Subj : Cats
To : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sat Jun 24 2023 06:52:00
-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
DD> Cats can be odd sometimes. I had one I named Spot (because she
DD> followed me around like a dog) who I shared some hamburger-based red
RH> Craziest cat name we ever gave one was Dog. Mom (Socrates, had a
RH> brother Hippocrates) had kittens, dad thought we'd give them all away.
RH> To tell them apart, he designated them Able, Baker, Charlie and Dog.
DD> So it was a "convenience" name, not a personality one?
RH> Exactly! He served in the Navy during WWII and that was the standard
RH> phonetic alphabet at the time. Steve learned Alpha, Bravo, Charlie and
RH> Delta when he went into the Army; Nato uses that version. I learned it
RH> from just listening to him use it--comes in handy when I have to spell
RH> my last name on the phone--if people are familiar with it. We've heard
RH> a lot of varients over the ham radio airwaves in the past few years
RH> tho.
I still use it in my work. the letters B,C,D,E,T and Z are homonyms and
easily mistaken for one another - especially over the telephone. I spell
things using my own "made up on the fly" phonetic alphabet. A may be
"Adam", "Alpha", or "AutoZone" and so on. As long as there is no doubt
as to which letter I mean. It helps to prevent misteaks. Bv)=
RH> First 3 found homes, mom cat died on the operating table during her
RH> spaying. Hippocrates had passed on before that--found out there was
RH> a RH> genetic heart defect in that cat line. Kept Dog, kept the name.
RH> She RH> went on to have a litter at the start of the Apollo 11 moon
RH> shot so for RH> designators we used Neil, Buzz, Michael and Diana
RH> (Roman goddess of the RH> moon).
DD> Darwin was right, you know.
RH> They were all good cats--hired for the mousekeeping.
When I was running the satellite shop we had a cat that one of the techs
brought from an installation. She was a very friendly kitten, just old
enough to be weaned. She's catch a mouse and play with it until it died.
Probably from sheer exhaustion. Mom cat was a barn cat - but apparently
had not had time to teach her daughter how to hunt. So, in an effort to
show Callie that mice were "food" I took one of her victims and placed
it on top of her bowl of kibble. She batted the dead mouse out of the
way and went to crunching her Friskies. Bv)=
But she did keep the mouse population at a minimum.
DD> gravy from
DD> the spaghetti. She licked up all of the sauce and left the meat.
DD> Pretty odd behaviour for a cat.
RH> Quite so. We had a kitten and Sam who were both popcorn lovers.
DD> Spot was the first (and only) cat I ever saw who would leave meat in
DD> her bowl.
RH> Jenny-cat left lamb and rice in her dish--she actually pushed the dish
RH> away and refused to eat it. Vet had perscribed it as we were trying to
RH> figure out some health issues so she said to put her back on what she
RH> was used to eating.
Never try to out-stubborn a cat.
DD> I used to half-open the cans of packed in oil fish and let it drain
DD> over the kitty kibble. The cats loved it.
RH> Kibble disappeared rather fast when topped with fish oil. (G)
You betchum, Red Ryder (and if you remember that comix strip you're
older than I thought.
DD> This is from a cookbook I published (wish I had a copy) when I wore
DD> a younger man's clothes called "Advice For The Newly Single". It
DD> was for freshly graduated, living away from Mom & Dad for the
DD> first time. Or newly divorced man on their own with no house
DD> keeping chops nor cooking skills.
DD> It was first printed in my newspaper column, "The Dim View"
RH> Put out a call for it on your neighborhood group; somebody may have a
RH> copy or know of someone who knows someone with a copy.
DD> I've been looking for years. I "rescued" many of the recipes by going
DD> through the archives of the college I was attending at the time. That
DD> to put ourselves through to degrees on the revenue from the Spectrum.
DD> John, to a Bachelor's in Literature and me to a Master's in Public
DD> Affairs.
DD> That school, which I was in on the founding of, is now the University
DD> of Illinois at Springfield.
RH> Sounds like it started as a Baby Boomer school and just grew from
RH> there. The college I graduated from became a university last year; it's
RH> not that big but they had their reasons. Like Fort Bragg is now Fort
RH> Liberty; I'll always think of Houghton College and Fort Bragg.
I'm not sure that I'm on board with all the "politically correct" renaming
that has been going on. Especially the military bases. The people for whom
they were named were leaders who fought for the principles in which they
believed and were true to their cause .... which even if it was wrong, or
has fallen out of favour are still core values that soldiers/sailors or
wing wipers should practice.
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Calico Rice
Categories: Rice, Vegetables, Herbs
Yield: 8 Servings
3 c Water
1 1/2 c Rice
1 md Onion; chopped
1 c Chopped carrots
1 c Celery; sliced thin
2 tb Bell pepper; sliced thin, or
- more to taste
2 Green onions; sliced
2 Sprigs fresh rosemary
2 ts Fresh sage
3 tb Olive oil; more as needed
Salt & pepper
Cook rice according to directions; set aside.
In a wok, combine all veggies and olive oil; cook till
tender adding 1 sprig of fresh rosemary. Add rice to
mixture. Add more olive oil, rosemary and sage. Season
with salt & pepper. Toss till combined.
Serve with any kind of meat. I have stir fried chicken
pieces in this as well. I have also made it with brown
rice.
By Kimi Gaines
RECIPE FROM:
https://www.justapinch.com
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