Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for November 21, 2023

Ora Zella is a chef-cat? Who knew!

Hamilton, you are not alone!

Ora Zella is such a cute lil helper! Imagine that lil ball of mischief in YOUR kitchen!

Lupin wasn’t lying! First the butter, and now the lemon juice. What’s next, the cinnamon?

She’s so cute in her little apron!!

If Ora Zella licked a measuring spoon that had lemon juice in it, she’d be a real sour puss…

Ah, The Spoons! This song brings me back to being nine years old.♥

https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=ccQZSjH0K9A

Spoon licking is fine, just don’t let Ora Zella lick that box grater!

I love OZ’s little calico apron!

Kitties are chaotic. Especially in the kitchen.

You’re embarrassing me, Ora Zella… I don’t even know how to cook nor bake!

OT: I need to step away from the Bengal lovers chat group on FB . . . it’s making me cry my eyes out.

For Patreon members . . . (ﾐゝᆽ･ﾐ) so it was an APRON!!! :P

She saved you from the lack of Lemon Juice!

It’s so hard to find good help these days!

“Put me down, I crave the spoons!” Best part of being finished iwth the utterly excellent world war mole arc is we can get back to this little freak of nature doing what she does best… being pure chaos on a level even LUPIN can’t reach. And he’s tried. Oh how he’s tried.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the Ceiling Can Be a Floor Culinary School

Floofnet the Joyous: Thank you Ladies for bringing everything to make the Feast of Gratitude complete.

Agnes-Ata: Not at all. We’re all glad to do it.

Floof: I wonder how Thomios is doing with his part of the feast.

At The Royal Kitchen

Thomios: We have everything for our part of the Feast of Gratitude. I’m glad Kara and Vann agreed to be our transport.

Sue Chef: I understand King Cadbury of Away will be there as well.

Thomios: Yes. He always likes the Chocolate Everything dessert table.

Sue Chef: Now to make the soup. Have you seen my soup spoon?

Thomios: Last I saw it it was on the rack with the other utensils.

Sue: Strange. I don’t know where it could have gone to.

Enter Ora Z

Thomios: What are you doing with Sue’s soup spoon?

Ora Z: I’ve always wanted to be the biggest spoon!

OZ…cuteness…in cute apron…so mug worthy! I WANT MUG!!

Georgia, or anyone else, there’s a product called True Lemon that’s a ‘water enhancer’ that is very inexpensive that I keep in the house that you can use for cooking and baking as well as adding to your glass/bottled water. It’s $5-6 for a package of 100 and has a loooooong shelf life. All it is, is dried lemon crystals. Fabulous stuff and really wonderful to keep on hand, especially this time of year.

I have to make one more run to the boutique grocery today for those very few things that wouldn’t keep from Friday’s run. Then I’m done. Tomorrow is the real work day. I’ll do my stuffing, my green bean with mushroom and cippolini dish, my mashed potatoes, get all my dishes out, my table set up, everything ready so Thursday, all I have to do is stuff the turkey, shove it in the oven and relax for the most part. I used to try to do everything on Thursday morning. By dinner, I was exhausted. I don’t do that anymore. Seems like sometimes, the older you get, the smarter you get. Who knew?

OT but urgent

Posting for Happy Happy Happy and his pup QT Pi

O.Z. wants and wants and wants. Guess that’s the kitten way.

She’s a spoonaholic

As I’ve said before, what would we silly People ever do without our feline overlords to assist us?

Spoon licker, smile wider than a mile

She’s helping with the pie today

Oh, mischief maker, one smol baker

Whenever she does things, she does them her way

Flour sifters, aren’t as good as spoons

There’s such a lot of cutlery

Not just to measure, stir and blend

Best usage does depend

On Pucky’s tiny friend

Spoon licker, so squee

- Johnny Mercer / Henry Mancini – Moon River

I love her little apron! I wonder if my girl that likes to “help” in the kitchen would tolerate an apron. I could make us matching aprons – and be mocked by my husband. My helper loves the kitchen and is unphased by having flour in her fur (she can be quite insistent on getting attention when I’m baking and yes I wash my hands after as she’s not patient enough to wait).

Only Hamilton insists on being in the kitchen when I cook. He sniffs everything but doesn’t lick unless I tell him it’s okay. None of the other cats pay any interest. Meanwhile, my Sous Chef and I are trying to tech out this new range. Do you know, they don’t send owners manuals anymore? You have to go online and download a PDF. Also, the high BTU burner on the old stove was front-right. Now, it is on the other side, and it has a lot more BTUs than the old burner. I bet I could use a Wok on that burner.

