Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 26, 2021

Sunday Funday

There is nothing like a good ham for Christmas and after Christmas eats. I used to love to make scalloped ham and potatoes and a nice navy bean soup.

I think that they’re all hams.

Ah, the 29th is split pea soup day. My Fluffy would have been most pleased.

Split pea soup? Is that a New England thing? In my neck of the woods, you make soup beans and cornbread to finish up the ham. No, that’s not a typo. Not bean soup—soup beans. And salty cornbread, not sweet!

My cousin sent me home with ham, scalloped potatoes, corn pudding, sweet potatoes and cheesecake brownies! My Christmas present was a BOOK! It was a good Christmas.

Ah, yes! Ham Days . . . when people come as close as they ever can to being cats.

I hope whoever left that plate of ham that close to Puck didn’t want it back, because THAT’S not happening.

Quiet is the forest and the neighborhood all, life out there is frozen. Only from the distant waterfallis heard very softly the noise .The gnome listens and, half in a dream, seems to hear the current of time, wonders where it is going, wonders where the source may be.

(Can anomolous4 find more pictures?)

The cold of the midwinter night is severe, the stars sparkle and twinkle. All sleep in solitary yard soundly until morning. The moon sinks in its silent path, the snow shines white on pine and spruce, the snow shines white on the roofs. Only the gnome is awake.

End.

It’s Turkey over here. Sandwiches, Curry, so many other ways…

According to Google Translate on my phone, the symbols on the Chinese take-out container say “Hamm” (with a 2nd ‘m’ for some reason).

I actually haven’t had “Christmas Dinner” yet. Saturday was so nice that I took a plate of cheese, fruit and snacky-things outside for brunch. Read my new book and listened to ‘A Jazz Christmas’ on Siruis.

Just didn’t feel like bothering to put together dinner after that, so I’ll have it today.

For those who are wondering about endings:

Tomte is a regular noun in the non-neuter group. It goes as follows:

a gnome – en tomte

the gnome – tomten

gnomes – tomtar

the gnomes – tomtarna

a grumpy gnome – en tjurig tomte

the grumpy gnome – den tjuriga tomten

grumpy gnomes – tjuriga tomtar

the grumpy gnomes – de tjuriga tomtarna

And this is a fine example of how deceptive appearances can be. You think the Swedes are sensible, normal, decent people. And then it turns they do that sort of thing – and more – all the time.

Some essential Swedish words.

undergång dysterhet öde otröstlig elände förtvivlan dömd

Now I see the advantage of making a ham for Christmas – ham days! We shortsightedly made duck breasts and they are all gone, so sadly we will have to cook again tomorrow.

And it looks as though Elvis agrees with Gent.

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season!

Definitely enjoying the annual “ham” days complete with Cookie Time ice-cream. ❤ Naps are most certainly imminent! :D

Why, Elvis. Time has meaning for you when clock strikes 2AM and it’s time for cathletics events.

Ham days, eh. What’s this, Heathcliff ville? And where’s your Ham helmets, cats?

Pucky toe beans and paw pad!

It’s a prime rib here on Christmas eve and by New Year’s eve, we’re having prime rib soup which is the bomb! Then the weekend after New Year’s, it’s ham, ham, ham and Green Bean Soup which is to die for, from the ham bone and all the bits left on it (which are usually more than bits because I like my soup hammy) :) I love this eating time of year.

That last panel with Burt’s chyron needs to be a mug, or shirt, or something.

We visit relatives for the meals on the holidays (we’re the old folks) so no leftovers for us. Today I put away the Christmas decorations (indoor). I don’t do outdoors, that’s for the groundskeeper aka husband….

Happy Box Day everybody!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Alice-Ata: Ladies, it’s time to search near and far to find leftovers for the in-between week.

Violet-Ifa: I’ll go to the waterfront. No doubt Fresh and Salty have a surplus af fish for the stealing…I mean taking

Agnes-Ata: And no doubt the creamery has extra cheese on paw.

Ta-Natash: And I’m sure the Nile Public Library and Coffee Shop has plenty coffee and pastries for the taking.

Alice: Alright, we’re all set. But remember our motto:

All: We’ll never tell!

I still have to go to work tomorrow, but half the time, I work remotely anyway.

We had a duck, so cassoulet it is!

“Let go and let ham.”

Perfect.

Time meant nothing, never would again….

hOW strage for ham

A chart! It has been a while since we have had a chart.

This is so me. I’ve already managed to gain 10 pounds, and I’m worried I’m going to go up to 15 pounds gained this week.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas yesterday. My daughter made a small turkey, so no leftovers for Nana Kitty-Kat. Great-grandchildren got spoiled rotten, which is the point of the exercise. Now I just have to figure out what to haul out of the freezer for my dinner tonight: do I have the ambition to make a roast, or will it be something smaller.

Dream sweet dreams of ham, Elvis, Lupin, Goldie and Puck!

Thank you to those of you who sent your support for me nd for Mippy. We did find an emergency vet who was open on Christmas Day. However, by the time we got him there, his condition was critical. He’d gone from seemingly okay to very critical diabetic ketoacidosis and fluid in his lungs from heart failure in less than 24 hours. They couldn’t treat one condition without making the other one worse. So we had to say goodbye. I stayed with him and petted him and talked to him until the end. Sleep peacefully, my good boy.

