Fox A La Mode

‘REMEMBER when fox hunting was the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible?

Well, forget it. Foxes are no less tasty than a badger, and with their sly ways and raw cunning, as fat free as your regular stoat.

And for this information we have artist Mark McGowan to thank.

McGowan, who once pushed a peanut along the road to Tony Blair’s Downing Street home with his nose, has eaten a fox in protest at the public fixation with a government ban on fox hunting.

He described the roast fox, which he ate in public, as quite tasty, although he admitted to nearly vomiting at times.

”It was a bit like rack of lamb,” said he. ”The trouble was the retching noises from the other people in the room.”

And the brush…’

Posted: 9th, December 2004 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink