Cat cuisine, and I'm not talking about Meow Mix

Of course the most interesting recent development on the animal-rights front lines came recently in the form of a nearly 80-year-old former helpmate to Mao Tse-tung, who staged a protest against the Guandong practice of eating cats. According to the L.A. Times, Lu Di formed China's Small Animal Protection Association, through which she attempts to halt a dietary practice she calls "a crime that humiliates all Chinese people."

The prospect of eating cat is distasteful to those in the U.S., even to the most intrepid of stomachs. Even the Weird Meat crew -- which has consumed everything from ant extract to yak flesh -- has yet to opt for feline, although placenta has made the cut, and with dog meat on the list, cat can't be too far behind.