My husband, a Minnesotan with German roots, always wants to make split pea soup with the leftover ham bone and chunks. I’d say the split pea soup tradition is more widespread than New England, and goes along the upper Midwest.

Say, you folks who like to talk about food should come over to https://forums.egullet.org/! It’s the website of the nonprofit Society for Culinary Arts and Letters. As with GoComics, you can read without being a member but you have to join and sign in to comment. As with GoComics, there is a member agreement but membership is free. (There are also a lot of BCN lovers there, but we keep the discussions focused on food and drink, not pets, not politics, not religion…)

Merry Christmas News Cats, humans ..and Georgia! Can’t tell you how much Cat news means to me!!!

Mmm…ham… for me, any week spent with ham is a good week.

my mom and grandma before her always made black-eyed peas and ham for New Year’s Dinner.

♪"Lovely ham! Wonderful ham!

Lovely ham! Wonderful ham

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H-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-am

HA-A-A-A-A-A-A-AM

HA-A-A-A-A-A-A-AM

LOVELY HAM

LOVELY HAM

LOVELY HAM

LOVELY HAM

LOVELY HA-A-A-A-AM

HA-AM

HA-AM

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HA-A-A-AM!"♫

I was just wondering what to do with ham for lunch, I’m already planning on ham and grits for supper….

Ham, ham, ham, ham; ham, ham, ham, ham.

Prime rib sandwiches here.

Black eyed peas and cornbread!

My daughter broke tradition and we had chicken and beef tacos. Her next few meals will be enchiladas and nachos. For me today, after searching for years I finally found split top hot dog buns. I love toasting the sides. Tomorrow I will be making a salad. I made taco dip for yesterday and I have lettuce, tomatoes and Black olives to use up

MMMM Split pea soup made with the ham bone.MMMMMMM

Ham is good in split pea soup. Cats won’t try to sample it in the soup.

So Elvis, “ham days” are kind of like entering the “Hamlight Zone”?

Classic Lupin made an appearance in today’s Rabbits Against Magic cartoon cat compilation.

Have none of you seen today’s Rabbits Against Magic? Famous cats from 100 years of cartoon & comic history. And @GeorgiaDunn – he included Lupin!!!

They’re gonna ham it up this week.

It was bananacide most foul.

The herd received several new catnip toys for Christmas. A new type. Standard cloth bags in cute shapes and design, but instead of fluff with a little packet inside, these babies were 100% nip filled.

It was a loud night, with all sorts of rustling and scampering. Much more than a normal night with 11 monsters roaming the house. In the morning the normal contingent on the quilt was lethargic and sleepy. Well, sleepier. With nip in their fur.

Downstairs, the corpse of the banana lay in the middle of the great room floor. The tag ripped out and a great wound 1/2 the body length. The seam was shredded and the formerly plump banana was an empty peel, flat as a pancake, soggy. Yet not a speck of catnip to be found.

We think the perp was Elvis, but all of the crew took part in the aftermath. It was a nippy, nippy Christmas.

RIP little banana toy. We hardly knew ye.

My wife just brought me a couple of slices of leftover ham…I broke some onto small pieces and Yasina ate some , only she preferred it held for her, no eating it off the plate for her. Her brother Yarrow just came in and finished what ‘Sina didn’t want…I am sure there will be begging later…

Oh dear, now I have to find a way to work black-eyed peas into New Year’s dinner. I do not like them, they taste like soil to me, but they’re supposed to bring luck and I can’t afford to pass up any possibilities.

And to all a good night.

LOVE split pea soup with grilled sliced ham on garlic toast sandwich

It was just my mom, my brother and me for Christmas. My brother made lasagna and cranberry salad and I made a lemon pie. We had the lasagna and cranberry salad both meals yesterday and for Sunday dinner today. There was only enough pie for one meal yesterday and today. There was some leftovers of everything still. I assume my brother and mom will finish it off in the next day or two.

Henceforth, this time period shall be known as “Ham Days” in my family. So say we all.

Ham days? Personally turkey days are better.

For me, it’s French Dip Week. New York roast on Christmas, French Dip sandwiches for several days. Yum.

Lupin is in Rabbits Against Magic today!!! Be sure to find him!!!

I’m planning to make a quickie lasagna. Jar of Italian sauce, not homemade as I usually do. It’s just me, so it will go a long way. I’ve been so blessed with wonderful neighbors. They have gifted me with homemade tamales and various other dishes. Plus, boxes of candy, Sees and Godiva. I will be 80 in a couple if months, with severe back pain and neuropathy, so standing over a stove is a little difficult for me. All the talk of split pea soup is making think I should try to make it. I received a couple of package of split peas, green and yellow, from the food bank. I will attempt to take advantage of them and take my time making the soup with lot of breaks in between stirring.

Daughter 2 gave me a copy of Lupin Leaps In for Christmas!!!

Way down here at the bottom where no one will notice I can be brave enough to say I do NOT like ham. There isn’t a ham recipe in the world that can’t be improved by substituting a fresh pork butt or shoulder for the ham. Including the delicious split pea soup, although that at least might dilute the saltiness of the ham enough to help me get rid of the one ham left in my freezer.

Are they going to …. ham it up?

What comic was Goldie’s first appearance? Someone give me a link