[Sca-cooks] Re:keeping butter

[Sue Clemenger]

I was gonna say, "nope, not just a Maine Coon thing, because one of my cats
(Sofi, the oldest) does that too, with the water," and then I remembered
that she's actually half Maine Coon. ;o)
I have two polydactl cats (Sofi's not one of them), both with obvious
"thumbs," and one is much more adept at using the extra toes than the other.
I'm guessing that in Mack's case (he being the lesser-skilled of the two),
the useful connections aren't all there.  It's a fully developed toe, same
size as the others, with retractable claw, etc., but he doesn't seem to have
a lot of muscle control over it.  Of course, he says he doesn't need to--he
was meant to be beautiful, not useful. <weg>
--mair

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elaine Koogler" <ekoogler1 at comcast.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Re:keeping butter


> 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