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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2007The Cauliflower Skirmish
As I promised Abelard on Thursday, I did buy a head of cauliflower the next day (yesterday). I cooked half of it tonight. I knew that I personally could not eat half a cauliflower at one meal and wanted to be sure that Abelard would have his fill. As it turned out, Abelard had to defend his cauliflower from Tommy. Much to my surprise, Tommy snatched the first piece offered to Abelard while he was waiting for it to cool down. So Abelard promptly jumped onto the table and gingerly grabbed another large piece of the steaming hot vegetable in his mouth, took it to the floor and laid it down, then sat guarding it while it cooled. By the end of the meal, almost 25% of a medium-large cauliflower head made its way into two feline stomachs. Cauliflower isn't a very inexpensive item in this state in January. What have I done? continued to spoil them of course, Lee, who has cats that are all about olives, > As I promised Abelard on Thursday, I did buy a head of cauliflower the next > day (yesterday). I cooked half of it tonight. I knew that I personally could [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Cauliflower isn't a very inexpensive item in this state in January. What > have I done? Right. I not only take orders from the cats themselves; right now the mothership is directing me on the design and construction of a bigger, better cat condo - while the clowder cheers my on and helps me locate the necessary tools. > continued to spoil them of course, Lee, who has cats that are all about > olives >> What have I done? > As I promised Abelard on Thursday, I did buy a head of cauliflower the > next day (yesterday). I cooked half of it tonight. I knew that I [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Cauliflower isn't a very inexpensive item in this state in January. What > have I done? It should be as inexpensive as it gets right about now. What you may have done is given a couple of cats a touch of gas. Which shouldn't hurt them. Whether it hurts you or not depends on how sensitive your nose is. Jo >> By the end of the meal, almost 25% of a medium-large cauliflower head >> made its way into two feline stomachs. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > shouldn't hurt them. Whether it hurts you or not depends on how sensitive > your nose is. This cauliflower was $2.98/hd at Walmart.... Nobody has gas yet.... Including me. I think well-cooked cauliflower must be OK in that regard. I let this get pretty soft... but I have never gotten gas from eating cauliflower at any stage including raw. > As I promised Abelard on Thursday, I did buy a head of cauliflower > the next day (yesterday). I cooked half of it tonight. I knew that I [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Cauliflower isn't a very inexpensive item in this state in January. > What have I done? Cauliflower is normally very expensive in Tennessee, even in season but most especially this time of year. I have to buy frozen florets to get my cauliflower fix! Persia won't touch the stuff but she's all over anything with cornmeal in it. So, you have two cats who love cauliflower... I guess that's a good thing? Split the florets in half and give each one. Jill > > As I promised Abelard on Thursday, I did buy a head of cauliflower > > the next day (yesterday). I cooked half of it tonight. I knew that I [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jill I usually buy the frozen too; cauliflower doesn't grow well here, so we don't produce it locally. It's not always available at the locally-owned supermarkets, and I boycotted Wal Mart long ago. (Well, call it a selective boycott; I still go there if I absolutely have to. Just not for groceries) Sherry >> Cauliflower is normally very expensive in Tennessee, even in season but >> most [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> thing? >> Split the florets in half and give each one. Two that I know of. The rest weren't around to check it out. But I'm going to assume for now that since the smell didn't attract them, they're not interested. > I usually buy the frozen too; cauliflower doesn't grow well here, so we > don't produce it locally. It's not always available at the > locally-owned supermarkets, and I boycotted Wal Mart long ago. (Well, > call it a selective boycott; I still go there if I absolutely have to. > Just not for groceries) I try to get fresh if possible. I don't eat that much cauliflower but have bought it frozen as often as fresh simply because when I am craving it the local store doesn't have any fresh. > I usually buy the frozen too; cauliflower doesn't grow well here, so we > don't produce it locally. It's not always available at the > locally-owned supermarkets, and I boycotted Wal Mart long ago. (Well, > call it a selective boycott; I still go there if I absolutely have to. > Just not for groceries) Those near me in California didn't SELL groceries - I was surprised to find they do, here in Arizona. However, like you, I try to avoid them because A.) I don't like the way they treat their employees and B.) I don't approve of foreign-made goods with misleading label "brand-names" implying that they are made in America. (I'm not saying I won't buy things not made in the USA, but I want to know I'm doing it - not be led to think it's American-made when it's not!) > sriddles@aol.com wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > things not made in the USA, but I want to know I'm doing it - not be led > to think it's American-made when it's not!) In this town, Walmart is one of three places where one can buy fresh produce. The variety available there is about 16 times greater than that of the other two places combined. Still, I buy as much as I can elsewhere, but if I have a craving for a particular food that I can't find elsewhere in town, sadly, Walmart gets my business. > > I usually buy the frozen too; cauliflower doesn't grow well here, so we > > don't produce it locally. It's not always available at the [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > doing it - not be led to think it's American-made when it's > not!) Walmart groceries refuse to buy from local growers. The other grocery stores not only contribute to the community, but also buy local produce. I also avoid WM for the same reasons you stated, too. And that's just crazy. In the right season, there isn't better tomatoes, watermelons, strawberries, peaches, anywhere. And that's when Wal mart is still selling crap produce, picked green, shipped hundreds of miles and with about as much flavor as the box they're packed in. Sherry Sherry >>> I usually buy the frozen too; cauliflower doesn't grow well here, >>> so we don't produce it locally. It's not always available at the [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > hundreds > of miles and with about as much flavor as the box they're packed in. The best bet for produce (and some other things) is our Local Farmer's Market. Held weekly on Saturday am's throughout the year (on land provided by the municipality), more often in the spring & summer when fresh produce is available.
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