OH MY GOD! I think I ate cat meat kabob/satay in Shanghai, China! (disguised as lamb)
Jan 7, 2006, 10:06 pm
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Reminds me of a story recently. Tiger meat is apparently a delicacy out there. A restaurant was cutting corners by selling donkey meat soaked in tiger urine. Doesnt sound too tasty to me....
Jan 7, 2006, 10:07 pm
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I'll sympathize with the OP. I'm of the "I'll eat pretty much anything I'm served and smile while doing it" school, but as a cat lover and owner, the thought of eating Felix makes me gag. Rule #1 - never ask what you're eating. Rule #2 - don't think about it.
I'm not a medical doctor, but I think cooking will kill most parasites. Don't worry too much -- and follow Rule #2.
I'm not a medical doctor, but I think cooking will kill most parasites. Don't worry too much -- and follow Rule #2.
Jan 7, 2006, 10:24 pm
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There's a saying in China. It's particularly for Guangzhou. "We eat everything with four legs except tables and chairs." Personally, I don't see how cat could be made into kebabs, but never know these days. I've heard of it prepared as a stew.
Jan 7, 2006, 10:29 pm
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Originally Posted by barefootflying
OH MY GOD! I think I ate cat meat kabob/satay in Shanghai, China! (disguised as lamb)
They said the cuy I ordered in Cusco would....but they lied... 
Originally Posted by barefootflying
Should I go see my doctor on Monday and get myself examined? If so, what kind of diseases could I have gotten? The news mentioned something about parasites in cats... I have not felt any thing weird with my body in the last couple of month... but still... do I have reason to worry? 
Jan 7, 2006, 11:07 pm
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Hehe, well, if you havn't had any symptoms already you should be fine. There are many other people that have eaten cat, and noting happens to them.
As a matter of fact, one of my friends dad once told me that the best way to prepare a cat was to drown it, rather than shoot or stab it, becuse when you drown a cat, the muscles stay relaxed, and therefore more tender.
As a matter of fact, one of my friends dad once told me that the best way to prepare a cat was to drown it, rather than shoot or stab it, becuse when you drown a cat, the muscles stay relaxed, and therefore more tender.
Jan 7, 2006, 11:07 pm
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Did it taste like lamb?
I had several of them.
I love cats too, and am disgusted with the idea of eating our pets, but if served a dish that I loved, it would only be in retrospect, such as how you learned, that it would gross me out. Anyone read "In Pharoah's Army"? At the end of his tour in Vietnam, his final meal, unbeknownest to him, is a dog he had previously rescued from being eaten. When told, he is at first sad, but then decides to finish his meal/dog, which he said was very good. Shoot, several threads down is someone asking about where to find fried brains. People eat almost anything in the name of cuisine.
Jan 8, 2006, 12:18 am
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Originally Posted by UA9861
As a matter of fact, one of my friends dad once told me that the best way to prepare a cat was to drown it, rather than shoot or stab it, becuse when you drown a cat, the muscles stay relaxed, and therefore more tender.
Back to the original subject... I am also someone who eats "almost" everything... but the thought of having eaten a cat sickens me... As I type this, my cat is staring at me in a funny way.
I guess it wouldn't hurt to get myself checked out... after that, I'll just forget this ever happened...
Jan 8, 2006, 1:38 am
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Originally Posted by Voyager0927
Well, at least you didn't have a little priest, although knowing China's feelings toward organized religion, it wouldn't terribly surprise me....
Jan 8, 2006, 1:38 am
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I don't like the idea of eating cat either but i'm not freaking out about it.
I also had Kebabs in Shanghai a year ago and Guangzhou/Shenzhen a year before that.
Lamb? maybe.. Cat? Maybe.. i'm sitting here, not freaking out about it though. I don't feel any worse than I did before the cheeseburger I had for lunch
Seriously, like lamb or steak, if it's thoroughly cooked, it's probably fine.
I also had Kebabs in Shanghai a year ago and Guangzhou/Shenzhen a year before that.
Lamb? maybe.. Cat? Maybe.. i'm sitting here, not freaking out about it though. I don't feel any worse than I did before the cheeseburger I had for lunch
Seriously, like lamb or steak, if it's thoroughly cooked, it's probably fine.
Jan 8, 2006, 2:14 am
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Originally Posted by barefootflying
I guess it wouldn't hurt to get myself checked out... after that, I'll just forget this ever happened...
You have no idea what you actually ate all you have seen is a TV report which states it could have been cat, it just as easily could have been dog or who knows maybe it actually was lamb. Just move on it really is not worth getting stressed about.