Dyson's Delectables: February 6, 2012

MENU FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Things happen to us that don’t happen to ordinary people. For instance, when was the last time your cat came home with a note? We’ve had this happen not once, but twice with two different cats on two different properties. People look at you strangely when you mention at work the next day that the kitty came home with a note from the neighbors.

And speaking of strange looks. Ever walk a dog with a bucket on his head. Years ago we had a beautiful English Setter who developed an ongoing skin condition. He could not/would not deal with the vet’s Elizabethan collar. He could get the thing off faster than the vet could cash the check.

But we found that if we went to the local hardware store and bought a plastic Neat N Tidy bucket, cut out the bottom and lashed it to his collar, he could deal with it. Try walking around Park Slope with an animal encased in a Neat N Tidy. Even stranger was that one of the cats would climb into the bucket and wash it out for the dog. As I said, only in our home.

Now the big one. Bet you’ve never heard of this one. Our big, beautiful kitchen sink faucet has become flatulent. It makes the rudest noises for all to hear, and no one would ever accredit these to a mechanical problem. With guests, we have to take the time to make the explanation or appear as exceedingly rude. Perhaps we’ve tossed too many beans down the garbage disposal….. Only in our house.