Got a good fried cat recipe?

Here it is, Labor Day weekend coming up, nice Oregon weather forecast, outdoor eating time! And I can’t find a good recipe for fried cat. Damn. Been trying to figure out why Google, for once, has failed me. Best I could do was a song parody, and a warning that if you’re selling fried catfish, a partially burnt out neon sign isn’t good for business. I’m beginning to think that fried cat isn’t a very popular dish.

But fried chicken…over a million search results, and plenty of recipes. Funny. Aren’t cats and chickens both animals? Aren’t both non-human? Don’t both lack the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that American Homo sapiens citizens enjoy? So why do so many people eat chickens and apparently nobody eats cats?

Having been a vegetarian for nigh on twenty-five years now, and having written a non-commercial book (“Life is Fair”) that was published in India about the spiritual rationale for vegetarianism, I’ve given a lot of thought over the years to such questions. Yet it never ceases to amaze me how people dearly love to care for some animals, and dearly love to eat other animals.

For a few days this week we were the quasi-owners of Kitty, the non-creative yet utterly apt name I called this gentle sweet soul who was sitting in our carport when we returned from Indiana. Kitty was hugely happy to see us, even though Kitty and we had never met before. A few pats turned on the purring, and we were instant good friends.

With the dog coming home from the kennel the next day, we didn’t want to encourage Kitty to stay around. So, reluctantly, I didn’t feed her/him. Laurel phoned many of our neighbors to see if Kitty belonged to them. No luck, but we learned that a similar-looking cat had turned up at the house next door about a month ago.

Seemed that someone had dumped a couple of unwanted cats out in the country, as so often happens. Hopefully there is a special (hot) place in hell reserved for these folks. With all the coyotes around here, a tame house cat with no place to spend the night indoors isn’t going to last very long.

When Serena came home, we soon learned that Kitty was disturbingly unafraid of dogs, even a dog lunging at the end of its leash, eager to have some fun with a new cat toy. So Laurel eventually had to spray Kitty with a hose to get her/him out of our yard and Serena-snapping range. As luck would have it, the phone rang not long after a soggy Kitty had darted into the brush.

One of the neighbors Laurel had called was interested in adopting Kitty. They recently had lost a cat to old age, had seen Kitty briefly hanging around their house, and thought she//he would be a good feline replacement. A cat carrier was brought over to our house in hopes that Kitty would make a re-appearance.

That evening, no sign of Kitty. I called and called, using the best name I knew: “Here, Kitty, Kitty.” Bowls of dog food, cat food, milk, and water were put out. Still no Kitty. I felt terrible. After a month roaming the countryside Kitty finally had a lock on a good home, and I visualized the cat now being run over by a car or eaten by a coyote, all because we chased Kitty away with a hose.

Fortunately, Kitty showed up the next morning. The dog food was a big hit, and even the organic non-fat milk was palatable after some finicky sniffing. I fixed her up in the garage and Laurel phoned the adopting family. A half hour later Kitty was bundled up in the cat carrier on her way to a new home. Nice to have a happy ending to an abandoned cat tale.

But there are so many other unhappy endings for other animals, the animals dog and cat lovers unthinkingly eat every day. Do you know how pigs, cattle, chickens, and the like are raised? Do you know how they are killed? Before you go to KFC, or fill up your shopping cart with some fryers, take a look at this Kentucky Fried Cruelty web site.

We’re not vegetarian zealots. I just feel that people who claim to be animal lovers should consider whether they really are, if they eat meat. Meat comes from animals, you know. And animals don’t like to be killed. If you think they do, take out a butcher knife and start to slit the throat of your dog or cat. If you can’t bring yourself to do that, spend a little time pondering the consistency of your philosophical position.

“I love some animals. I have other animals killed for me so I can eat them.” Doesn’t make sense to me. Does it to you, really?

Comments

[Carol Ann]

People do eat cats in Third World Countries(trust me on this)

[DrSirius]

Amazing how few people can see this point of view.
A friend on Sunday told me that he only eats Mince-Meat and no other meat except chicken (Is a chicken not a living being?) because he cannot make out what animal it comes from! Aargh!!!!

[laurel]

you idiot!!! y would you want to eat a cat!!?!?!?! a poor innocent creature...and you want to eat the cuty fuzzy little thing?? i am dissapointed in you...go vegittarian..its a healthy choice for you and a happy choice for the animals! :)

[Scott]

mmm... fried cat. i once had dog in china... with hot sauce. hey, but in all seriousness, do you know ANYONE with a real cat recipe out there? i've emailed my friend in china for one, and am waiting for her reply.

[Putty tat eater]

I'm currently looking for a recipe myself... If I can't find one, I'll just have to cut up a few cats and experiment. Hopefully I'll find something tasty! :D

[Rich]

I ate cat when I was in china. I have never found a rescipe for it. I ate it but at the time did not know it was cat. I found out after the meal what it was, but I must say, it was good.

[Jay]

Do a google search for "roof rabbit" and you will find plenty of ideas for how to prepare cat meat!

[dave]

that makes me think of people who only eat fish & chicken because veals, piglets and sheep looks CUTE. kill me if i'm wrong, but doesn't a chicken leg look cuter than a hamburger?