The old oven was just an oven & broiler. This new thing is an oven, convection oven, air fryer, and broiler. It’s like driving a 73 Mustang and then trying to figure out the control panel of the space shuttle. I’m kvetching, I know. I should be happy that it arrived on time. Hamilton and I are going to bake something tonight…I’m not sure what, but I need to test this thing before Thanksgiving.

Oh, expletive. I forgot the vanilla extract!

Any speculations on what she is making? I will admit I am guilty of using measuring spoons multiple times while cooking without washing. All the ingredients are getting mixed together anyway, right?

OT

Which is why I would never eat a meal at the Big Pink House On the Hill. Our cats stay out of the kitchen when we are cooking and cleaning. They have been trained that way. They also do not get up on the tables or counters. Cats can be trained.

Watch out Gordon Ramsay – their is a chef coming who has claws!!

Can we discuss how adorable tiny OZ is in a tiny apron?! I really think we should discuss that.

Panel five —> see panel four from yesterday.

“Put me down, I still need to roll in the mixing bowls and knock the eggs to the floor!”

Aww, OZ in her little apron!

At this rate, Woman, you should just do your meal preparation in the store.

I need help and all of you are such good pet lovers.

QTπ does not have a UTI or pancreatitis. Its neurological.

She is at my vet overnight to stay under observation and get fluids and steroids to bring down any inflammation. Tomorrow after my client in the morning I’m getting her and transporting her to Clackamus to a vet with an mri and a neurologist.

$$$

The overnight is going to cost me $2,000.

The mri alone, much less the Dr., will be $2,300

I applied for and got a credit card for vet offices with a max of $2,200

My boss (BOSS!!!) is going to put $600 on the bill in Clackamus.

I have a little les than $300.

The local Humane Society is going to call my vet in the morning and get her info and see how much they can help with. ?$

Ive got a GoFundMe started, but even if that brings in any help, it’s going to be after the bill comes due, so to speak, these vets want cash up front.

And then, there is no telling what is wrong with her and what it’s going to take to fix it.

The go fund me address is on my profile and at Cleo & Co. I dont know how much of me you will see tomorrow. I’m going to be busy. If you see this let everyone know about this post.Thank you.

The rule is, if your cat licks a spoon it’s not clean enough to put back in the drawer, but it’s still clean enough to cook or eat with.

National Forgetfulness Week continues! I’ve set an alarm on my phone to remind me to go to work this afternoon, just in case.

I think “I carve the Spoons!” Is my new favorite BCN line

I’m not much of a baker or a cook, so my role in helping to prepare big holiday meals is twofold.

1. get things from the pantry/fridge on command

2. wash bowls, saucepans, mixing utensils, etc. when they’ve been used, so they can be used again for something else

Ora Zella’s definition of help appears to be a bit different from standard usage.

Ora licking those measuring spoons was easy as pie.

Iggy …. MORE Iggy.

My grandson, Sean, who is staying with me right now (long story but not bad) helped me make my fruitcakes today. He wrote down the recipe so he can continue the tradition. After mixing for me, he said he never realized how much work it is, and he understands why I only make them once a year.

In a home with 2 small kids, 2 kittens, and Lupin, I don’t know why the woman is struggling with baking and prepping for Thanksgiving.

OT. As Beatrix would say . . .

Spoon licking was my “job” as a kid.

I can’t blame Ora Zella. I always wanted to lick the spoon, and the mixing bowl, when Mom or Grandma baked something.

When she was 3 our younger granddaughter loved to play with the demitasse spoons we never used. One day she was waving a spoon around and muttering. I asked, “What are you doing?” “Magic,” she said. “What kind of magic?” “Spoon magic,” she replied in a mildly condescending tone of voice.

Update. QT has either a brain tumor or meningitis. We are treating her for that. Hope.

Kind of a real-life Freddie Quinn in some ways; this man lived on a shoestring, nobody knowing he had saved millions which he left to the town: [Decapitalize NBC and Com]

https://www.NBCnews.Com/news/us-news/new-hampshire-towns-enigma-lived-frugally-left-millions-never-knew-rcna126134

That will be Diesel. Though I don’t think he’ll appreciate the apron.

Lol

Don’t forget the wooden spoons, for making spoon dollies. :)