# Catfood is yummy... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671 "2006-02-09T11:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Greebo\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/1 "2006-02-09T11:05:14Z")
I was opening a tin of catfood (the chunks in gravy-kind) this morning, and I suddenly had to sneeze. I banged the half-opened tin on the kitchen counter and a smallish drop of catfood-gravy squirted out, straight into my open mouth! Hmmmm, salty beefy catfoody goodness… ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/2 "2006-02-09T11:16:02Z")
Today it’s catfood. Tomorrow, you’ll be stalking pidgeons. After that, you’ll be rooting every tomcat who comes into your garden. See where this thread got you? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/3 "2006-02-09T11:40:45Z")
Admit it; you just dipped your finger in it and tasted it, didn’t you? This tale involving a sneeze is the lamest bit of fabrication I’ve heard since the one that ended “…and that’s how the coke bottle got stuck up there” and the other one that began “I was vacuuming the house and my clothes fell off…” ---
**Author:** ![Greebo\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/4 "2006-02-09T11:55:55Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Admit it; you just dipped your finger in it and tasted it, didn’t you? This tale involving a sneeze is the lamest bit of fabrication I’ve heard since the one that ended “…and that’s how the coke bottle got stuck up there” and the other one that began “I was vacuuming the house and my clothes fell off…” I did no such thing! I am actually outraged at the mere suggestion! Unfortunatly, the only witnesses to the incident are Paddy and Scotty, who will not testify to get a lowly servant out of trouble. Heh… ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/5 "2006-02-09T12:48:46Z")
This thread got my day off to a great start! I will admit that some of the pricier canned food I have purchased for my furry overlords had smelled good, but I never had the nerve to try any. On a related note, my cousins firstborn son was diagnosed with lymphoma at about 18 months old. Months of tests and chemotherapy followed. At one point, the boy simply would not eat. He was making my cousin, my aunt and the doctors crazy because he wouldn’t eat anything! (I think he lived on Ensure and Pedialyte.) One day my cousin came in and found him on the kitchen floor eating dry cat food out of the bowl. She became hysterical and called the doctor. The doctor was overjoyed and said “Hell, it can’t hurt him. If he’ll eat it - let him eat it!” That was his main solid food for about three months. He’s now 6’4" and I love to look at him and meow. He’ll grin at me and purr. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/6 "2006-02-09T13:02:43Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > This thread got my day off to a great start! I will admit that some of the pricier canned food I have purchased for my furry overlords had smelled good, but I never had the nerve to try any. > > On a related note, my cousins firstborn son was diagnosed with lymphoma at about 18 months old. Months of tests and chemotherapy followed. At one point, the boy simply would not eat. He was making my cousin, my aunt and the doctors crazy because he wouldn’t eat anything! (I think he lived on Ensure and Pedialyte.) One day my cousin came in and found him on the kitchen floor eating dry cat food out of the bowl. She became hysterical and called the doctor. The doctor was overjoyed and said “Hell, it can’t hurt him. If he’ll eat it - let him eat it!” That was his main solid food for about three months. He’s now 6’4" and I love to look at him and meow. He’ll grin at me and purr. 🙂 My daughter LOVES dried cat food. She’s just turned 2 and begs to be allowed to feed the cat. If I look away for even a second, she has crammed some of the food in her mouth. I know where she gets it from though…one of my earliest memories is manufacturing something to enable me to climb onto the washing machine where the cat’s food bowl was and eating the dried food. Tasted pretty good from what I can recall! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_Holmes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a5b964/32.png) [@Mycroft\_Holmes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_Holmes)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/7 "2006-02-09T13:16:20Z")
> [@Greebo Ogg](#): > > Hmmmm, salty beefy catfoody goodness… Talk about a fitting username. So, I guess you were in your cat form when this happened? 😃 For those who have no idea what I’m talking about: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greebo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greebo) ---
**Author:** ![Greebo\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/8 "2006-02-09T15:52:10Z")
> [@Mycroft Holmes](#): > > Talk about a fitting username. So, I guess you were in your cat form when this happened? 😃 For those who have no idea what I’m talking about: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greebo](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greebo) I’m not admiting to anything… _hissss, prrrrrt_ ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/9 "2006-02-09T16:07:42Z")
