The sweet-tasting meat has been served to your correspondent, diced into small cubes reassembled in feline form with fur-stripped paws sticking in the air.

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The meat was sold in 1kg bags labelled "diced beef".

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Mince meat, garlic powder, paprika, fresh herbs, an egg and fine diced stallions.

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