Am I too strict?

I made a tuna/asparagus/cheese pie topped with mashed potato today for my
dinner tonight. Kitty sat on the arm of my chair begrudging me every
mouthful.

Dan M...

Yum! I'm quite fond of tuna, asparagus, and cheese, and I think they'd go
wonderfully together. I'm going to have to give that a try.

I really have quite a weakness for asparagus.

Pat...

So does Abelard. He once ate the entire contents of a can of it.

polonca12000...

kraut...

UGH !!!!!!!!! :-(

Christina Websell...

What is that you don't like, the tuna, asparagus, cheese sauce or the mashed
potatoes? It was yummy, btw.

Cantate...

Hey Tweed, recipe or explanation please? That sounds absolutely

polonca12000...

This sounds delicious! Could you please post the recipe, Christina?
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

Christina Websell...

You can use tinned tuna, fresh is a waste for this.
Peel plenty of potatoes and boil them for 15-20 minutes, drain and mash
adding some butter and milk and put aside.
Make some cheese sauce (either from a packet or make it yourself, doesn't
matter.) If you are using fresh asparagus like I did boil it up while you
are making the cheese sauce, it doesn't take long to cook, or use a tin of
it (I don't have experience with tinned though)
Put the tuna in the bottom of the dish, pour on the cheese sauce and when
it's settled lie the asparagus on top. Top it with the mashed potato,
fluffed up by a fork and bake in the oven for 20 minutes-ish until the top
is browned.
Serve with vegetables of your choice.

polonca12000...

Thanks for the recipe, Christina!
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

Monique Y. Mudama...

Do you chop the asparagus into pieces? I'm imagining this with the
entire length of asparagus, but then I can't envision how to eat it.

terrific! Those are all ingredients that my whole family (furry and
not) loves! I usually am a stovetop cook, so even telling me
temperature and lenght of baking such a pie would help. (I'm in
Centigrade too.)

Emma is going to be watching this site for the recipe. Then she's
going to help me make it (jump up, hit tuna can onto floor, lick chops,
watch me get another tuna can out).

Hungry,
Cantate

I told her to go and eat the food she'd already got in her bowl and didn't
give her any. Now I feel guilty.
I would never allow my dogs to beg for the food I was eating, it's such bad
manners so I apply the same rule to my cats. Do you think this is
unreasonable? I was a little bit tempted to give her some, but it's
probably a bad idea.
She will already occasionally creep up beside me when I am eating and put
her paw out and swipe something off. It's always the meat that she runs off

Monique Y. Mudama...

I think you're right -- if you allow them to beg they'll just keep
doing it.

Monique Y. Mudama...

Oscar won't eat cheese, either.

I do sometimes give Oscar some food, but I try to make it based on my
whim, not hers. If she tries to sneak up on my plate to get some, she
doesn't get any.

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