Cooked up the chicken thighs in satay peanut sauce, with green tea soba. As I cooked, Moby came to me, over and over. Eventually, I put down tinned chicken for him. He sniffed it, then returned to sit on the mat in front of the stove where I stood, and purred loudly, vibrating the floor. We remembered how, at one place in Boston, he would sit in the hall by the neighbors' door as they cooked with the most aromatic of Indian spices, and sniff contentedly. He also loved when we brought home food from India Quality, one of our favorites as well.
When I sat on the sofa with my dinner, he hopped up, and extended a paw. The sauce was not heavily spiced, so I let him have a piece. He carried it off to a bit of carpet to devour. Well, alright. Gave him another bit, which suffered the same fate.
He found a place on the sheepie in the sun, and seemed the most contented of creatures. He's still there.
Thinking about duck, which I cooked for myself last year, with mixed results. Lovely at first, but heavy and soggy later, since I was the only one in the house who wanted any. Well, Moby had some the first day, but a cat's portion is not large. So, I found the menu online for the best local Chinese place, and the duck dinner is about $13. Not far off from what it would cost to cook it myself, no doubt better, and I won't have to clean up after. Some time in the next month or so, I will dine on duck, no rush.
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Of course, a çat with a sophisticated palate. Did you expect anything less?
"Upon consuming the exotic, delicious repast his beloved cook had shared with him, the sleek gentleman cat retired to his favorite perch to soak up the rejuvenating, comforting rays of the sun."
From "Lord Moby: Gentleman Cat, Household God," by Sofie Crow
I baked a duck once, and it was so fatty (normal), it filled the air of my apt with grease. Ick. I'd far rather pay someone else to cook it.
Lucky cat!
Sir Moby Chat does appreciate his friends.
A duck dinner sounds just right for a cold fall night. I love the color of duck meat, brown with just a bit of pink at the center.
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