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  • An Amusing Cooking Anecdote (for those with cats)

    From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 16 12:02:37 2025
    Last night I cooked half a strip steak. Pan seared in a screaming hot
    cast iron skillet. The steak was seasoned well with salt and then
    pepper and garlic powder. Browned well, turned, I added some butter to
    the pan. Then a splash of Worcestershire sauce.

    My cat Cleo is about 9 months old now. Still a kitten. I never let her
    in the kitchen. I'm too worried about her expecting to play and
    generally getting underfoot while I'm cooking. It's not a safe
    environment. So I keep the kitchen door closed.

    The steak turned out perfectly:

    https://i.postimg.cc/26xfFJrb/rare-steak.jpg

    I heard loud meowing outside the kitchen door. I looked over and saw a
    little white paw poking underneath the kitchen door. Hey! Let me in
    there! Nope. This is my dinner and you do not belong in the kitchen.

    Jill

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  • From gm@21:1/5 to Widder Jill McQuown on Fri May 16 16:47:09 2025
    Widder Jill McQuown wrote:

    I heard loud meowing outside the kitchen door. I looked over and saw a little white paw poking underneath the kitchen door. Hey! Let me in
    there! Nope. This is my dinner and you do not belong in the kitchen.

    Jill


    "And here, folks, you see the 'highlight' of Widder Jill's year so
    far..."

    LOLZ...!!!

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    GM

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  • From ItsJoanNotJoAnn@21:1/5 to Jill McQuown on Sat May 17 00:57:24 2025
    On Fri, 16 May 2025 16:02:37 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:

    Last night I cooked half a strip steak. Pan seared in a screaming hot
    cast iron skillet. The steak was seasoned well with salt and then
    pepper and garlic powder. Browned well, turned, I added some butter to
    the pan. Then a splash of Worcestershire sauce.

    My cat Cleo is about 9 months old now. Still a kitten. I never let her
    in the kitchen. I'm too worried about her expecting to play and
    generally getting underfoot while I'm cooking. It's not a safe
    environment. So I keep the kitchen door closed.

    The steak turned out perfectly:

    https://i.postimg.cc/26xfFJrb/rare-steak.jpg

    I heard loud meowing outside the kitchen door. I looked over and saw a little white paw poking underneath the kitchen door. Hey! Let me in
    there! Nope. This is my dinner and you do not belong in the kitchen.

    Jill


    She smelled that delicious steak and wanted you to
    hand it over.

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  • From Hank Rogers@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Fri May 16 20:23:00 2025
    ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote on 5/16/2025 7:57 PM:
    On Fri, 16 May 2025 16:02:37 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:

    Last night I cooked half a strip steak.  Pan seared in a screaming hot
    cast iron skillet.  The steak was seasoned well with salt and then
    pepper and garlic powder.  Browned well, turned, I added some butter to
    the pan.  Then a splash of Worcestershire sauce.

    My cat Cleo is about 9 months old now.  Still a kitten.  I never let her
    in the kitchen.  I'm too worried about her expecting to play and
    generally getting underfoot while I'm cooking.  It's not a safe
    environment.  So I keep the kitchen door closed.

    The steak turned out perfectly:

    https://i.postimg.cc/26xfFJrb/rare-steak.jpg

    I heard loud meowing outside the kitchen door.  I looked over and saw a
    little white paw poking underneath the kitchen door.  Hey!  Let me in
    there!  Nope.  This is my dinner and you do not belong in the kitchen.

    Jill


    She smelled that delicious steak and wanted you to
    hand it over.

    Nah, her majesty's pussy just wanted some attention.

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  • From Jill McQuown@21:1/5 to ItsJoanNotJoAnn on Sat May 17 07:49:27 2025
    On 5/16/2025 8:57 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
    On Fri, 16 May 2025 16:02:37 +0000, Jill McQuown wrote:

    Last night I cooked half a strip steak.  Pan seared in a screaming hot
    cast iron skillet.  The steak was seasoned well with salt and then
    pepper and garlic powder.  Browned well, turned, I added some butter to
    the pan.  Then a splash of Worcestershire sauce.

    My cat Cleo is about 9 months old now.  Still a kitten.  I never let her >> in the kitchen.  I'm too worried about her expecting to play and
    generally getting underfoot while I'm cooking.  It's not a safe
    environment.  So I keep the kitchen door closed.

    The steak turned out perfectly:

    https://i.postimg.cc/26xfFJrb/rare-steak.jpg

    I heard loud meowing outside the kitchen door.  I looked over and saw a
    little white paw poking underneath the kitchen door.  Hey!  Let me in
    there!  Nope.  This is my dinner and you do not belong in the kitchen.

    Jill


    She smelled that delicious steak and wanted you to
    hand it over.

    It really was delicious! :)

    Jill

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