OT Peace and harmony at Christmas.

[Steve Hague]

We have hosted our friend's dog Sam a couple of times in the past. Sam
is a medium sized cockapoo, very friendly and good natured. He lives
with three cats, so knows how to behave himself in feline company. Our
cat has been wary of him on his previous visits, but this time there's
been much mutual sniffing and touching of noses. They appear to have
become friends, which is heart warming to see. We have to put the cat's
food on the table though, or Sam will gobble it up in seconds. He seems
to much prefer it to his own.
Steve

[Jenny M Benson]

Post by Steve Hague
We have hosted our friend's dog Sam a couple of times in the past. Sam
is a medium sized cockapoo, very friendly and good natured. He lives
with three cats, so knows how to behave himself in feline company. Our
cat has been wary of him on his previous visits, but this time there's
been much mutual sniffing and touching of noses. They appear to have
become friends, which is heart warming to see. We have to put the cat's
food on the table though, or Sam will gobble it up in seconds. He seems
to much prefer it to his own.

Parson lives with 2 dogs (and a cat) and does NOT know how to behave
herself in any company. She is a very greedy feeder so gets fed first
to get her out of the way and attacks the food with huge gusto. But as
soon as she sees that the others have food she is convinced that what
they have must be better than hers. Even when she was tiny, Feisty's
large pieces were no deterrent and not was Feisty who carries on
chomping regardless of a small feline person with its head in her bowl.
(This has to be discouraged because Feisty is on medication.) Foiled
there, she turns her attention to Plummy's dish. Plum requires peace
and quiet when feeding, so she will immediately abandon her meal. Sorry
is fed further away so is the last one to be bothered, but Pardon is no
respecter of her elders and betters. Sorry is far too well-mannered and
will just back off and let her get on with it.

While all this is going on I am constantly scooping Parson up and
returning her to her own dish, although nowadays it is often enough just
to point a stern finger and demand "DON'T YOU DARE!"

[Penny]

On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 15:57:14 +0000, Jenny M Benson <***@hotmail.co.uk>
scrawled in the dust...

Post by Jenny M Benson
Parson lives with 2 dogs (and a cat) and does NOT know how to behave

I spent a brief moment wondering who this ill-mannered parson was and how
you came to know him - then my typo head leapt into action ;)
Of course 'herself' was a further clue.

Post by Jenny M Benson
herself in any company. She is a very greedy feeder so gets fed first
to get her out of the way and attacks the food with huge gusto. But as
soon as she sees that the others have food she is convinced that what
they have must be better than hers. Even when she was tiny, Feisty's
large pieces were no deterrent and not was Feisty who carries on
chomping regardless of a small feline person with its head in her bowl.
(This has to be discouraged because Feisty is on medication.) Foiled
there, she turns her attention to Plummy's dish. Plum requires peace
and quiet when feeding, so she will immediately abandon her meal. Sorry
is fed further away so is the last one to be bothered, but Pardon is no
respecter of her elders and betters. Sorry is far too well-mannered and
will just back off and let her get on with it.
While all this is going on I am constantly scooping Parson up and
returning her to her own dish, although nowadays it is often enough just
to point a stern finger and demand "DON'T YOU DARE!"

Just call her Parson when she's misbehaving :)

My old Charlie cat took an age to eat - his teeth were giving him trouble,
I can sympathise. Young Five would wolf down her food then start on his so
I used to shut here out of the feeding spot until he'd had a good half hour
on his own with the dish. Sometimes he complained and was let out sooner -
I wonder if he thought it was for my benefit in some way.

[Vicky Ayech]

On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 12:17:08 +0000, Steve Hague

Post by Steve Hague
We have hosted our friend's dog Sam a couple of times in the past. Sam
is a medium sized cockapoo, very friendly and good natured. He lives
with three cats, so knows how to behave himself in feline company. Our
cat has been wary of him on his previous visits, but this time there's
been much mutual sniffing and touching of noses. They appear to have
become friends, which is heart warming to see. We have to put the cat's
food on the table though, or Sam will gobble it up in seconds. He seems
to much prefer it to his own.
Steve

Our dog loves the cat and is very respectful of her but will steal her
food if he can. The dog we lost 3 years ago was worse. We have a
stairgate across the kitchen doorway and she'd hide under the table,
hoping we'd not notice her so she could eat the cat food. Remaining
dog is not as clever.

[Min]

All four of us had ribeye steak, mushroom, chips and broccoli for Christmas
lunch. Butu was the best boy and ate it all. Ken is a small eater and found
it all a bit overwhelming so saved some for today. Lexa *ostensibly* ate all
hers, but she was doing something surreptitious in her crate, and she hasn't
touched green beans in previous years...
Anyway, this afternoon she leapt up and demanded *in* her crate where she made
the others jealous by loudly scoffing the hidden broccoli. Luckily I had enough
to steam and hand out more with the kibble...
So broccoli much more succcessful than green beans...

