Conference misery::feline_v1

I had a cat, some years ago, who liked spaghetti. Now, I know that many 
cats like spaghetti, but he only liked it if he could steal it from 
someone's fork, just as the fork reached the person's mouth. I had a lot 
of claw marks on my tongue from that kitty!

One day, he tried to snag a ***hot*** pepper from my son's dinner
plate. After repeatedly pushing the cat away, my son finally let the
cat have the hot pepper, hoping to discourage the cat from further
theft. But the kitty liked it, and forever after that, one of that
cat's favorite treats was hot peppers! 

He also ate an embroidery needle and about 12 inches of embroidery 
thread, but that was a one-time deal . . .
    

    We just found an odd liking last night -- one of the cats likes
    okra!  Personally I can't stand the stuff but he apparently thought
    it was great, yuck.  He's definitely our most adventurous eater
    but this I would never have expected.
    
    Jan  who_is_starting_to_think_orange_cats_ARE_the_best

    My cats LOVE asparagus and brussels sprouts.
    Asparagus is so prized a treasure  that they growel menacingly as
    they wolf it down.  It's as though they expect someone to come up
    brom behind and steal it out of their mouths.  I've never seen them
    act this way over any other food.
    
    Jan, you're right.  Orange cats are the best.
    
    

    Fire loves Potato Chips or Potato Sticks....won't eat Doritos, Popcorn,
    Pretzels or any of the other "junk foods"...
    
    cin....who also agrees that orange cats are the best!
    
    

    Jesse is a junk food fiend.  He likes anything with salt on it.
    Especially likes Doritoes, potato chips and triscuit crackers.
    
    Winston eats anything that that falls off the cutting board.  
    
    Jo Ann

    
    
    
    I once knew a cat named Thomas - in his prime he weighed in at
    22 lbs.  He loved lima beans!
    
    C.
    

    
    My cats would rather eat "people" food anytime...
    
    They like...spaghetti, olives, butter and get a load of this one...beef
    teriyaki (sp?)!!!
    
    ...tracy...

    
    
    SO!!......
    
                   It IS true!!!!  
                      ==
    
                                         Cats should be vegan vegiterians
    
    - after all!!
    
    (just read the past 7 replys)
    
    Marion
                        

      I have an orange cat too! My Tabby, and he loves olives, especially
    the juice, boiled ham, alphabet soup, vanilla ice cream, yogurt,
    mushrooms, and people tuna. He really goes nuts over all these items
    and always seems to know when they are in the house or we're eating
    one of them.
      My huge coon, Ruby, absolutely adores steak, especially grill
    He will stand by the barbecue until the steak is done and then come
    right over and demand his share. He loves shrimp, too, baked bean
    juice, tomato sauce, and whole fresh baby birds.
      Noella loves beer, but only imported brands. She is very fat,
    and will generally eat anything she can get. She also eats potato
    chips, even the Cajun style ones.
    
                                           Denise]
    
    

    I too have an alcoholic cat...Joui loves beer and wine.  We discovered
    it at a cat show.  I had her cage door open so she could strut around
    in front of it and she strutted right over to my wine glass and
    started lapping it up!
    
    Right before her nose hit the edge of the glass I was going to move
    the glass, but another breeder remarked that Joui wouldn't drink
    the wine.  Little did we know that we were harboring an alcoholic
    kitty.
    
    Since then she has also tried beer and seems to like it too.  Don't
    worry... we make sure she never drinks alone ;^)
    
    Jo Ann

A cat I had a few years back liked to eat anything... as long as it was meant
for human consumption.  Ratsan's favorite meal was salad (with French
dressing!), steak and macaroni and cheese.  If he was (unhappily) forced
to eat CAT food, he would only settle for Meow Mix.

Of course, this cat was strange all the way around... when he was a kitten,
his best friend was a field mouse.

-Mary

    My cat and husband have a battle every morning at breakfast.
    Sneakers goes absolutely WILD over Life cereal.  He jumps
    on the table and spreads himself out in front of my husband
    waiting for another bite.  My hubby spends more times throwing
    the cat off the table than eating his b'fast.
    
    I guess Mikie knew what he was talking about . . .

    My cat loves peanuts.  She shells them and eats them.
    But first, she has to bat them around the house.
    
    

    Blinky loves waffles with jelly, pancakes, and bagels, especially
    with cream cheese.
    
    Teddy and I battle daily over my granola.  He prefers it with milk
    but has been known to eat it out of my bowl while I was getting
    the milk from the refrigerator.

My cats have been known to steal my husband's toast off his plate for
breakfast some times (if he turns his back).

But the strangest of all is Sebastian; 
We grind our coffee at home, and if coffee bean falls on the floor...
he is in heaven!  crunch crunch crunch.  The other two have tried them,
but don't like them.  I've never known a cat that eats coffee beans before!!!

-Kathi

    Our "baby" DejaVue, half Siamese, just loves Pizza.  She practically
    climbs onto my chest whenever I am eating it.  The only way I can
    appease her is to start giving her little bites.  Actually, the
    only way I can eat Pizza in peace, is to lock her into the bedroom.
    Of course, being half Siamese, she does have an extremely loud cry.
    I eventually break down and let her have some anyway.  How can anyone
    resist their "babies" anyway.
    
    Sandi.
    

    Several years ago I had a cat that went nuts over homemade fruitcake.
    Kiki developed this strange taste when he was only a kitten. I had
    just returned home from my parents' after the Christmas holidays
    and hadn't yet put my mother's fruitcake in the refrigerator, when
    company arrived.  My guest and I were in the livingroom when I suddenly
    became aware of the rustling of paper in the kitchen.  Kiki was
    up on the counter and had already managed to remove the aluminum
    foil from the fruitcake and was proceeding to the saran wrap.  I
    was sure he wouldn't be interested if I gave him a taste, but much
    to my amazement ... Thereafter I couldn't serve fruitcake without
    giving Kiki a piece.
    
    I used to think he liked the fruitcake because of the brandy it
    was laced with ... until I came home one day from a bridal shower
    with a piece of orange cake.  Kiki went nuts over that, too!  He
    also loved veggies, especially peas.  Come to think of it, I guess he
    liked most people foods.
    
    Fortunately my present cat, Butterscotch, lets me eat most of my
    food in peace, although she does like to check everything out first.
    Occasionally, she will pester me for a sample of chocolate ice cream,
    however.

    Fruitcake and cranberry bread must have some common ingredient as
    Mielikki loves cranberry bread.  I too thought that once she had
    a taste she wouldn't return, but no, she ate an entire slice.  Ishtar
    also has some strange tastes, it seems she likes honeydew melon
    and chinese noodles.  Or maybe it all boils down to "What mommy
    likes, I like".
    

    Pandora's absolute favourite is roast chestnuts.  She also loves
    chestnut puree.
    
    Her other favourites include smoked salmon and caviare.
    

    all of our kitties are hooked on pepperoni and EXTRA sharp cheddar
    cheese:-).
    
    						Geoff
    

Cream of broccoli soup - Nick and Sam

Red Hot candies - Hannah (no I didn't offer them, she found them!)    

    Mandy loves cranberry nut bread and french bread.  She also likes
    low-salt wheat thins - weird cat!
    
    suzanne

    
    Corby's favorite is Twinkies....especially the cream filling!  
    
    Myra