat chilli.
>
> So, I suggest to you (and all who are acting like PC food kops) that you
> read what is said and not read more into it than what is said.
>
> ENJOY!!!
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