http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dog-cat-curry-fears-over-1789118

I understand what is meant by a Lassi curry now !

there's not a cat in hell's chance I'll be going to those takeaways  :

You won't be asking for a doggy bag!  :

Mmmmmm..the purrrrrrrfect curry  ;D

Actually I think cats are vermin so eating one doesn't phase me one iota.

well, DNA tests on meat? after it has been cooked and seasoned? is this  for real? 

Quote from: goncalo on March 28, 2013, 10:45 PM
well, DNA tests on meat? after it has been cooked and seasoned? is this  for real? 

About 2/3 down

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21458487

Like most scaremongering, the story started with one persons assumptions.  :

One thing I find strange (assuming accurate analysis can be made on food that has been cooked, as the link gav posted seems to indicate) is how would the chef test the food to be sure it wasn't an absolute disaster/obvious it wasn't the meat the customer asked for?

"Oh, hang on, let me put my best french chef apron and test the meat for right levels of seasoning and tenderness"

In order for the customers not to be suspicious about which meat they are eating, I would assume there would need to be some test a-priori by the chef to be sure the meat was viable as a replacement, in terms of flavor and texture (essentially the latter, seeing as a piece of stock or prior marinating can change the former massively) and in fairness, I see this more of a practice of the chinese than the bengali/pakistani/indians.

The presenter of the programme could quite easily have said squirrel or pheasant, kangaroo or kudu, zebra or polar bear, but no, that doesnt sell and isnt as sensational as saying "so it could be cat or dog?"

Also read recently about someone who went to their dentist following a curry in a restaurant complaining of what he/she thought to be a seed wedged between tooth and gum,turned out to be part of a cat/dog microchip  smoke/fire