I had some Hmong friends whom I ate with many times years ago. Used to save them bobcat carcasses from trapping, which I'd eat myself while trapping the desert. And bycatch from commercial fishing, they appreciated any fish I'd give them.
A couple times we had what I know was housecat, pretty tasty really. Just for the sport of it I'd howl like a coyote afterwards, seemed appropriate.
Originally posted by mike7mm08: I think it safe to say that anyone who has eaten cheap chinese takeout has at some point eaten cat
Well, me for sure anyway.
I had the sweet and sour chicken balls -- at a restaurant which the local newspaper reported being closed by the public health department for serving cat.
There was a photo of a freezer with skinned cats... and no chicken was found on the premises.
It was indistinguishable from chicken... much like the mountain lion I had once (that one by intent!).
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While elk hunting in Idaho, I was served what I thought were chicken stips. The fellow serving them asked if I like eating pussy and I replied: "absolutely!" That's when he told me that I was eating mountain lion. It was delicious - similar taste and texture as chicken. Lou
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Was in Jamaica in the late 70's and after a long day of sunbathing, fishing and drinking we went to a local restaurant and ordered an island chicken dinner. Well...a chicken leg does not have 3 bones in the angulated shape of a 'cat' leg. Had a few more drinks while waiting for the food so...what the hell.. I ate a fine domestic cat meal that evening. It really was quite good!
While on safari in Zimbabwe back in 2003, one evening before supper, one of the waiters came around with appetizers and on one plate were strips of leopard. It had so many spices on it I couldn't really tell what the meat itself tasted like. But, what I had was pretty good.
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When I killed a lion in Zimbabwe we gave the backstraps to the camp cook. They were breaded and fried. The taste was similar to pork and very tender.
I also ate cheetah in Namibia. It was good, but not nearly as tasty as lion. I was surprised that the texture of the meat was courser than lion. But then, cheetah is more like a dog than a cat.
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A favorite cookbook of mine, "Unmentionable Cuisine" has a whole chapter devoted to cat (& dog) recipies. Here's a blurb on it from the Amazon site : Unmentionable Cuisine by Calvin, W Schwabe (Author) "BECAUSE OF PREJUDICE or ignorance, we Americans now reject many readily available foods that are cheap, nutritious, and good to eat..."
When I was stationed in Korea, we would see street vendors with broiled "Meat on a Stick". When we asked what kind it was, we were told, "It's Meat on a Stick, now buy some or go away!" Tasty though.
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We eat all our mtn. lions. Cook it just like you would venison/elk. It is best though made into jerky. We use the Hi- Mountain seasoning and cure. Smoke it with chipped apple wood. Tried the leopard, too, in Botswana. It was also good, but sure couldn't get anyone but the blacks to eat it with me. Jerry
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Anybody ever eat from one of the food cart vendors in olangapo city just outside from clark air force base. Yep, monkey on a stick. Honk kong had some identified meat we were eating at a restaurant. I asked the waitress what we were eating. She only spoke chinese, the words were "woof woof". Clear as a bell in my book. Frank
Originally posted by Skinner.: I had some Hmong friends whom I ate with many times years ago. Used to save them bobcat carcasses from trapping, which I'd eat myself while trapping the desert. And bycatch from commercial fishing, they appreciated any fish I'd give them.
A couple times we had what I know was housecat, pretty tasty really. Just for the sport of it I'd howl like a coyote afterwards, seemed appropriate.
Anybody else ever ate housecat.
had some left-overs at my phillipino in-laws once,,they let me eat some b-4 they said what it was,,didn't like the sauce,loved the meat tho,,,but I like most stuff of P.I. foodwise.Thier little women are tasty as well!!!!!!
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Singleshotlover; is that the same Olongapo City that's actually adjoining the now closed Naval Base at Subic Bay, but nowhere close to Clark AFB? I've eaten that "monkey meat on a stick" numerous times; however, I was always tricked or lied to, as the rest of the meat on the grill was definitely "fowl", as in chicken!
Yeah, I was in Olongapo, Hard telling what you ate from the cart vendors, It all tasted good. But then again the beer was strong enough to strip the paint off the hulls of our ships so after a few of those there weren't many taste buds still working in our mouths. LOL
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I've never eaten housecat, but have enjoyed leopard back straps, and they were quite good. Very similar to eating pork loin. When I shot my first leopard, I asked my PH is they ate the cats, and he replied that he hadn't, but the meat always seemed to disappear with the staff, so he figured they must like 'em. We took off the back straps and braai'ed them that evening, and I'd eat leopard again without hesitation.
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Suppose our Pilgrim Forefathers had bagged a Bobcat instead of a Turkey...What would we be eating for Thanksgiving dinner now??.........jJust wondering.
I first ate house cat while in college as there were two Chinese students on the dorm floor who caught strays and cooked them in their popcorn popper. I have since eaten Lynx and mountain lion and they are all excellent meat.
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Originally posted by 458Win: I first ate house cat while in college as there were two Chinese students on the dorm floor who caught strays and cooked them in their popcorn popper. I have since eaten Lynx and mountain lion and they are all excellent meat.
Cooking cats in a popcorn popper. Do they serve those with extra butter?
Supposedly, it is still a law in England that a rabbit carcass has to have one hind foot still attached so people will know it is bunny instead of Roof Rabbit.
When in Malaysia while on deployment in the Marines, i ate some "beef" stroganoff. My friend SWORE it was cat, but i was way to intoxicated to know. It probably was, cuz there were tons of stray cats and no cows anywhere near ther. As i remember it, it was pretty good.
Cats, the OTHER other white meat.
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had some left-overs at my phillipino in-laws once,,they let me eat some b-4 they said what it was,,didn't like the sauce,loved the meat tho,,,but I like most stuff of P.I. foodwise.Thier little women are tasty as well!!!!!! 