[Steve Hague]

Post by Min
All four of us had ribeye steak, mushroom, chips and broccoli for Christmas
lunch. Butu was the best boy and ate it all. Ken is a small eater and found
it all a bit overwhelming so saved some for today. Lexa *ostensibly* ate all
hers, but she was doing something surreptitious in her crate, and she hasn't
touched green beans in previous years...
Anyway, this afternoon she leapt up and demanded *in* her crate where she made
the others jealous by loudly scoffing the hidden broccoli. Luckily I had enough
to steam and hand out more with the kibble...
So broccoli much more succcessful than green beans...

I had the same for christmas dinner, but with fried onions instead of
broccoli. There was too much ribeye for me, but Sam was happy to help out.

[Vicky Ayech]

On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 08:12:53 +0000, Steve Hague

Post by Steve Hague

Post by Min
All four of us had ribeye steak, mushroom, chips and broccoli for Christmas
lunch. Butu was the best boy and ate it all. Ken is a small eater and found
it all a bit overwhelming so saved some for today. Lexa *ostensibly* ate all
hers, but she was doing something surreptitious in her crate, and she hasn't
touched green beans in previous years...
Anyway, this afternoon she leapt up and demanded *in* her crate where she made
the others jealous by loudly scoffing the hidden broccoli. Luckily I had enough
to steam and hand out more with the kibble...
So broccoli much more succcessful than green beans...

I had the same for christmas dinner, but with fried onions instead of
broccoli. There was too much ribeye for me, but Sam was happy to help out.

We supported Rex ratehr than Bad Tom on Christmas Eve with belly of
pork, slow-cooked, thanks to Sainsburys.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-just-cook-pork-belly-with-apple-sauce-470g
I suppose we'd have heard though if Rex managed to get any of his
product on their shelves. We had the red cabbage with it though, not
broccoli, which is a very every day veg for us.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-red-cabbage-300g

Both those were very good but the McCains roast potatoes in goose fat
were disappointing. There are some to have again and I will try
leaving them to roast for longer next time.

Christmas Day was also slow-cooked. The duck
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-slow-cook-duck-with-blackberry-sauce-440g
we had them with the dauphinoise potatoes too, and again meat dish
very good but potatoes less so. Lacking taste.

I see both those meat dishes are now reduced!

The dog was not offered any veg as we had peas with the duck and we
ate all the cabbage. He is not keen though on green things. He did
enjoy helping with bits of meat and cleaning out dishes and containers
ready for the dishwasher.

[Mike]

Post by Vicky Ayech
On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 08:12:53 +0000, Steve Hague

Post by Steve Hague

Post by Min
All four of us had ribeye steak, mushroom, chips and broccoli for Christmas
lunch. Butu was the best boy and ate it all. Ken is a small eater and found
it all a bit overwhelming so saved some for today. Lexa *ostensibly* ate all
hers, but she was doing something surreptitious in her crate, and she hasn't
touched green beans in previous years...
Anyway, this afternoon she leapt up and demanded *in* her crate where she made
the others jealous by loudly scoffing the hidden broccoli. Luckily I had enough
to steam and hand out more with the kibble...
So broccoli much more succcessful than green beans...

I had the same for christmas dinner, but with fried onions instead of
broccoli. There was too much ribeye for me, but Sam was happy to help out.

We supported Rex ratehr than Bad Tom on Christmas Eve with belly of
pork, slow-cooked, thanks to Sainsburys.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-just-cook-pork-belly-with-apple-sauce-470g
I suppose we'd have heard though if Rex managed to get any of his
product on their shelves. We had the red cabbage with it though, not
broccoli, which is a very every day veg for us.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-red-cabbage-300g
Both those were very good but the McCains roast potatoes in goose fat
were disappointing. There are some to have again and I will try
leaving them to roast for longer next time.
Christmas Day was also slow-cooked. The duck
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-slow-cook-duck-with-blackberry-sauce-440g
we had them with the dauphinoise potatoes too, and again meat dish
very good but potatoes less so. Lacking taste.
I see both those meat dishes are now reduced!
The dog was not offered any veg as we had peas with the duck and we
ate all the cabbage. He is not keen though on green things. He did
enjoy helping with bits of meat and cleaning out dishes and containers
ready for the dishwasher.

We were the lucky ones; we were invited to join friends for a Chinese meal;
pork, chicken, peanuts and lots of vegetables and their daughter made a
very more-ish dessert with fruit, ginger nut base and a mousse made from
butternut squash!

[Chris McMillan]

Post by Mike

Post by Vicky Ayech
On Fri, 27 Dec 2019 08:12:53 +0000, Steve Hague

Post by Steve Hague

Post by Min
All four of us had ribeye steak, mushroom, chips and broccoli for Christmas
lunch. Butu was the best boy and ate it all. Ken is a small eater and found
it all a bit overwhelming so saved some for today. Lexa *ostensibly* ate all
hers, but she was doing something surreptitious in her crate, and she hasn't
touched green beans in previous years...
Anyway, this afternoon she leapt up and demanded *in* her crate where she made
the others jealous by loudly scoffing the hidden broccoli. Luckily I had enough
to steam and hand out more with the kibble...
So broccoli much more succcessful than green beans...

