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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

3428.0. "Naughty Puss!" by SUBURB::ODONNELLJ () Thu Mar 15 1990 20:59

    I suppose it WAS my own fault...
    
    My brother caught a nice, big trout in a river the other day (not
    sure whether he did it legally, but never mind!).
    
    He brought it home and, because my Mum can't stand messing around
    with anything raw like that, I got the job of preparing and cooking
    it. Trouble was, I'd never cooked trout before and I wasn't quite
    sure how to do it. I consulted various cookery books and decided
    that soaking it in butter for an hour beforehand and then baking
    it was the easiest to do.
    
    So I melted up the butter, added a few herbs (herbs go into EVERYTHING
    where I am concerned) and left trout to soak, after cutting it in
    the way that the book recommended. I left one of those net umbrella
    things over it to keep flies etc off.
    
    It wasn't until half an hour later that I heard loud and raptuous
    purring from the direction of the kitchen and remembered that our
    furry little stomach on legs wouldn't be all that fussy over whether
    the trout was cooked like the book said or not.
    I had an awful misgiving and dashed into the kitchen.
    
    There, sure enough, is gutty little Oliver, stuffing his face with
    butter-soaked trout, obviously under the impression that it's for
    his tea.
    
    And I STILL don't know how to cook it!!!
           
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3428.1Obviously a fine cook. Sushi?CSC32::K_KINNEYThu Mar 15 1990 22:318
    
    
    	Well, look at it this way. If you were a bit nervous
    	about successfully cooking the thing (having never done
    	it before), the kitty saved you from all that stress! *8^}
    	It also seems that your efforts were indeed appreciated!
    
    					kim and catnippy
3428.2FILTON::GLOVER_POne more what!;-)Fri Mar 16 1990 11:528
    Season it wiv herbs and butter,add wine,wrap in tin-foil and place
    under grill for 15 mins.
    
    
            AND THEN DO THE TROUT:+')
    
    PHIL......FELINE NOISY...
    
3428.3What is the name of your Restaurant?CLOVE::SPINGLERFri Mar 16 1990 11:549
    
    Panther has always wanted to visit England, (to meet the Queen and
    attend opening day at Ascot,) but when she sees this she will also want
    to try out one of your sushi bars!
    
    Feline appreciative of the finer things in life,
    
    Sue & Panther & Spot
    
3428.4AIMHI::OFFENFri Mar 16 1990 11:5612
    Your *stomach on legs* did indeed do you a favor.
    
    My ex-husband used to bring home fish that he had caught.  Bluefish,
    catfish, etc.  I knew that I not only had to cook it, but I also had
    to *EAT IT*!!!!! YECH!!!!YECH!!!!!YECH!!!!  
    
    The only kind of fish I like is *white* fish as in tuna or flounder or
    haddock.
    
    Sandi and the Storm Troopers
    
    
3428.5FENNEL::MITCHELL_VFri Mar 16 1990 16:207
    
    Me, I hate fish.  I'm one of those people who goes to a seafood
    restaurant and orders chicken or steak.  Now Rusty likes the taste of
    white tuna....and steak (silly me, left a roast to defrost on the
    counter and went shopping - got home and guess what?  You got it.)
    
    Val
3428.6oh yes I remember it well..IOSG::THOMPSONRNostalgia isn't what it used to beMon Mar 19 1990 09:4816
...reminds me of the time I came back from the supermarket and went upstairs
to change before putting everything away.  After about 1/2 an hour I thought
it was a bit strange because Henri hadn't followed me upstairs like she 
normally does when I get home, and Sophie had that "she's doing something
naughty, mummy!" look on her face.

I went downstairs to see white paper in shreds all over the kitchen, and Henri
looking up at me with a big, juicy Salmon steak hanging from her mouth!  

She knew she'd been naughtly though - like humans she must feel - if it's THAT
good it must be naughty!  She immediately ran and hid behind the sofa with it,
still in her mouth.

We had baked beans on toast for dinner that evening.

[Ruth]
3428.7Thanks Mommy!BOOVX1::MANDILEMon Mar 19 1990 12:546
    Re .6,
    
    And the kitties had Salmon Steak! (Tee hee)
    
    
    L-
3428.8A little scoop of this and a little scoop of thatISLNDS::BROUGHMon Mar 19 1990 15:0316
    	This story is not as cute as the previous one, but I think that
    it is still cute just the same.  I feed my Pixie and Dixie soft
    canned stuff before I go to work at 7:00 am and then I feed them
    some more when I get home at 5:30 pm.  At night, before going to
    bed, I give them hard stuff.  One afternoon I gave the little monsters
    just enough food so that when they finished, I'd take their dish
    and go wash it out, so a couple of hours later when I went down
    to get their dish, there was Pixie using his hand as a scoop, scooping
    the hard food out of the box and stuffing his face with it (I leave
    the hard food boxes next to a tool box on my workbence).  I think
    that he thought that he hadn't had enough, so he was just helping
    himself.  Cute I thought, cute.
    
    
    
    		Paul, Pixie, and Dixie
3428.9Abbey's PorkchopWR2FOR::HARPHAM_LYMon Mar 19 1990 21:0211
    
    All of these stories remind me of the time we had left a pork
    chop in the broiler/toaster oven after dinner.  Abbey somehow
    discovered it, and pulled down the little door to get a better
    look (and sniff!).  Despite the fact that she had to simultaneously
    hold the door to the oven open with one paw while grabbing the pork
    chop with the other paw (and a couple of sharp teeth), she managed
    quite nicely!
    
    Lynn         
    
3428.10ROYALT::MORRISSEYYou have chosen....poorlyTue Mar 20 1990 11:576
    
    
    	Duke steals food more times than I could put here!
    
    	He is a little piglet!  =)
    
3428.11well, Hannah "polices" the foodFORTSC::WILDEAsk yourself..am I a happy cow?Tue Mar 20 1990 18:349
Here's a wierd one....Hannah not only doesn't steal food...she jumps on
anyone else she catches trying to do it.  Literally.  Sam tried to steal
some canned food from Nick (the skinny one) last night and Hannah jumped
him and bit his rump - from the way Sam squealed, she bit hard.  She
then walked away from the food dish without even a sniff -- which allowed
Nickie to finish his dinner.  She also "watches" the kitchen counter
and table, preventing any furry invaders from helping themselves.  I
have no idea who appointed her boss, but she apparently is quite happy
with the position, so I don't complain.  A very wierd cat, this one.