Your "mother sauce" musings had me saying, "Ah! Genius!" And then I got to thinking. I started making a list in my head of other American mother sauces (side note: realized this fits right in with JJ McCullough's "American Cultural Canon" series) and clearly mayo and ranch make the cut. But wait, couldn't these creamy sauces all be categorized UNDER mayo, a true indicator of a mother sauce? Looking at the ingredients... Yes. Yes they can. Both Campbell's cream of mushroom and Hidden Valley ranch list vegetable oil above any dairy product, and mayo is - at its core - primarily whipped oil. So there you have it. Mayo is the American bechamel... Or would it be the hollandaise? Since it traditionally includes egg yolk - and holy shit Wikipedia says mayo might be an alternate (cold base) version in some listings [citation needed]. Obvi ketchup would be another (tomato sauce equivalent) with barbecue as a daughter. Gravy from pan drippings to their espagnole... Eh. I'm sure one could get further with a deep dive on this, but I'm done for now.
I did not see the cat milk white russian before but I'd like to say now that I once made a white russian with wawa-brand cookies and cream milk, which has 81g of sugar in one serving. We called it a Russian Twist. It was disgusting, but there's always one friend that will drink your unwanted alcoholic drinks. I once made a drink with vodka, blue gatorade, and blue baby bottle pop powder. She drank that too.
Fancy Feast inspired by this posting, I am sure
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1553938606959599618
Terrific/terrible as always, Dannis.
I think you're onto something with the dried tuna being bonito flakes, I've thought the same thing as well!
I wonder what the markup on that would be to sell them as cat snacks?
Pet-related cuisine mockery appears to be a prerequisite for the Asian American Experience™, based on what I've seen. And heard. And lived through.
You are a true psychopath, this was the article that finally made me subscribe, so i am clearly a psychopath too
But did the cats like it?
I can't believe you missed an opportunity to call it a Catserole.
Your "mother sauce" musings had me saying, "Ah! Genius!" And then I got to thinking. I started making a list in my head of other American mother sauces (side note: realized this fits right in with JJ McCullough's "American Cultural Canon" series) and clearly mayo and ranch make the cut. But wait, couldn't these creamy sauces all be categorized UNDER mayo, a true indicator of a mother sauce? Looking at the ingredients... Yes. Yes they can. Both Campbell's cream of mushroom and Hidden Valley ranch list vegetable oil above any dairy product, and mayo is - at its core - primarily whipped oil. So there you have it. Mayo is the American bechamel... Or would it be the hollandaise? Since it traditionally includes egg yolk - and holy shit Wikipedia says mayo might be an alternate (cold base) version in some listings [citation needed]. Obvi ketchup would be another (tomato sauce equivalent) with barbecue as a daughter. Gravy from pan drippings to their espagnole... Eh. I'm sure one could get further with a deep dive on this, but I'm done for now.
"Interestingly, it did not taste like the pâté-like stuff we normally feed our cats, but rather like regular old canned tuna."
Oh god. I have to know how the pates are. They look so gross when I've fed them to cats.
I did not see the cat milk white russian before but I'd like to say now that I once made a white russian with wawa-brand cookies and cream milk, which has 81g of sugar in one serving. We called it a Russian Twist. It was disgusting, but there's always one friend that will drink your unwanted alcoholic drinks. I once made a drink with vodka, blue gatorade, and blue baby bottle pop powder. She drank that too.
As always.....I'm speechless and hungry. My cat and I will dine together this week!