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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2006Dinner party dilemma (not OT)
Well, we're having a couple over for dinner tomorrow night. I'd like it to be very nice since we're just getting to know them and they had us over for an extremely lovely dinner a month ago or so. Of course the dilemma is the dining room table. We'll have appetizers in the kitchen and then it will be time to move into the dining room. We can't possibly do up the dining room table in advance though because of ... OTIS! He is a crazy tablecloth puller and explorer. It's okay though - we regaled them with Otis stories last time. Fred is convinced they're only coming over to see the cat ;-) Susan M Otis and Chester > Well, we're having a couple over for dinner tomorrow night. I'd like it > to be very nice since we're just getting to know them and they had us over [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester Why don't you place Otis (*temporarily*) in a bedroom -- just until you move to the dining room and don't have to worry about "feline exploration"? MaryL > Why don't you place Otis (*temporarily*) in a bedroom -- just until you move > to the dining room and don't have to worry about "feline exploration"? Well, besides the loud yowling scaring the guests, there's a chance Otis might come out of the bedroom, jump in the dinner table and pee on someone's plate. :)  SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Why don't you place Otis (*temporarily*) in a bedroom -- just until you >> move to the dining room and don't have to worry about "feline [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > might come out of the bedroom, jump in the dinner table and pee on > someone's plate. :) ROTFLMAO !!! You know him so well :D Susan M Otis and Chester >>> Why don't you place Otis (*temporarily*) in a bedroom -- just until you >>> move to the dining room and don't have to worry about "feline [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester How about putting him in his carrying cage until dinner is over? He certainly will be offended, but the dinner table would be safe. MLB > >> Well, besides the loud yowling scaring the guests, there's a chance Otis > >> might come out of the bedroom, jump in the dinner table and pee on [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > How about putting him in his carrying cage until dinner is over? He > certainly will be offended, but the dinner table would be safe. MLB Same problem, I would think, only louder. :) Joyce >> Well, we're having a couple over for dinner tomorrow night. I'd like it >> to be very nice since we're just getting to know them and they had us [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > exploration"? > MaryL I'm totally w/Fred! If you lived anywhere near me, *I'd* come over "to see Otis" (not to mention sweet Chester) and you wouldn't even have to feed me! Otis "has a rep", thanks to rpca and Susan..... > I'm totally w/Fred! If you lived anywhere near me, *I'd* come over > "to see Otis" (not to mention sweet Chester) and you wouldn't even > have to feed me! Otis "has a rep", thanks to rpca and Susan..... Hey, I don't live anywhere near Otis but I fully plan to visit him some day. :) SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Hey, I don't live anywhere near Otis but I fully plan to visit him some > day. :) Any time Victor! After we renovate, we'll have nice spare room quarters too! Susan M Otis and Chester > > I'm totally w/Fred! If you lived anywhere near me, *I'd* come over > > "to see Otis" (not to mention sweet Chester) and you wouldn't even > > have to feed me! Otis "has a rep", thanks to rpca and Susan..... > > Hey, I don't live anywhere near Otis but I fully plan to visit him some > day. :) Dennis and I have had the honour of meeting the infamous Otis. However, we must have caught him on a good day because he was perfectly well behaved and lovely :-) -- Britta >>> I'm totally w/Fred! If you lived anywhere near me, *I'd* come over >>> "to see Otis" (not to mention sweet Chester) and you wouldn't even [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > must have caught him on a good day because he was perfectly well behaved and > lovely :-) Well, I haven't met Otis live, but I have seen him on a webcam, and the only thing he did was practice the cello. ;o) SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I'm totally w/Fred! If you lived anywhere near me, *I'd* come over > "to see Otis" (not to mention sweet Chester) and you wouldn't even > have to feed me! Otis "has a rep", thanks to rpca and Susan..... Thank you - he would, of course, pull a b*st*rd cat trick and appear completely normal like he did when Britta and Dennis visited! You're all welcome to come and pay homage at any time ;-) Susan M Otis and Chester > > I'm totally w/Fred! If you lived anywhere near me, *I'd* come over > > "to see Otis" (not to mention sweet Chester) and you wouldn't even [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > completely normal like he did when Britta and Dennis visited! You're all > welcome to come and pay homage at any time ;-) Yeah, I really don't know what all the fuss is about. Otis is a perfectly normal and well behaved cat! I am going to need proof from other visitors to change my opinion ;-) -- Britta > Why don't you place Otis (*temporarily*) in a bedroom -- just until you > move to the dining room and don't have to worry about "feline > exploration"? I may try that if he seems sleepy. I worry about his destructive tendencies otherwise - like he might pee in the bedroom or throw himself at the door. This seems so funny to write after hanging out with him this morning in his totally docile sleepy phase. He kept asking to go under the covers, snuggling up, purring, and putting his front paw on my face. What a sweetie (sometimes)! Susan M Otis and Chester >Well, we're having a couple over for dinner tomorrow night. I'd like it to >be very nice since we're just getting to know them and they had us over for [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >It's okay though - we regaled them with Otis stories last time. Fred is >convinced they're only coming over to see the cat ;-) Could you set up the plates and dinnerwear on a side table in an attractive arrangement before the guests arrive? Then you'd just have to transfer them to the table and it would only take a few minutes... Half the time when we had guests my mother wouldn't set the table till they got to our house anyway - it's not like it's a huge task if you know where everything is :) "Karen AKA Kajikit" <kajikit@jagcon.com> wrote in message > Could you set up the plates and dinnerwear on a side table in an > attractive arrangement before the guests arrive? Then you'd just have [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > they got to our house anyway - it's not like it's a huge task if you > know where everything is :) Thank you!!!!! That's *exactly* what we'll do. I hadn't thought of that. It will hardly take a minute if I stack everything on the side table, whip on the table cloth and then serve. Thanks! While these people are unbelievably empathetic and interesting and wonderful conversationalists, I admit that I'm a little intimidated by the company that *they* keep. He's president of a big oil company and she's a physician. I expect that they're entertained very well on a regular basis. The prospect of the messy dining room table just pushed me over the edge! ... and then I went a planned a totally vegetarian meal again. I hope that it is okay. I have made appetizers of smoky black bean dip with pumpkin seeds, guacamole, shittake tofu pot stickers with ginger sesame dressing, roasted yam and garlic soup with lime and ancho chiles, black bean goat cheese quesadilla with homemade salsa, and a side salad with basil vinaigrette. Not your standard fare and I hope they like lime, cilantro, spice and sesame, since there's an awful lot of it. I'm kind of nervous. Susan M Otis and Chester > Thank you!!!!! That's *exactly* what we'll do. I hadn't thought of that. > It will hardly take a minute if I stack everything on the side table, whip [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > I'm kind of nervous. I'd love to hear how it goes. Just remember, oddly enough, people seem to be just as intimidated by people who can play instruments. It doesn't even seem to matter if you aren't a top player (like I know you are). If they don't play they are just kind of awe struck that you can do something which is, to them, so incomprehensible. I've discovered this over and over. Besides, maybe they just like being with fun people (which I hear tell is not what many of the folk in "upper eschelon big business" are a lot of the time - and dinners are often more about business that socializing. So this may really be a big deal for them because they are going to just be having a "couples date"!) > Thank you!!!!! That's *exactly* what we'll do. I hadn't thought of that. > It will hardly take a minute if I stack everything on the side table, whip [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > basil vinaigrette. Not your standard fare and I hope they like lime, > cilantro, spice and sesame, since there's an awful lot of it. My mouth is watering from just reading your menu. I am sure it will be a great dinner party. Let us know how it goes. Winnie > I'm kind of nervous. > > Susan M > Otis and Chester > ... and then I went a planned a totally vegetarian meal again. I hope that One of my favorite restaurants in Austin is vegetarian, south Indian food I think. Hmmm.... fried cauliflower.... > it is okay. I have made appetizers of smoky black bean dip with pumpkin > seeds, guacamole, shittake tofu pot stickers with ginger sesame dressing, > roasted yam and garlic soup with lime and ancho chiles, black bean goat > cheese quesadilla with homemade salsa, and a side salad with basil > vinaigrette. Not your standard fare and I hope they like lime, cilantro, It sounds amazing!!! Recipes? SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > One of my favorite restaurants in Austin is vegetarian, south Indian food > I think. Hmmm.... fried cauliflower.... Yum - probably in chickpea flour too? I love it with mint/yogurt sauce myself! > It sounds amazing!!! Recipes? Everything on the menu except the quesadillas were from the Rebar cookbook! And they were GOOD!! Susan M Otis and Chester > Yum - probably in chickpea flour too? I love it with mint/yogurt sauce > myself! Yes, in a spicy tomato-ey sauce. > Everything on the menu except the quesadillas were from the Rebar cookbook! > And they were GOOD!! Ok, I'm planning my next get together from that cookbook only! SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com <snip> > While these people are unbelievably empathetic and interesting and wonderful > conversationalists, I admit that I'm a little intimidated by the company > that *they* keep. He's president of a big oil company and she's a > physician. I expect that they're entertained very well on a regular basis. <snip> > Susan M > Otis and Chester The couple may have met a lot of very important people, but they sure never met such special kitties as Otis and Chester. I think the dinner will go just great. Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek > While these people are unbelievably empathetic and interesting and > wonderful conversationalists, I admit that I'm a little intimidated > by the company that *they* keep. He's president of a big oil > company and she's a physician. I expect that they're entertained > very well on a regular basis. The prospect of the messy dining room > table just pushed me over the edge! Certainly understandable, but I wouldn't assume that just because they have high-profile jobs, they have particularly demanding expectations. > ... and then I went a planned a totally vegetarian meal again. I > hope that it is okay. I have made appetizers of smoky black bean [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I hope they like lime, cilantro, spice and sesame, since there's an > awful lot of it. It sounds wonderful! If they don't like it, feel free to airmail it to my house! Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > ... and then I went a planned a totally vegetarian meal again. I hope that > it is okay. I have made appetizers of smoky black bean dip with pumpkin [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I'm kind of nervous. It sounds delicious, Susan! You can cook for me any time. ;o) SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > > it is okay. I have made appetizers of smoky black bean dip with pumpkin > > seeds, guacamole, shittake tofu pot stickers with ginger sesame dressing, > > roasted yam and garlic soup with lime and ancho chiles, black bean goat > > cheese quesadilla with homemade salsa, and a side salad with basil > > vinaigrette. Not your standard fare and I hope they like lime, cilantro, > > spice and sesame, since there's an awful lot of it. > It sounds delicious, Susan! You can cook for me any time. ;o) Yes, it certainly does! And I wouldn't care if Otis sat on the table right in front of my plate. :) Joyce > > It sounds delicious, Susan! You can cook for me any time. ;o) > > Yes, it certainly does! And I wouldn't care if Otis sat on the table > right in front of my plate. :) ... as it turns out, it was Chester who jumped on the table *four* times and had to be escorted to the basement. Wonders never cease! Susan M Otis and Chester > "Karen AKA Kajikit" <kajikit@jagcon.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > I'm kind of nervous. Sounds utterly delicious. And I"m sure if Otis didn't get up to any b*st*rd c*t tricks whilst they were there, they'd be dissapointed! Yowie Did you save us some Susan you got me hungry now This is all I had for lunch made some cucumber, baby spinach leaves, carrots slivers, almond slivers, chicken basted in teriyaki - basil sauce all wrapped up in piece of romaine lettuce held together with a avocado - mayonnaises mustard sauce. It is followed by tortilla chips that I made myself with a dipping sauce of mild mexi - ranch sauce mixed with Monterey jack, extra sharp new York style cheddar cheese and pico de Gallo with just a hint of very mild lightly smoked chipotle that I blended up together. Sweet Pickle wedges on the side I made some cold to follow it a nice fruit salad loaded with red and white seedless grapes and strawberries which we went this week and picked fresh this week; they are in season here. To drink I made fresh squeezed lemonade with raspberries in it. Can you tell I have some time on my hands this afternoon. Would you believe that the furballs did not even pay any attention to my lunch. When I was making it they all jumped up took one sniff and went back to the sunlight. I guess they did not like the sauce Your menu has me hungry now got to look for something to eat > "Karen AKA Kajikit" <kajikit@jagcon.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > Susan M > Otis and Chester > Well, we're having a couple over for dinner tomorrow night. I'd > like it to be very nice since we're just getting to know them and > they had us over for an extremely lovely dinner a month ago or so. Soooo ... how'd it go? Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Soooo ... how'd it go? .. thank you for asking! The food was *really* good. I felt badly for the husband though because he had just got off a plane with a cold after being on the road for a week. Ugh. What a lousy night to go out for dinner. Not only that, he is allergic to cats!!!! Horrors. The boys were locked in the basement after Chester jumped on the table several times. All in all, the food was good but it seemed that the husband wasn't in the best form for going out, which was too bad. It took hours and hours and hours and HOURS to slice and dice everything. Susan M Otis and Chester > The boys were locked in the basement after Chester jumped on the table > several times. Hmm. I'll bet Chester got an earful from Otis about getting them *both* banned to the basement. > All in all, the food was good but it seemed that the husband wasn't in the > best form for going out, which was too bad. It took hours and hours and > hours and HOURS to slice and dice everything. That's too bad, after all that work! How about his wife, did she enjoy the meal? Joyce > That's too bad, after all that work! How about his wife, did she enjoy > the meal? > > Joyce They both enjoyed it. As a cooking woman, she was amazed by the amount of prep time she figured was involved! He enjoyed it as well and they were still both lovely company. I just know what its like to end up out on a "low physical bio-dex" day ;-) Susan M Otis and Chester >> Soooo ... how'd it go? > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > night to go out for dinner. Not only that, he is allergic to > cats!!!! Horrors. Doh. I always have a cold when I've flown. Maybe next time I'll try those Airborne pills. > The boys were locked in the basement after Chester jumped on the > table several times. It's always the quiet types ... > All in all, the food was good but it seemed that the husband wasn't > in the best form for going out, which was too bad. It took hours > and hours and hours and HOURS to slice and dice everything. I'm glad that the food turned out well, even though not everyone was able to fully appreciate it. I'm sure it was fun to eat! Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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