I didn't like laurel's comment:
"you idiot!!! y would you want to eat a cat!!?!?!?! a poor innocent creature...and you want to eat the cuty fuzzy little thing?? i am dissapointed in you...go vegittarian..its a healthy choice for you and a happy choice for the animals! :)"

we are made to eat meats and plants. that's why we have those to pointy teeth after the secondary incisors. to tear flesh. our body needs the nutrients and proteins found in meats.. that's why if you're a vegetarian, you must eat tofu, beans and things like that: because you MUST find the nutrients you loose by not eating animals. i'm totally ok with the fact of being vegetarian, if you love animals, can't accept the fact that you are on top of the alimentary chain, and are made to eat meat, fine! great for you.

but looking someone with disdain and disgust, and calling them "idiots", because they are enough intelligent to accept the fact that they are omnivores and need meat, and that meat tastes great, I can't accept that. you must be tolerant to people who are tolerant to themselves.

so laurel, for that improper comment of yours, i'm gonna SPONSOR YOU!

yeah! really!

for each cute furry animal you don't eat...

I'LL EAT THREE!

one for you, one for me, and a penalty one.

greetings to everyone!

-PETA-
People for Eating Tasty Animals

[Padma]

This is to educate "Dave" and any other person that sees your site and believes that we have pointy teeth because we were made to eat meat.

NOT TRUE! The only other great ape that eats meat are chimps. Gorillas DO NOT eat meat and they have some HUGE fangs. It has NOTHING to do with diet. Take a course in anthropology and learn something.

Our incisors are leftovers from way back when we used them for territorial and sexual displays - case closed! We have MOLARS to grind our food not carnasials to shear with.
Eating meat is a choice we make and that's fine, but pleeease don't use our teeth as a very incorrect reason. Our dention has NOTHING to do with the subject.

[Rufio]

Hmm, Seems to me that eating any farmed creature is better than depleting wild stocks (i.e fish) for food purposes, especially as the human population increases,and incidentally our domestic cats have taken a heavy toll on small wildlife all over the world, and i believe that an area of rainforest the size of Belgium was destroyed recently for the production of soya. Larger amounts of vegetarin food (i.e pulses) are needed to provide the full spectrum of essential amino acids, (That's not to say meat isn't guzzled excessively in the developed world) so perhaps intensive farming, wicked as it is, is not as bad as destroying vast tracks of natural environment for whatever reason, or keeping cats!! (I loved my pet cat when he was alive) So put bells on your cats, eat meat sparingly, don't have too many kids and hopefully the world will be as wonderfull a place for them as it can be for us. :) Best regards.

[Scott Steinbrink]

Well, a vegetarian-turned-meat eater friend of mine (she succumbed to the pressure of her meat-eating friends) -- pointed out that if you are able to withstand the process of skinning the animal and cut your own meat etc, then you can eat meat. If you pay to have others cut for you, it cheats you from seeing the actual process in the slaughterhouse, which I concurred. However, the Bible pointed out that the animals are here for us to consume, we are the head of food chain -- you notice animals eat other animals, etc. we eat other animals, but not people (with exception to certain Africain countries and tribes... and the Silence of Lambs.. and Jeffrey Dahmer).. I dont see anyone complaining aganist eating insects -- chocolate covered ants and grasshoppers, lizards, grubs.. people DO eat them. But there's no objection to that... Doesn't that make u wonder?

[Zman]

LOL PETA = People for Eating Tasty Animals...lol I agree completely!!!!

http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/vegetarian/male

muahahaha a shirt for all meat eaters like me!!!!

[gus]

well...looked for fried cat in google and this url was first up!! I am not alone!!!! lmfao!!!thought I was bonkers..P.S. ...how much for your cat???

[Jess]

OMG... I so loved that Cat.
Cute Kitty here here ..
Gus u are cruel.. google search a cat, I mean to say.. Jeeeeese!
Jess the cat lover with cleaver!

[Catilyn]

Persian-cats.com has some realy cute treats like tuna pops and kitty tocos.

[Bob Dole]

ummm... this is sweet and all... but i just thought i might pose the obvious question which occurred to me when i read "And animals don’t like to be killed." (which i agree with completely, mind you):

Do plants like being killed?

this whole argument is based upon the unreasonable judgment that because plants to not experience life as animals do, they are unable to feel pleasure or pain. i may as well argue that the only animal that can feel either is the human, and thus this human is the only meat which is ethically tainted

[martoza]

so you all think its bad to eat animals and cool, to eat plants, but what about plants feelings ? Just because they cannot shreik and run and bleed red blood does not mean they don't have feelings hey ?

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[Bubba Andrew]

I don't like cats either and I would NEVER fry a cat. No Way! They should be slowly oven-baked until their white meat is tender and jucy, then served with a nice helping of potato salad and cranberry sauce. You will be simply amazed how tasty a good sized cat can be. Set your over at 250 and baste your cat roast with butter as needed. Then serve piping hot.... Good eating!

[Jorb]

Dumb argument. We rule the food chain. A death at the hands of humans can be no worse than a death in the wild, eaten alive by some wolf. Buy meat from a local butcher who raises his livestock humanely, and their is nothing wrong with that. If a vegetarian dissents to that, and would rather them live wildly, and succumb to carnivores in the wild, thats worse to me

[James]

I actually enjoy the hunt and the organic game I harvest. But I think the big question is why would a vegetarian google a cat recipe??