Yay kitty! Kitties are notoriously able to hide.
Harmony: Somebody remembered to pick me up the sweetest unicorn. Guess someone was feeling guilty for standing me up in tenth grade. Brad: What? Had to get her something. She sired me. Peaches: Sire-whipped.
'Beneath You'
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Liese S. - Aug 28, 2011 3:08:28 pm PDT #28598 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
smonster - Aug 28, 2011 3:08:37 pm PDT #28599 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
No fucking clue how she got up there! I mean, we have 14 ft ceilings and no obvious openings to the attic. Unless she went out through the dryer vent and then found another vent to climb back up? IDEK.
Zenkitty - Aug 28, 2011 3:09:49 pm PDT #28600 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Kitty came home! Aww, she figured out where she wanted to be. Quick, seal the house!
Cass - Aug 28, 2011 3:26:13 pm PDT #28601 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Unless she went out through the dryer vent and then found another vent to climb back up? IDEK.
Never underestimate the climbing power of a kitten. Crazy. I am so glad you found her. I hope she comes out into the correct portion of the house soon.
Ginger - Aug 28, 2011 3:35:27 pm PDT #28602 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Yay kitty!
When we first took in the Feral Kid, we didn't see her for months. Food was eaten; the litter box was used. It was like living with a ghost. Then she emerged and became the friendliest cat ever.
My old vet had several resident cats. One day, workmen took out some suspended ceiling tiles and the cats discovered the glories of being ceiling cats. Once they knew that hiding place existed, they kept pushing up the tiles and disappearing.
DebetEsse - Aug 28, 2011 3:38:09 pm PDT #28603 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Aims, definitely the petticoats. Maybe a lacy handkerchief?
Hooray for kitten locating!
Ginger, actual Ceiling Cats (is this polytheistic lolcatism?)? Were any of them white?
Cass - Aug 28, 2011 3:39:44 pm PDT #28604 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
One day, workmen took out some suspended ceiling tiles and the cats discovered the glories of being ceiling cats. Once they knew that hiding place existed, they kept pushing up the tiles and disappearing.
I am become Ceiling Cat, the destroyer of suspended ceiling tiles.
Atropa - Aug 28, 2011 4:06:28 pm PDT #28605 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Magnolia, silly kitty! Stay with the people from now on!
Gris - Aug 28, 2011 5:01:07 pm PDT #28606 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I came in too late to recommend my favorite non-frying fresh okra cooking method, which I just discovered a few days ago: very short stewing, whole. Basically, cut just the stems off the okra, put it in a skillet with an eighth inch of boiling water, cover, and simmer for about 7-8 minutes, until just tender enough to eat. Sprinkle with salt and pepper (or Cajun seasoning, if you're me - Tony Chacere's More Spice). I don't know why Joy of Cooking calls this stewing instead of steaming - I guess because it the okra actually sits in the water as it cooks instead of above it - but it makes a very non-slimy, extremely healthy okra that really lets the flavor shine through. I stewed mine with chopped ripe heirloom tomatoes from the farmer's market in the same pot, and it was phenomenal.
If you cook it much longer than that, you need to cook it a LONG time to avoid the slime. That's the cajun-style "smothered" okra: cook it until all of the juices are long, long gone, which removes all sliminess and stringiness. It takes about 45 minutes. I like that method too, but the quickness of the stewing method is likely to win out for me from now on when I'm skipping frying it.
ETA: I only use cornmeal about half the time when I'm frying okra. I almost prefer it with just flour, salt, and pepper - the okra itself gets crunchy when you do it that way, instead of the breading, which I like.
amych - Aug 28, 2011 5:01:53 pm PDT #28607 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Silly Magnolia! I have been so worried - Mycroft was an utter spook the whole time he was with teh nice foster people and for the first few weeks he was with us - it's really only in the last week that he hasn't been completely invisible to not us. I keep thinking about how easy it would've been for him to spook at something and just vanish before he got to know us.
To sum up: Mags kitteh, people have laps and food and a Frankie. Stay with them!