[Sca-cooks] Ideas for homemade holiday gifts - for cat owners

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Dec 19, 2008, at 3:55 AM, Laura C. Minnick wrote:

> That reminds me of a certain Classic Red Tabby of my acquaintance  
> who, having been reprimanded about her attitude towards a certain  
> bird, proceeded to poop directly behind the Seat of Authority. It  
> would seem that she was rather good at conveying her opinion of  
> being reprimanded. :-)

In theory, yes, but eventually the red tabby in question was made  
aware that if all it took to legalize the regarding of another living  
thing with carnivorous lust was a certain size/mass disparity, I'd be  
happy to rewrite the menu and get in bigger plates.

"But... I'm a carnivore! It's my nature; I can't help it."
"Hey, what a coincidence! Me, too! And I have a nice new roasting pan,  
too. But there's not a lot of meat on such a little bird. I'm thinking  
of something more... substantial."

Actually, I was thinking one of those lovely raised English pies...  
and a substantial pie it would have been, too!

There was an unfortunate roadkill incident in front of my apartment  
building this summer, and for various reasons it fell to me to  
decently dispose of some animal remains. As I recall, what was  
noteworthy wasn't how nasty the whole experience was (and it was), but  
my ability to look with a certain professional detachment on the  
resulting hairy pancake and say, "Hey, look, Falschehasse... that'd be  
lovely with some red wine, some peppercorns, and a few juniper  
berries..."

Adamantius








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