Fred Basset by Alex Graham for April 23, 2020

A gourmet feast for Fred !

I feel sorry for her.

Who needs a Roomba with Fred around.

Fred it’s all yours ! Enjoy !

YES! Victory is at hand, Fred. I do feel bad for the Mrs. and the other human diners, but Fred will lend a happy hand with the clean up.

Not supposed to have garlic !

Fancy schmancy

there’s no need to fear- Fred is here :)

I love Fred!

Beware of any chipped crockery Fred…

“Anything that falls on the floor is legally mine.” - Snoopy

A Wiki search for Gratin dauphinois revealed that it is usually served with ortolans. Naturally that needed to be looked up and I found this:

For centuries, a rite of passage for French gourmets was the eating of the Ortolan. These tiny birds—captured alive, force-fed, then drowned in Armagnac—were roasted whole and eaten [feet first] that way, bones and all, while the diner draped his head with a linen napkin to preserve the precious aromas and, some believe, to hide from God.

now he won’t have to beg at the table for scraps.

Don’t do it Fred. Garlic is bad for dogs, and chicken bones will splinter also not good. Garlic is considered to be about 5-times as potent as onion and leeks.