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March 3, 2010
Cute critters or tasty stew? You decide.
Since moving to Vicenza in northern Italy, we have heard many rumors of the locals eating cats. Most stories refer to the lean war years, when there was no other meat to be found and kitty was the only viable option.
There is even a local poem, recited to me by a woman from Padova, which refers to Vicentines as cat eaters. After all, the area is overrun with them as Italians don't seem to spay or neuter them, just letting their cats run free to propagate at will.
However, a recent article about a famous chef, Giuseppe "Beppe" Bigazzi, who enjoys a tasty kitty stew was a startling* testimony to the truthfulness to the rumors.
According to Theunis Bateso of AOL news, "Giuseppe "Beppe" Bigazzi shocked the nation when he unexpectedly began praising the pleasures of feline flesh on his late-morning program "La Prova del Cuoco" (The Test of the Cook)."
This in a country that has countless strict laws against animal cruelty, including banning goldfish bowls and subjecting dog owners to high fines for not walking dogs at least three times a day. Indeed, in a story from Reuters in 2006, a local Vicenza restaurant was sued by a patron for cruelty to lobsters, which were made to die a slow painful death by suffocation while laying on ice.
It's a nation of double standards and laws that are ignored, but ever since we found out that Italians eat donkey and horsemeat, nothing really surprises us around here.
