9 Nasty Truths About Your Favorite Foods
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It's a common scene in the movies. The family leaves the kitchen or dining room unguarded, distracted by some meaningful event, such as a proposal, death, natural disaster or mental breakdown - whatever constitutes "meaningful" in the movies these days - and returns to find most of dinner missing and Fido licking his chops on the floor.
Unless you have a big dog with quick reflexes, it's more likely that your pup or your cat will snag a bite or two of food than a whole meal. And just about everyone who has owned an animal has caught them red-pawed at one time or another. Now, that's not my kitten in the picture and I probably would have shooed him away before thinking to snap a photo, but that is an extremely cute shot that brings up the question of what "people foods" do your pets tend to go for when they have the chance?
Personally, I've had a cat that would go for macaroni and cheese if I wasn't looking and neighbor whose dog would watch for unguarded egg dishes (making brunch a tricky meal to enjoy).
I'll be keeping a closer eye out the next time I make waffles, just in case.
[image via cute overload]
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10-19-2006 @6:21PM Diane Holdgate said... I have one cat who will eat anything I am eating, whether she likes it or not, if I eat it, she will. Another one love peanut Butter and Fluff sandwiches. she will also veggies, loves brocolli. she will even turn down meat for veggies. I have known cats that love melon, esp. honeydew or cantalope. And a siamese cat who eat corn on the cob like Marjies. Dinner in my house is always a battle to see who gets more food, us or them.
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10-19-2006 @10:07AM laura said... my munchkin cat Oliver loves any kind of chips, prefers the white corn ones from publix. My Polydactl Mazzy will steal a whole steak right off your plate if you dont watch him, and if we are eating chicken wings you can hear him purr from across the room. Of course we dont let him have any, the bones are too brittle, he also lives for Ham, and will say "ham" if we hold up a piece. My other cat gypsy, doesnt even know human food exists.
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10-21-2006 @8:18AM PghEats said... Golden Retrievers love Italian bread. One of my dogs grabbed half a loaf and had puffy cheeks for about 30 seconds before he scarfed it down.
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10-19-2006 @1:08PM kk said... my cats are obsessed with lettuce! as soon as the salad spinner comes out i'll hear running and suddenly have two sweet little faces staring me down. and my girl cat, oh boy does she ever love tortilla chips (after i lick off the salt) if one even gets near my lips she'll be at my shoulder begging for it.
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10-19-2006 @2:38PM Cary said... My last cat Rudy loved Wendy's french fries, crablegs, and especially estra hot buffalo wings. Until he had health problems, I'd allow him one occasionally and he got every bit out of it. I made him some for his last meal and we enjoyed them together.
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10-19-2006 @2:53PM Heather said... When my cat was younger, she was notorious for stealing things off our plates. She loved chicken, and I often thought she was taking whatever she could get, hoping it was chicken. The strangest things she ever stole were an olive pit and an empty ear of corn. We actually had to put childproof locks on the cabinets because she'd get into the trash under the sink the day after chicken was cooked.
I have friend whose cat is nuts for canteloupe too.
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10-20-2006 @11:02AM Abby said... My cat loves beans right out of the can, peas, corn, and any sort of sauteed green! Of course, that vegetable comsuption doesn't stop her from dragging entire steaks off of plates when you look away!
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10-20-2006 @12:07PM wynk said... One of my cats earned her nickname "The Mooch" the third day or so that we had her. She was 8 weeks old and still learning her way around the apartment. One evening we were eating dinner on the floor and watching the kittens play, and the next thing I know I'm looking down to see this tiny kitten ever so sneakily making off with a spaghetti noodle (one that was far too long for her to get away with easily). Little did I know this would be the first of many meal-stealing sessions of hers.
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10-20-2006 @2:40PM Andrew said... I used to have a cat that had a predilection for blueberry bagels and coffee with cream. This is when I was a kid, and the parents and I all ate breakfast together. Whenever we'd sit down the cat would start howling until she'd get a breakfast fit for a banker.
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10-21-2006 @7:10AM Colin said... Our cat, Pepper, will eat just about anything. But he loves raw or par-boiled green beans. Mostly he'll knock it onto the floor and roll around with it for a while. He loves to lick pancake syrup off the plate, and once even walked off with nearly a whole hoagie (sub for you non-Philadelphians).
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10-21-2006 @10:00AM Adam Fields said... One of my cats once ate an entire blueberry muffin. With the paper wrapper.
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10-31-2006 @4:00PM M said... I have a cat that will eat just about any type of human food. But like some of the others above, he especially loves fruit, dired and fresh. Crazy catz. ;-)
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