Eating disorder

[muckefuck]

This is the strangest cat I've ever lived with. Anytime we're preparing something in the kitchen, he will stand around begging for it. (Don't worry, I recognise this for the garden-variety feline egotism it is; the strange part is coming.) From time to time, I'll take a bit in my hand and show it to him, since his reaction in invariably to sniff it a bit and then turn away. It doesn't matter whether it's hot tea or raw poultry, all people food appears equally distasteful to him. He can easily reach the countertop, but it doesn't matter what we leave sitting out there since nothing we've ever had in the house--not even fish--had ever interested him in the least.

Until yesterday.

Any guesses what foodstuff it was that he finally began licking and then eating out of my hand? (Hint: It was an ingredient in our Thanksgiving dinner.)

ETA: Wrong guesses so far:

• brussel sprout
• cranberry sauce
• celeriac or parsnip
• flour (closest yet!)
• butter
• gravy
• pie dough
• salt

Comments

[off_coloratura]

Brussels sprout?

[gasterea.livejournal.com]

Yay, cranberry sauce?

(I once new an indescriminate dog that would even gobble up gooseberries, but cats - that's another matter!)

[off_coloratura]

Celeriac? Parsnip?

[oddcellist.livejournal.com]

If it isn't the celeriac or the parsnip the commenter above me left, then I'm going with plain flour.

[lil-m-moses.livejournal.com]

My cat would always go for the butter if it were left out on the counter. I'd guess that or gravy.

[areia.livejournal.com]

Pie dough?

My two are the same - tuna is the only people food that wins over kibble.

[richardthinks.livejournal.com]

salt.

[gasterea.livejournal.com]

So, what was it? Not baking powder or bread stuffing?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

More precisely, something in the stuffing.

[mollpeartree.livejournal.com]

bread crumbs?