I was searching the web and found this recipe at : http://www.ajlc.waterloo.on.ca/Recipies/MasterCook/B/Brining_And_Smoking_A_D ead_Cat * Exported from MasterCook Buster * Brining And Smoking A Dead Cat Recipe By : Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time : Categories : Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- ***BRINE*** 1 cup salt 2 gallons water 4 tablespoons vodka 1/2 teaspoon black pepper -- freshly ground 1 1/2 pounds jalapeno peppers -- seeded and minced 2 dashes Texas Pete hot sauce ***MEAT*** 2 medium dead cats -- 5 days hanging ***SAUCE*** 3 large onions -- peeled, chopped 1 can tomato sauce -- 1 gallon size 4 pounds brown sugar 2 cups turpentine 4 tablespoons Dave's insanity hot sauce Place ingredients in 5 gallon plastic bucket stir until it smokes. Add dead cats and marinate overnight on back porch. Remove cats and rinse in running water. Put sauce ingredients into a pot and cook for 3 hours. Smoke in Danny Gaulden's nice new pit for 12 hours at 240-250F until they turn black. Source: "What To Do With a Dead Cat" by Jeff Lipsitt. Categories: Barbecue, Meats, Main Course ----- Original Message ----- From: "wdb.cyb" <wdb.cyb@gateway.net> To: "Uncle_Dirty_Dave" <xrated@ameritech.net> Cc: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [CH] Ugh. > Dave, > I would like to personally thank you for your post. I am new to this group > and did not really know what to make of all this "cat" controversy and some > of the comments that seemed to me to be "over the top". Your voice of reason > and sanity is very appreciated. > Yvonne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Uncle_Dirty_Dave" <xrated@ameritech.net> > To: <raincrone@juno.com> > Cc: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 8:39 AM > Subject: Re: [CH] Ugh. > > > > raincrone@juno.com wrote: > > > > > >Actually they taste a lot like rabbit. > > > > > <going nomail till this juvenile, meanspirited crap ceases> > > > > Just a word or two on your ostrich-like actions.... > > > > Now that you have jumped to your erroneous conclusions I hope that you > > have picked a soft spot to land. > > > > It's not juvenile and it's not mean spirited. It's just facts, madam. I > > have eaten cat (not by choice) and it does taste/look like rabbit. And > > it is good with a spicy rub/marinade. And the law requiring rabbits sold > > for meat to have their hind feet attached grows from the circumstances > > in which I ate cat meat. In the 1950s there was a huge scandal involving > > over 100 grocery stores in Central Illinois who were caught selling > > felis domesticus in place of rabbit. My father bought rabbit on average > > once a week from the market charged as the ring-leader in the deal > > (before the scandal broke). > > So, it's odds-on, nearing certainty that I have eaten cat. I have also > > eaten dog, horse, mule, lizard and snake. It's protein - and some people > > get all torn-up over eating horse or dog... nearly as much as you are > > over the mere mention of cat chilli. > > > > So, I suggest to you (and all who are acting like PC food kops) that you > > read what is said and not read more into it than what is said. > > > > ENJOY!!! > > -------- > > UNCLE DIRTY DAVE'S KITCHEN -- > > Home of Yaaaaa Hooooo Aaahhh!!! HOT SAUCE and Hardin Cider > > >