Haitians do not have a desire to eat cats. It is not something approved of by Haitian culture. Further below is an image of some dishes that Haitians eat if they can afford it.
So Haitian-Americans do not eat cats. Hungry people in poor countries do sometimes eat cats, though. Cats are eaten today in the Central African Republic and parts of Cameroon. Pictured above is a cat-meat dish served in the Central African Republic.
Cats were eaten in 17th century France and Spain. A small percentage of Koreans today eat cats as a folk remedy: Vendors boil cats with herbs in large pressure cookers to make goyangi soju, a thick tonic believed to cure rheumatism, arthritis, and neuralgia.
During the 18th century, domestic cats were used in the meat production in France, with published recipes surviving from 1740. Cats were eaten in Spain during the 17th century. Cat meat was widely used as famine food during wartime, especially during both World Wars.
In some cultures of Cameroon, there is a special ceremony featuring cat-eating that is thought to bring good luck.
In South Korea, cat meat was historically brewed into a tonic as a folk remedy for neuralgia and arthritis, not commonly as food. Modern consumption is seen and more likely to be in the form of cat soup, though the number of people who consume cat soup is considered minimal, compared to a relatively popular dog meat… cat meat is mostly consumed by middle-aged working-class women for perceived health benefits, and that usually 10 cats are needed to produce a small bottle of cat, or goyangi, soju (an alcoholic elixir thought to keep arthritis at bay for a few weeks at a time)….100,000 cats are killed yearly to make cat soju in South Korea. Cats are not farmed for their meat in the country, so the trade involves ferals and strays. Nonetheless, the trade is mostly done underground, and the great majority of the population is not even aware that cat consumption exists in the country.
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