Gus, sounds like you had a defective evil cat. Don't take your bitterness due to bad cat choices out on the rest of us.

Roll call on the cat thing.

Dogs.

I'm also pro-melted cheese on bread with beer.

Lyra, your goodbye to your cats made me snort.

I had a cat. She died. I had another cat. He died. No more cats for me. They die. But I like the cat talk. I like cats. I'm just never going to love one, again. I already have people, who also die, but on average, have a longer shelf-life.

No. I'm not going to change my mind--at least I haven't for ~20 years.

My dog won't drink dirty water either. And she won't eat off plates. If we leave her food on a plate, she sneaks up to it from the side, gets close enough to tip it with her nose and then shoots off under the table, from where she can stare at the cunningly inanimate object for ten or fifteen minutes before repeating the process.

Totally a dog person, to the extent of them living outdoors and I live indoors, but I will think fondly of them often and play with them at least twice a week.

My cat is totally like that. He just hates water that's been sitting, speck in it or not. Which I can understand, actually.

My dog's the same way. She'll drink out of her water bowl only when I first put it down. After that, it's the toilet for her.

My sister's cat will just sit at the sink and meow until you turn the tap on for her.

Crumble the cheese and set aside. Heat the beer,soy sauce, tabsco and butter to a simmer (not a boil). slowly stir in all other dry ingredients until they dissolve . Now start the toast. Stir in the cheese a little at a time - stir in only one direction. Each time the cheese you have added melts add a bit more. When all cheese is melted the sauce is done. Pour over toast. Modify recipe freely; rarebit is a classic improvizational dish.

Now my corn chowder seems much less special.

There's a place on Nantucket that does a variation on Welsh Rarebit incorporating bacon and roasted tomatoes. Heart attack on a plate, but ummy nummy yummy!

I'm also pro-melted cheese on bread with beer.

Seconding.

I'm also pro-melted cheese on bread with beer.

Pizza. Beer.

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If there's one thing I was taught as a child, it is that pizza is Nature's Perfect Food, and pizza with beer is Nature's Perfect Meal.

Not that there's anything wrong with a Welsh Rarebit. Mmmm.