To dish it up for dinner

[MaLarkinn]

Made spag Bol for dinner. Turned my back for a second an cat has his head in the pan.

Would you still dish it up, he only had a little lick and still plenty left for everyone else

This post has made me laugh thanks OP.

My cat woke me up this morning by licking my open mouth.... I think we are past worrying about a shared spag Bol. She normally paws food off my plate as soon as I’m not focussed anyway!

No, I don’t think I could.

Surely the 3 second rule applies? Give it a stir, whack the heat up and never mention it again.

Erm, surely you should ask the people you’re serving the food to? You might be happy to eat it, they may not. Let them decide and consent.

Personally I wouldn’t want cat hair etc in my food...I don’t own any pets though.

I'd like to know what percentage of the people saying yes eat it also have a cat and what percentage of the throw it away contingent don't!

@KindergartenKopn I reckon those saying it’s fine have cats

I would eat it. I’m sure most of those saying they wouldn’t don’t own a cat?

This is why I don’t like eating in other people's houses; you never know how low their hygiene standards are.

Would I feck serve it. But then, our cat recently had tapeworm from presumably eating mice

My cat nibbled my banana sandwich yesterday and I still ate it. What's the worst that can happen?

Enough to
make a fly spew up. Bin it.

no i wouldnt i have four cats so my standards are not high but every mouthful i would be thinking the cats licked this i couldnt eat it i would find an alternative topping for the spaghetti

Yes I would. I have a cat and don't mind sharing. I have pretty low hygiene standards by mumsnet standards though.

My mum served us gravy that the cat had licked. It sounds grim but no one was ill and she only told me about two years after it happened.

If you heat it up a bit longer, I'm sure any stray germs will be killed.

(And I don't have a cat. We do have dogs, but they can't reach any pots or pans while I'm cooking/serving.)

Wouldn't remotely bother me.

I would, I have three cats so my entire house is catted anyway.

@Chanandlerbong01

My cat woke me up this morning by licking my open mouth.... I think we are past worrying about a shared spag Bol. She normally paws food off my plate as soon as I’m not focussed anyway!

My cat gives me extra big kisses when I've (we've, I don't get away without sharing) had something she likes that is highly scented - think bacon or smoked salmon.

Heat kills germs. Make sure you cook it for a couple extra minutes (get it to over 70 degrees celsius). Should be fine.

That's gross

Absolutely grim.

This is a no brainer but then I let my cat drink out my glass or I might let her lick my spoon clean of yoghurt before I continue eating etc

Spoiler: I'm still alive

My cat eats pigeons so no.