Yoshi should count her blessings that this phenomenon doesn't happen more regularly because her aversion to the smell of onions being cut up is very dramatic and fraught with anguish and despair.
As I start chopping the onions (said in a Creole accent-Onyons!) I can see her out of the corner of my eye sniffing the air with a decidedly peevish cast to her ears.
Then the obsessive head tossing and lip smacking begins.
This part lasts for several minutes.
By this time most likely the onions are in the skillet and the worst is over. My streaming eyes have stopped leaking. But Yoshi? Oh no. She's not finished.
She then runs to my bedroom and starts her pitiful wailing.
Woe, woe, my EYES! They pain me! You are a horrible person to perpetuate such dastardly deeds against my frail person!
I go to her and pet her a little.
It is not enough.
She looks at me, ears at half mast and blinks. And blinks. And blinks some more.
What she wants is for me to wipe away her tears.
Yes, tears. She actually has tears.
I get a tissue and wipe away her tears. Cooing sweet nothings to her.
But too soon I have to return to my cauldron of poison.
And then the whole thing starts again until the sauce is finished cooking and packed away in the freezer.
Actual cat tears.
Actual snotty nose.
10 comments:
"Peevish cast to her ears." Outstanding.
(*wonders if she's allergic?*)
Who knew that cats could react that way to onions? Maggie would stand there begging from us (but it's bad to give onions to dogs) until every last morsel had been put in the pot.
So glad you included the Actual Snotty Nose photo. :)
You absolutely crack me up.
Love the snot photos.
Poor Yoshi. It's a good thing you don't cook every day. She'd have to be on antihistamines all the time.
"decidedly peevish cast to her ears..." Perfect description.
The smell of ballpoint pens makes Bridget gag. I start to write with one, and she immediately gags. Even from several feet away. So strange.
Poooooor Yoshi! SO unloved.....
Glad you got your cooking done. I wonder if it's just the onions or the fact that you are engrossed in something that doesn't relate to her in any way? :)
[Who knew that a snotty cat nose and teary eye would be so cute? :)]
Wow, I never thought that the onions might bother anyone but me. (I seriously don't know how the Food Network people do it.)
Poor Yoshi.
But awesome post. :)
so cruel with your onyons
the fact that you took pictures of her distress *before* wiping away the tears?
Priceless.
I'll have to see what reaction I get from Frankie; I hadn't noticed one yet, but will make a point of him being awake and upstairs next time I slice up an onion...
:o)
Thank you for the smile!
alan
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