Top Italian Food Writer Talks About Eating Cat Casserole

Beppe Bigazzi has been suspended from the Italian version of Ready Steady Cook for recommending a cat casserole saying its a succulent dish to eat. Bigazzi said that casserole of cat was a famous dish in his home tegion of Valdarno, Tuscany. He say he has eaten it himself and its a lot better than many other animals. The Main channel switchboard was inundated with complaints from viewers and animal rights groups. Beppe refused to apologise to viewers when ask during a commercial break.

Carla Rocchi the head of ENPA, the Italian society for the protection of animals, said that killing cats was illegal. The is to be an investigation of the producers for criminal offences involving incitement to mistreat animals. There was a previous uproar due to Beppe boiling lobsters live on the show. He said that he had only been joking about the cat recipe, he then added "Mind you, I wasn't joking all that much. In the 1930's and 1940's when I was a boy, people did eat cat in times of hardship.