I don’t think sampling some pet food is all that unusual. I don’t like cats, so I never tried any cat food. I’ve tried dog biscuits and dry dog food, they have kind of a stale cornmeal taste. Canned dogfood wasn’t bad at all. It had that generic canned meat taste like canned hash, canned corned beef, Dinty Moore stew, and similar products have. While working in a laboratory, I even tried rat chow and a liquid nutrient solution some of the rats were given. The rat chow had the cornmeal flavor and the nutrient solution was just bland and sweet. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/10 "2006-02-09T18:15:33Z")
I hesitate to bring up (but will anway 🙂 ) the rumor that cat food is made from euthanized pets and contains phenobaratol or however you spell what they are put down with. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/11 "2006-02-09T20:10:54Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I don’t think sampling some pet food is all that unusual. I don’t like cats, so I never tried any cat food. I’ve tried dog biscuits and dry dog food, they have kind of a stale cornmeal taste. Canned dogfood wasn’t bad at all. It had that generic canned meat taste like canned hash, canned corned beef, Dinty Moore stew, and similar products have. While working in a laboratory, I even tried rat chow and a liquid nutrient solution some of the rats were given. The rat chow had the cornmeal flavor and the nutrient solution was just bland and sweet. When I was a kid and we had dogs, I used to love munching on Milk Bones when my mom wasn’t looking. They were quite tasty! But the best doggy goodness were these things called “Fives Kibble”–the were like cheap Milk Bones, but they came in different colors and had a vaguely sweet taste. Mmmm, yummy! 🙂 I don’t do this any more. My cats get premium-grade food, but it just doesn’t smell all that delicious to me anymore. Must have grown out of the phase. Though I have been tempted occasionally to try a Milk Bone if I could get my hands on just one (not a whole box) just to see if I still like them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/12 "2006-02-09T20:58:35Z")
Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! =^.^= Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! How can you get past the odor…er, aroma? ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/13 "2006-02-10T04:24:17Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! =^.^= Ew! Ew! Bwah! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/14 "2006-02-10T05:39:17Z")
When I was little, sometimes we’d give our cat Tender Vittles (it’s dry cat food, but it’s chewy instead of crunchy) and I used to help myself to some. I don’t know if I liked the taste, or I just thought it was fun and silly to eat catfood. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/15 "2006-02-10T08:02:31Z")
Does your breath smell like catfood? (how did it get to post #14 without anyone saying this?) ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/16 "2006-02-10T12:04:28Z")
> [@Taber](#): > > Does your breath smell like catfood? > (how did it get to post #14 without anyone saying this?) Anyone notice the google ads, where do they come up with all the psychic powers stuff? ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/17 "2006-02-10T17:58:33Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > When I was a kid and we had dogs, I used to love munching on Milk Bones when my mom wasn’t looking. They were quite tasty! But the best doggy goodness were these things called “Fives Kibble”–the were like cheap Milk Bones, but they came in different colors and had a vaguely sweet taste. Mmmm, yummy! 🙂 > > I don’t do this any more. My cats get premium-grade food, but it just doesn’t smell all that delicious to me anymore. Must have grown out of the phase. Though I have been tempted occasionally to try a Milk Bone if I could get my hands on just one (not a whole box) just to see if I still like them. 🙂 the milk bones still taste the same. they could seriously make some sort of human kibble if they could find a way to market it…and i’d consider buying it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/18 "2006-02-10T18:13:00Z")
_slow clap for the OP_ ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/19 "2006-02-10T18:17:20Z")
> [@Taber](#): > > Does your breath smell like catfood? > (how did it get to post #14 without anyone saying this?) ahem… _clears his throat_ my cat’s breath smells like cat food! there it has been said. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671/20 "2006-02-11T19:24:11Z")
> [@Least Original User Name Ever](#): > > the milk bones still taste the same. they could seriously make some sort of human kibble if they could find a way to market it…and i’d consider buying it, too. I probably shouldn’t mention that I consider vegetable flavor the best milk bone flavor…and I’m not refering to my dog’s reaction to it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catfood-is-yummy/343671.md?page=2)