Salmon Treats Anyone?
It was many years ago on a Christmas Eve that my Aunt Pat did something none of us have ever let her forget. On a dare, she ate a cat treat, one of those little soft chewy ones that come in the resealable foil Ziploc packs. I think it was salmon flavor.
First, a little background. In the family, I was known as the cheapskate. If there were any penny pincher jokes, they were always aimed at me. And Aunt Pat was the butt of all the blonde jokes, despite being a natural brunette and never having had anything close to blonde hair. She had that dingy thing going pretty good though.
A few of us were sitting around the table, playing games, because that's what my family does on Christmas Eve. We gather about thirty family members in a single house, eat like Southerners at a Sunday dinner, open presents, and play games till time to head home and get ready for Santa.
I'm not sure how it came up, but I think I was giving one of our cats a cat treat when Pat said something like, "I wonder how those taste?"
A light bulb went on. "Why don't you try one?" I asked.
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