Cruciani : "I ate dog meat . It was sweet . " Bigazzi , "I headed turtle "Culinary journey through the horrors during the radio program " The Mosquito " on Radio24 . Starring: Giuseppe Cruciani and Beppe Bigazzi , former director of foreign relations ENI and gastronome , about to return after three years at the well-known container daily Rai Uno, " Ready Steady Cook " . And it is challenged by its removal from the transmission that begins the dissertation of the two "gourmet" edible ancient traditions and current. Bigazzi recalls the reasons for which he was suspended his collaboration with the " Ready Steady Cook ": " In transmission remembered that on the day of Berlingaccio ( festival which is celebrated on Shrove Tuesday in Florence , ed) there is a proverb that says 'For those who have not Berlingaccio flab kill the cat ' . The presenter asked me if I had eaten cat meat and I said yes. In the 30s " - more - " when I was a child , in the countryside ate cat meat . It was good, as all the things that my mom cooked . " The host of "The Mosquito " opportunity to contest the protests of animal rights on those statements and the decision to remove Bigazzi from " Ready Steady Cook " . It reveals a surprise : " I once ate a dog. I was in Korea for a newspaper , I went to a market and there were dogs everywhere hanging . And the dog meat was very sweet . " " I ate a lot worse for work" - confesses Bigazzi - "When a contract was signed with the Chinese government , there was an official dinner . We ate turtle soup and the Chinese Minister ate the head of a turtle. I rained down on the flat ten-headed turtle and I was forced to eat them with all their bones . " He adds, controversially , "Why in Italy you eat the rabbit? You have to love all the animals. The British when they see us eat rabbits revolt " http://tv.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2013/09/05/cruciani-ho-mangiato-carne-di-cane-era-dolce-bigazzi-io-teste-di-tartaruga/243646/