[Sca-cooks] Re:keeping butter

[marilyn traber 011221]

> Kathleen A Roberts wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 12:03:03 -0500
> >  Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise <jenne at fiedlerfamily.net> wrote:
> >
> >> popcorn and sweet corn, so they can't be that mutant.
> >>
> > had a maine coon cat who would open her paw as if it were a hand (with 
> > thumb) and grab a pawful of popcorn from the bowl, close the paw to 
> > grab, and bring it to her mouth to eat.
> >
> > mutant-est thing i ever did see!
> >
> > cailte
> 
> Can't help but wonder if that isn't a Maine Coon cat kind of 
> thing...ours would drink water that way...dip his paw into the water,
>  scoop up a bit and put it in his mouth!
> 
> Kiri

Not necessarily- think it's just a cat sort of thing. I had a half Siamese, 
Miss Smudge who'd do that, to get the milk out of the bottom of my glass. 
They're all different, and all have their own special ways of getting things 
done. Little Girl, for example, is VERY good at opening doors, even wuth 
latches on them- she just jiggles them until they open. Just wish she'd close 
them behind her.

As far as eating, some of them will eat anything humans do, others won't. 
Margali's Jezebel will beg for people food, but then refuse to eat it. 
General Lee, the feral kitten that either adopted, or got adopted by, Cogburn 
the Incorrigible, the Rooster with an Attitude during Pennsic will eat 
anything- he just swiped a crust of home made bread- not a drop of butter on 
it. And Miss Figment, a cat I had many years ago, would eat anything she saw 
me eating, including raw carrots. She hated taking medicine, and was a pain 
to force it on, so I used to act like I was eating whatever I wanted her to 
take, put it down "not noticing" it, and she'd munch it right down.

As for dogs... Souage and most of them will eat almost anything. Souage 
lately has been splitting the bread mistakes we've made with the bread 
machine with the chickens. And Stubby had a particular liking for beans of 
any sort, and was absolutely passionate about tacos (with hot sauce, but 
without lettuce). She would ignore any food I put in front of her and told 
her "No" about except tacos. If the tacos had lettuce on them, she'd lick 
evry drop of sauce off them, and spit out the lettuce. Adamantius met her- 
very well-mannered dog ;-)

Each of them is different, and each is special in their own way. I think 
people are lucky critters let us share their lives.

Phlip