I had the same for christmas dinner, but with fried onions instead of
broccoli. There was too much ribeye for me, but Sam was happy to help out.

We supported Rex ratehr than Bad Tom on Christmas Eve with belly of
pork, slow-cooked, thanks to Sainsburys.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-just-cook-pork-belly-with-apple-sauce-470g
I suppose we'd have heard though if Rex managed to get any of his
product on their shelves. We had the red cabbage with it though, not
broccoli, which is a very every day veg for us.
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-red-cabbage-300g
Both those were very good but the McCains roast potatoes in goose fat
were disappointing. There are some to have again and I will try
leaving them to roast for longer next time.
Christmas Day was also slow-cooked. The duck
https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/shop/gb/groceries/sainsburys-slow-cook-duck-with-blackberry-sauce-440g
we had them with the dauphinoise potatoes too, and again meat dish
very good but potatoes less so. Lacking taste.
I see both those meat dishes are now reduced!
The dog was not offered any veg as we had peas with the duck and we
ate all the cabbage. He is not keen though on green things. He did
enjoy helping with bits of meat and cleaning out dishes and containers
ready for the dishwasher.

We were the lucky ones; we were invited to join friends for a Chinese meal;
pork, chicken, peanuts and lots of vegetables and their daughter made a
very more-ish dessert with fruit, ginger nut base and a mousse made from
butternut squash!

Butternut squash, but it was pink ....... marshmallows. The topping was
alpro, it tasted creamy, plus mango and black grapes. Cissie is becoming a
whizz at inventing desserts. Apparently her home economics tutor was very
unhappy she’s not chosen it at gcse. She’s taking after her very talented
dad! Carrie and Myron didn’t have an english word for butternut squash.
Cissie has a wider vocab than they do at times, but I suspect she hadn’t
told them either. They kept on about ‘winter squash’, and I couldn’t think
where we’d eaten any at that point!

Sincerely Chris

[Nick Odell]

On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 11:16:39 -0800 (PST), Min

Post by Min
All four of us had ribeye steak, mushroom, chips and broccoli for Christmas
lunch. Butu was the best boy and ate it all. Ken is a small eater and found
it all a bit overwhelming so saved some for today. Lexa *ostensibly* ate all
hers, but she was doing something surreptitious in her crate, and she hasn't
touched green beans in previous years...
Anyway, this afternoon she leapt up and demanded *in* her crate where she made
the others jealous by loudly scoffing the hidden broccoli. Luckily I had enough
to steam and hand out more with the kibble...
So broccoli much more succcessful than green beans...

The recently deceased Captain loved his veg - to the extent of digging
up and eating carrots from the kitchen garden (AKA the tub on the
terrace) and snaffling growing potatoes too. I'm learning again not to
pick the broccoli with the biggest, tenderest stem or the cauli with
the most leaves.

Nick

[Vicky Ayech]

On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 00:10:38 +0000, Nick Odell

Post by Nick Odell
On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 11:16:39 -0800 (PST), Min

Post by Min
All four of us had ribeye steak, mushroom, chips and broccoli for Christmas
lunch. Butu was the best boy and ate it all. Ken is a small eater and found
it all a bit overwhelming so saved some for today. Lexa *ostensibly* ate all
hers, but she was doing something surreptitious in her crate, and she hasn't
touched green beans in previous years...
Anyway, this afternoon she leapt up and demanded *in* her crate where she made
the others jealous by loudly scoffing the hidden broccoli. Luckily I had enough
to steam and hand out more with the kibble...
So broccoli much more succcessful than green beans...

The recently deceased Captain loved his veg - to the extent of digging
up and eating carrots from the kitchen garden (AKA the tub on the
terrace) and snaffling growing potatoes too. I'm learning again not to
pick the broccoli with the biggest, tenderest stem or the cauli with
the most leaves.
Nick

Why not?

[Chris McMillan]

Post by Nick Odell
On Thu, 26 Dec 2019 11:16:39 -0800 (PST), Min

Post by Min
All four of us had ribeye steak, mushroom, chips and broccoli for Christmas
lunch. Butu was the best boy and ate it all. Ken is a small eater and found
it all a bit overwhelming so saved some for today. Lexa *ostensibly* ate all
hers, but she was doing something surreptitious in her crate, and she hasn't
touched green beans in previous years...
Anyway, this afternoon she leapt up and demanded *in* her crate where she made
the others jealous by loudly scoffing the hidden broccoli. Luckily I had enough
to steam and hand out more with the kibble...
So broccoli much more succcessful than green beans...

The recently deceased Captain loved his veg - to the extent of digging
up and eating carrots from the kitchen garden (AKA the tub on the
terrace) and snaffling growing potatoes too. I'm learning again not to
pick the broccoli with the biggest, tenderest stem or the cauli with
the most leaves.
Nick

And I thought it was rabbits who loved carrots!

Sincerely Chris