Thursday, November 14, 2013

Conversation From A Breakfast

     Half of a conversation, anyway, as a large and striped yellow tomcat stands up and pats the edge of the table, hoping I won't notice:

     "Why yes, Huck, French Toast: the housecat's normal prey."

     Huck says nothing, just sits back and gazes up at me with a confident expression.

     "Oh, all right, I suppose milk, eggs and 'butter' do count," since cats don't know from margarine, "But not bread, sugar, cinnamon or vanilla!"

     Huck continues to stare, now joined by Rannie doing her best impression of a black-velvet painting of a sad-eyed child.  A tiny flake of nicely browned French Toast escapes my fork and both cats track it but -- ha! -- they're too slow.  I catch it before it hits the floor and they both turn and stalk off, every step as eloquent as a stereotyped Sax Rohmer villain: "You have foiled us this time, Nayland Smith, but we will return...!"  And thus depart the beautiful, wicked Celestial and the giant tiger that is her closest (if not always appreciated) companion.  Or something.

     (This morning's menu: French Toast, a strip and a half of bacon and a Roseholme Tomato Cup, which is a very large cherry tomato or very small regular one quartered, seasoned with a bit of "Montreal Steakhouse" mix and served in a tiny bowl.  Juice and coffee or, for Tam, some heart-racing energy drink, 'cos snarkin' ain't easy.)

7 comments:

Bob said...

What sort of bread do you use for French Toast, Roberta? Challah or King's Hawaiian Bread make superb French Toast.

fillyjonk said...

the cats I've known would be "screw the French toast; you distract her and I'll go for the bacon"

Roberta X said...

I used some Pepperidge Farm Italian, Bob. It was what we had.

Fillyjonk: They have learned that bacon is not to be touched with impunity -- also, way smaller target.

Old NFO said...

LOL, I can just see them stalking off muttering to themselves...

BGMiller said...

Not muttering Old NFO...

Plotting.
Scheming.
Planning.
Plotting.

But not muttering.


BGM

Tango Juliet said...

Cats, gotta love 'em.

Tam said...

Eggs of biwds!