Food thread

On 16/11/2010 00:31, cshenk wrote:

Grin, no harm there! We are 'low meat eaters' here. (meat to me is also
seafood, a difference across the pond generally used by most here). It's
due to cholestrol issues so we use it more as a garnish much of the time.


I have a kidney problem (nephropathy) and had to restrict my protein
intake. I figured the easiest way to do that was stop eating meat (I
never liked seafood).

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

"Marina" wrote in message
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How about a strange-things-my-cat(s)-will-eat thread? We haven't had one
of those for while.

I'll start with Mir, since her list is shorter:
- cheese
- yoghurt
- sweetcorn, preferably off the cob
- orange juice (yes, she's one of the few cats in the world who don't mind
citrus fruit)
She does NOT eat anything that comes packaged with a picture of a cat on
it, like dry or wet food, or cat treats. The only things manufactured for
cats that she will eat are her supplement pills. Those she regards as
treats, which is lucky for me, since the only food she eats is raw meat.

Then on to Caliban. Brace yourselves.
- anything dairy, cheese, yoghurt, milk (I use a low-lactose milk that
doesn't give him any problems, same with the yoghurt)
- cucumber (he begs for it, here's a short video of him eating the end of
a cucumber, but he was confused by the camera shoved in his face. Usually
he will eat a big piece like this in no time:
http://www.youtube.com/user/frankien.../1/HVOdb0a6AbY)
- tomato in any form, fresh, tinned or sundried (begs for this too)
- courgette (zucchini)
- bread
- potatoes, potato peel
- beet peel
- sweetcorn, off the cob, frozen, tinned, doesn't matter
- uncooked dry pasta, fresh pasta
- tinned beans, refried beans
- and anything that comes in a packet with a picture of a cat on it

Surprisingly, Mir likes catnip more than Caliban. Mir goes bonkers over
it, while Caliban just hunkers down and eats it.

Boyfie refuses to eat anything that does not come out of a packet, box or
tin unless it has a picture of a cat on it. Unless it is roast chicken or a
bit of roast beef, he will make an exception for that.
He will not eat any vegetables at all, he thinks they are poisonous as is
most human food.
KFC would eat anything, but he got rescued before he had her hard life. She
loved gravy on mashed potatoes and any veg, especially brussels sprouts,
because that's what she got when she was fed by neighbours when they saw her
as a stray.

Luckily, Kitty Farmcat brought him here, as a lost teenager before he lost
his taste for nice cat food. I know he was loved by his posh collar and
despite advertising I never found his owners. Pity they did not neuter him
then.
Their loss, my gain. He is wonderful.
Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:

KFC would eat anything, but he got rescued before he had her hard life. She
loved gravy on mashed potatoes and any veg, especially brussels sprouts,

I miss KFC! The image of her happily licking up gravy on mashed potatoes
is a sweet one.

Luckily, Kitty Farmcat brought him here, as a lost teenager before he lost
his taste for nice cat food. I know he was loved by his posh collar and
despite advertising I never found his owners. Pity they did not neuter him
then.
Their loss, my gain. He is wonderful.

We love Boyfie.

Joyce

--
Excuse for Not Doing One's Homework:
My pit bull, here, ate it.
-- J.D. Berry, Springfield

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Christina Websell wrote:

KFC would eat anything, but he got rescued before he had her hard life.
She
loved gravy on mashed potatoes and any veg, especially brussels sprouts,

I miss KFC! The image of her happily licking up gravy on mashed potatoes
is a sweet one.

I miss her too. I have her on a video that June took in the 90's when she
was living outside and June says "what a pretty little cat". I'd like to
get it on DVD.

Luckily, Kitty Farmcat brought him here, as a lost teenager before he
lost
his taste for nice cat food. I know he was loved by his posh collar and
despite advertising I never found his owners. Pity they did not neuter
him
then.
Their loss, my gain. He is wonderful.

We love Boyfie.

So do I. If there was ever a cat to convert a dog owner, it's himself. He
is gentle and has no idea how to scratch or bite.
If there was ever a cat to remind a dog owner why they didn't want one, it
was KFC, she was always horribly grumpy and would slash you to bits if you
put a foot wrong. I still loved her though, she was tiny, brave & feisty
with attitude.
Good job otherwise she would not have survived outside for so long.
No cat dare come near her "what, you look at me? you are one dead cat.."
She weighed 5lbs, looked like a kitten.
One of my favourite memories is when she got fed up with the neighbouring
cat "The Enemy" bullying Boyfriend.
He came into the house overnight to carry on his terrorism and she chased
him up the walls of the kitchen. He made so much noise screeching in fright
that it woke me up and I came downstairs to see what was going on. He'd
made Boyfie's life such a misery for a while that I just watched.
The Enemy had not expected this at all. I swear he never touched the floor
until he found the door and she still pursued him and pinned him down
outside,giving him a good bite. This big cat, 12lbs probably, never knew
what hit him.
She came back inside, metaphorically wiping her hands "that should sort it
then, Boyfie!"
It did. That cat never dared step foot in Boyfie's garden ever again, he
moved away later luckily. Kitty was quite elderly even then but she was not
having that.
It disturbed her sleep ;-)
Boyfie does not fight, he's a pacifist, so he just looked on from the
sidelines, cheering her on..
Kitty Farmcat was an amazing cat.

Tweed

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Kitty Farmcat was an amazing cat.

Tweed

Her memory will live on as long as there is breath in me. Your love for
her, being a former d*g owner, gives testimony to the phenomenon that she
was.

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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http://www.professional-geek.com/rpcablog/

"Christina Websell" wrote in
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Christina Websell wrote:

KFC would eat anything, but he got rescued before he had her
hard life. She
loved gravy on mashed potatoes and any veg, especially
brussels sprouts,

I miss KFC! The image of her happily licking up gravy on
mashed potatoes
is a sweet one.

I miss her too. I have her on a video that June took in the
90's when she was living outside and June says "what a pretty
little cat". I'd like to get it on DVD...

I have a multimedia machine that could do the transfer from VHS
tape to DVD for you. Free, gratis, no charge.

--
MatSav

Christina Websell wrote:
wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

KFC would eat anything, but he got rescued before he had her hard life.
She
loved gravy on mashed potatoes and any veg, especially brussels sprouts,
I miss KFC! The image of her happily licking up gravy on mashed potatoes
is a sweet one.

I miss her too. I have her on a video that June took in the 90's when she
was living outside and June says "what a pretty little cat". I'd like to
get it on DVD.

Send it to me and I'll put it on a DVD for you.

--
Adrian (Owned by Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk