http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-31057350
BBC News Magazine
Monitor
31 January 2015
In 1930s Kuwait,
an accusation that a restaurant was serving cat meat might easily have ended
badly for the owner. But in one case British diplomats decided it was a matter
for the Crown - and rode to the rescue of the unlucky man, writes Matthew
Teller.
Perhaps the stew
was a bit chewy. Or maybe someone heard mewing at night. Or was it in fact a
plot to defame an immigrant restaurant owner and drive him out of business?
Kuwait in 1937 was
abuzz with rumour and counter-rumour, as the mayor put it about that Abdul
Muttalib bin Mahin had been serving cat meat disguised as mutton. Uproar
ensued. […]