Instead of cats and dogs we should've domesticated penguins and squirrels.

[Rabrrrrrr]

They're way cooler animals! Except for cats, which are also totally cool, but they aren't penguins. Or weasels - imagine a home full of weasels! You couldn't have any children, that's for sure! Or capybara - I've always wanted a capybara since reading a story about a capybara when I was a child, and the kid who owned it let it outside and it kept the lawn trimmed. Penguins couldn't do that, and squirrels won't either, but on the other hand, squirrels climb all over and they're cute and penguins are just fucking cool. You could be watching a movie, and then out waddles the penguin after grabbing some kippers from the fridge, waddling over to you sitting on the couch, and then they'll come over and tilt their heads back and look at you with those big eyes until you pick it up and rub its tummy. That's what having a pet is all about. Except the weasels. I don't think they like tummy rubs, and you could lose your hand. Same with badgers. But you'd always have a ready supply of hair for shaving brushes and paint brushes with a badger. But with the squirrels, you always have good hair for tying flies, so I guess it's a tradeoff, except that I shave far more than I tie flies at a ratio of about 12000 to 0. Oooh, or one of those mongooses that kill snakes, they're cool, except that in Hawaii they're a pain in the ass because some dipshit thought they'd help eliminate the rats, except that mongooses and rats are awake at different times, so now they have rat-like creatures every hour of the day, including the mockingbirds, which aren't rats, but they hop funny and are hilarious to watch, especially sitting on the lanai drinking coffee and doing the crossword puzzle in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser on a nice, Manoa Valley morning.

[Katina]

1. what are you smoking today?

those are some pretty wild posts you have...from outhouses to posts about weasles, giant rats (capybaras) etc etc etc. Can you share some of what you've got?

:hippie:

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. nothin'! I don't do drugs.

Except liquor.

But today i've made a pt of French Onion Soup, a pot of my amazing garlic soup, some lamb meat, and a wonderful mushroom/onion/garlic thingy I invented just because I had to use the mushrooms, I had a bit of old onion, and the food processor was already out from doing other things.

[_testify_]

7. Post the recipe!

For the soup, and also for the 'thingy' you invented.

Please.

Don't let me down.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Okay then...

The Soup:

6 TBS butter
1 small red onion, minced
4 heads garlic, sliced (yes, HEADS)
1 pint chicken broth
1 pint Half & Half (or cream, preferably)

Melt the butter in a sauce pan over medium heat. Add onions, and cook for a minute or two. Add garlic slices, cook for five minutes or so. Add chicken broth, let go for ten minutes. Add Half & Half (or cream, preferably), and simmer for ten minutes. (It really is better with cream, but all I had was Half & Half).

Serve.

You can also, right before serving, swirl in some minced seeded tomatoes.

Sometimes I also add Andouille.

The Mushroom Thing:

8 oz. baby bella mushrooms
1 partial chunk of old onion
2 cloves garlic
Kosher salt to taste

Mince all in food processor. Heat butter and olive oil in skillet. Add the minced concoction, and cook until done.

[MiniMandaRuth]

10. It's the mushrooms.... and the old onions.

Those can get to you. :crazy:

[Rabrrrrrr]

3. Time to kick this one, because let's face it, you know I'm right.

You're all thinking the same thing, you just didn't have the courage to say it.

[LaurenG]

4. No Rabrrrrr

Penguins want a cold environment, I like it toasty so we wouldn't be compatible. Squirrels I could probably live with, after all how many times have we all thought our cats were acting squirrelly.


btw did you see this: :evilgrin: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5490817&mesg_id=5492762

[GOPisEvil]

5. I think I'd like to have a pet wolverine or a badger.

To hell with pit bulls, I want a pet with REAL attitude.

[Shakespeare]

6. I always wanted a lemur.

Gotta love that long, stripe-y tail.

[Book Lover]

8. A capybara would be a great idea!

You and the Tick would have something in common...

[ZombieNixon]

9. I would caution against penguins...

:scared: