Chef's Mouth Gets Him Fired

It doesn't take a genius to know that you have to be very careful of what you say on TV - especially on LIVE TV. Well, in Italy, there's a 77 year old chef named Beppe Bigazzi. He hosts a show called "The Cooks' Challenge." He was suspended following pressure from animal rights activists after he praised the wonders of "tender, white cat meat." He explained how to tenderize cat meat by leaving it under running water for three days before cooking it into "a delight!"

The Italian Animal Protection Agency called for Bigazzi to be permanently removed from the program.

Bigazzi later said he was talking about cats that were cooked in Tuscany, Italy, during food shortages of the 1930s and 1940s. He said he was not recommending people today cook cats. He said, "I was just talking about an old tradition."

This reminds me of the bumper sticker: "So many cats, so few recipes!"