November 12, 2004
Dog Food
I've been buying a dry dog food called Beneful ... I think it's a Purina product. I have noticed that the dogs are deliberate in the manner in which they eat the food. There are a number of different morsels that comprise the food:
From left to right is the order in which they eat the dog food. I'm wondering if they eat the best-tasting pieces first or if they save the best-tasting pieces for last. They obviously are not in the school of eating that promotes mixing up the food and eating it all together.
I could never understand why people would mix up corn and mashed potatoes and glop a forkful down. First off , mashed potatoes is not a food that one mustr masticate; but when corn is added, that changes the texture of the mashed potatoes and the way the mixture is eaten ... chewing seems to be required, except I wouldn't know because I will not mix foods like that.
It has taken me a long time to ... er, choke down like meatloaf. I'll be damned if I'm going to chop it up and mix it with mashed potatoes! Or anything else. If that's what someone is going to do, why not just make a hamburger and mashed potato casserole?
That argument that all the food goes into the same place doesn't make much sense to me. I'll grant you that it does end up in the stomach. Here's a little experiment to show you why that makes no sense. What's that near you ... a bag of potato chips or are those, heaven forbid, pork rinds (Think about where those pork rinds have been -- on a fucking pig! How could you even touch them??). Put a few of those chips ... or rinds (This says something about pork rinds ... The President loves them!!). Chew them up. DON'T SWALLOW! Now, spit out that glob of goo. Now, pick it up and eat it.
Disgusting, no? I think you know what I mean. And those of you who won't admit it and actually ate the glob of goo just to teach me a lesson, deep down you know what I mean.
So, the dogs have the right idea, eating the morsels one at a time and not mixing up the flavors. The beagle has yet to eat what she has thrown up. That, too, proves my point, whatever it is.
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Posted by Bill at November 12, 2004 03:54 PMMixing soft and chewy foods? Eeewwwwww! And why are mashed potatoes always used as the binder? What the hell is that all about? Convenience? I think not! Mashed potatoes and pizza? Nobody ever does that. Mashed potatoes and tomato soup? Mashed potatoes and Kung Pao Chicken? Mashed potatoes and peanut butter toast? Nope, nope, and nope. I might need to look into this.
Posted by: Philip at November 12, 2004 08:25 PMWhy darlin', its just fun to scoop some taters on your fork and dip it in peas or corn. I think the habit might start with kids. When mine were little, corn was hard for them to keep on a fork, so they were taught the mashed tater trick.
Chicharrones, fresh and sprinkled with chile powder and lime are good! (Even if the Chief Butthead eats 'em)
Don't touch Menudos, though.
Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at November 12, 2004 11:10 PMWhat about gravy?
Posted by: lucy at November 13, 2004 12:47 AM