Ways to skin a cat

[Harvestman]

As it says, just how many ways are there to skin a cat?

I reckon someone on here will know


The information might be useful as we seem to have run out of tinned cat food, and my cat is expressing her opinion of the dried food I've given her instead.

 

[bb07]

There's only one way I know of. Try here :yikes::yikes: I"m sure they can help.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...or-the-fur-trade-and-high-fashion-815426.html

 

[northumbrian]

As it says, just how many ways are there to skin a cat?

I reckon someone on here will know


The information might be useful as we seem to have run out of tinned cat food, and my cat is expressing her opinion of the dried food I've given her instead.

hope this is a joke ?

 

[bb07]

A joke is how I took it. My response was also meant as such

 

[BOD]

I heard that cat fur fell outeasily and it was not a good pelt for skinning.

is that true?

 

[John Fenna]

Just go the same way as with a rabbit.
The reason that when you buy a rabbit at a butchers it still has its kidneys attached is that the only way to tell a prepped rabbit from a prepped cat is that a rabbits kidneys hang unevenly, while a cats are even.....
Seems that they taste the same as well.
Too many cats around here not many rabbites......

 

[eel28]

As it says, just how many ways are there to skin a cat?

I reckon someone on here will know


The information might be useful as we seem to have run out of tinned cat food, and my cat is expressing her opinion of the dried food I've given her instead.

I'm told there is more than one way

 

[Tengu]

Donr worry about the cat!

They are perfectly able to survive on a diet of smoked salmon and cream.

(as my father found out once)

 

[shaggystu]

Just go the same way as with a rabbit.
The reason that when you buy a rabbit at a butchers it still has its kidneys attached is that the only way to tell a prepped rabbit from a prepped cat is that a rabbits kidneys hang unevenly, while a cats are even.....
Seems that they taste the same as well.
Too many cats around here not many rabbites......

i didn't know about the kidneys, that's interesting. when i used to shoot and sell rabbits to a local butcher he used to insist that we left the feet on for the same reason
it makes you wonder how much cat has been eaten as rabbit over the years

stuart

 

[Robbi]

bit confused here, how can a rabbit and a cat taste the same ? one eats meat and one eats green stuff, surely that will affect the taste ?

 

[tim_n]

Unfortunately it's a common story around my way - a butcher friend used to only allow whole rabbits to be sold to him as he'd quite often been given cat.

 

[Harvestman]

There's good eating on a cat (or so I'm told).

Very much a joke guys. I was bored. The furry little darling woke me at 6am today by standing on my head and mewing at my ear.

I occasionally threaten her with finding out if there's room to swing a cat as well. I think it depends on the direction of swing, and where you hold the cat. I'm a scientist by training, so I think the criteria need to be defined, and replication is important. Also you have to define success and failure. Is blood on the wall a failure? What about a concussed cat?

I only have one cat, and she's larger than standard, so I can't really do the experiement properly

 

[Harvestman]

I also understand that a healthy cat can survive more than 3 weeks without food, so long as they have access to water. That's another experiment I keep threatening her with.

 

[shaggystu]

......The furry little darling woke me at 6am today by standing on my head and mewing at my ear.

I occasionally threaten her with finding out if there's room to swing a cat as well. I think it depends on the direction of swing, and where you hold the cat. I'm a scientist by training, so I think the criteria need to be defined, and replication is important. Also you have to define success and failure. Is blood on the wall a failure? What about a concussed cat?

I only have one cat, and she's larger than standard, so I can't really do the experiement properly

years back i used to live with a girl who had a lovely little ginger tom kitten, his name was oscar, he liked to play with balls of wool, chase spiders, curl up in your lap whilst you watched telly, all sorts of lovely little catty things. he also used to enjoy crawling up under the duvet, nestling his cute furry little face between my feet, and crawling upwards until he found something wrinkled and hairy, at which point he'd sink all his claws and teeth into the aforementioned appendage. my experiments (not too scientific i must add) led me to conclude that the idea that cats always land on their feet is heavily influenced by such factors as the velocity of the cat and the proximity of the wall at which he's thrown.
blood on the wall? concussed cat? both successful outcomes in my book

stuart (the cat lover)

 

[WolfCub]

I'd err on the side of suprise if someone used to handling rabbits wasn't curious at finding a cat carcasse amongst them, even if not 100% sure why, be like a fake £20.

As to good eating, yes, quite pleasant. Different to rabbit but thats probably the nearest likeness in 'normal' meats for most to compare.
Had it in Uganda, diced,spiced and cooked over fire. Was rather hungry so just ate it. Later said to local I was with it wasn't a meat I recognised, so what was it ?

His best guess was cat.

 

[British Red]

Protein is protein. Eating them seems sensible - much like pigeons.

 

[Tengu]

And they have very appealing fur

Much like ferrets

 

[Balanophage]

I heard that cat fur fell outeasily and it was not a good pelt for skinning.

is that true?

I don't know (long term), but I do know there's been a hoo-ha in the press about imports of dog and cat fur into Europe from Asia. Fashion stuff tends to be badly made anyway, as there's no point lavishing care and attention on something that's going to be 'out' next year, or even next season.

 

[Tengu]

No.

I read in an old book that a fur coat was often an heirloom.

But from accounts of natives (who admittedly wore them all the time) they seem to need changing often.

 

[BOD]

...the only way to tell a prepped rabbit from a prepped cat is that a rabbits kidneys hang unevenly, while a cats are even.....
Seems that they taste the same as well.
Too many cats around here not many rabbites......

I heard (once again) that the ribs are flat in one and rounder in the other but can't remember which