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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:11:17 +0000, (sarah)
wrote:

>I *think* that the stories of cheap restaurants serving cat in lieu of
>rabbit are probably urban myths, but I can't be sure. Years ago, when I
>lived in Canada, a zoologist friend of a friend was said to have found a
>cat forelimb bone in a rabbit stew (the limb bones are diagnostic -- no
>possibility of error). Of course that was Canada ;-)

Believe me, you would instantly notice. I have skinned enough rabbit
and a few cats, the carcass of either one smell entirely different. I
would expect a cat to taste like its fat smells, which is
unmistakeable and not very pleasant; a fresh rabbit carcass has a
pleasant smell, and after cooking it has a very distinct taste of its
own (and entirely different from hare).

fkoe