Real life MMD: Cat has licked our food, should we eat it?

french449

One point that everyone has missed. A dog and a cats tounge are both antiseptic. I have always let any of those two pets lick any sore or wound that I have had. They always cleared up a lot quicker than the doctor said they would.

If you are fussy then slice off a very thin slice all round and give it to the cat as a treat.

There is to much emphsis on cleanliness these days and humans are losing thier natural imunity as a result. I'm a 79 year old male who is as fit as a fiddle and rarely even gets a cold!!

kna

People who say "Who lets their cats in the kitchen anyway?" obviously a) have never had cats and b) probably walk around with full hazmat suits on in case they accidentally get a germ within 50 feet of them.

dave82_2

Personally I would eat it. Lots of people probably just get a little squemish at cats ability to lick their own private parts.

Just don't eat the bit it licked or give it another blast in the oven till piping hot to kill the germs. (This might make the meet a bit overdone though)

It makes me laugh how detached from nature we are people get all freaked out if their is some dirt on their food LOL

Also everyone got in a stress when I got some pellets in pigeon at a restaraunt I just laughed at least it was fresh!!

People need to know how food lives and dies! Anyway thats another moral quest for another day!!!

P.S. If you don't want it can I have it?

P.P.S The Lamb not the cat!!

prosaver

french449 wrote: »

One point that everyone has missed. A dog and a cats tounge are both antiseptic. I have always let any of those two pets lick any sore or wound that I have had. They always cleared up a lot quicker than the doctor said they would.

maybe you should go on dragons den :rotfl:

im......out

laminki

I think there's a deeper issue than simple food hygeine here.

Your partner doesn't want to compromise for the sake of the cat.
The cat clearly has caused annoyance by its behaviour.
Your partner's apparent over-reaction is message to you that they
should be given superior consideration in your thoughts than your cat.
Primary consideration in all ways and at all times.

I think the fact that you even ask the quetion about the £20 pount
cost of the joint means you are missing the bigger picture and a
potentially bigger problem.

(Pet psychology is about 95% OWNER psychology.)
Stop treating your cat in such a way as to threaten your HUMAN
partner and drive them to petty stroppiness.
Stop treating your cat in such a manner that it ends up licking your food.

First of all you need to know that the cat's place is secondary to the humans in the
household - ALL of the humans in the household.
Then you need to treat the cat in such a manner so that it knows it's place.
Then you need to continue treating the cat in such a manner that it remembers it's place.
Then you might end up with a happy partner, a happy and well adjusted pet, a happy household
and a nice roast dinner.


But simply cutting the skin off the joint of meat won't solve this particular problem!

dave82_2

Laminki

I think you are looking way to deep into this!! Have you ever owned a cat they just do what ever they want!!

In future they can make sure that the cat is kept out the kitchen during meal prep which will be a challenge in itself!!

But wanting to eat some meat that cost £20 because the cat licked isn't that big a deal surely!

Jax1

Douse the lamb in brandy, set it alight, germs killed, great flavour! Job done! Give the cat a break - you'd do the same in his shoes!

dave82_2

Jax1 wrote: »

Douse the [STRIKE]lamb[/STRIKE] cat in brandy, set it alight, germs killed, great flavour! Job done! Give the [STRIKE]cat[/STRIKE] boyfriend a break - you'd do the same in his shoes!

that's not very nice!!!

rjk1010

Harmful bacteria take time to multiply to health-threatening levels and also need to be in a certain temperature range. So long as the cat didn't lick several hours before you eating it, then you are very unlikely to come to any harm. The best thing to do would be to put the lamb back in a hot oven for ten minutes, which would kill the bacteria introduced by the cat. DO NOT, as many people have suggested, cut the outside layer off. You will almost certainly spread any bacteria over the remainder of the joint via the knife blade, making the problem worse. This could be serious if there were leftovers for the next day. The only way to kill the bacteria is with heat.

bennett2kuk

Erm well if you won't then I will, it all depends on how fussy you are and your thoughts on personal hygiene. Some people wouldn't do it and would happily throw away £20, others may take off the section that was licked and eat the rest. Personally I would scran the lot and love it.

My mother used to own a tea room which shall remain nameless for obvious reasons. She would always reused jams and chutneys that people had left, scooping them by hand into the next container. On 2 memorable occasions though the alsation that lived upstairs came and had a sniff and a lick of some scones she had nuked for too long in the microwave and were cooling outside, they got served to the customer, the other occasion is when the cat got on the bench and started licking the butter in a butter dish, needless to say it was covered with more butter and served anyway.
Other occasions saw sausages being dropped all over the floor and wiped clean and served, everything that could be used as evidence to close down an establishment was probably done at some point.

I personally refused to eat there, it's closed now, no not due to the health inspectors but she emigrated.

And Jeez Laminki calm down, nobody asked for the psychology lesson and how you deduced that load of crap from one sentence is amazing. You should be a marriage counsellor, but specialise in picking trivial throwaway statement and ending relationships over them. Like a reverse family counsellor.