Happy Weekend, Everyone!
Here's something interesting...
I have heard the terms
Orange Tabby,
Red Tabby,
Ginger Tabby
and Orange-Marmalade Cat...
but Soup Kitty?
Ummm, Nooo...
Not until my sister-in-law Marcena told me that it's a a colloquialism for orange-stripey kitties
across the river from us in rural Ballard County, Kentucky.
Is it because they are the color of vegetable-soup broth?
They really are the color of Campbell's Alphabet Soup, that all my kids loved when they were little...
(We could usually spell their names with the noodle-letters, though Jonathan's was sometimes a challenge...)
No one really knows...but there, orange kitties are Soup Kitties.
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So, I thought I'd share some Soup Kitties I've known and loved...
This is Tibbs ~ (My girls got his name from a character in 101 Dalmations; Sergeant Tibbs...)
He is one of my Angel Kitties...
We had him for almost eighteen years.
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Tibbs' name was almost Goldenfuzz.
Yes.
Goldenfuzz.
In the 1930s my Daddy's little sister had an orange kitten she'd named Goldilocks.
Daddy, the ever-teasing big brother,
reportedly said "Goldilocks?...Looks more like golden fuzz to me!"
So, Goldenfuzz she became...
The first of a succession of "Goldenfuzz"~ named kitties,
the last being a boy that Grandma and Grandpa Launius had when I was little...
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Goldenfuzz was a smart kitty...he could open doors
(interior doors, that didn't close too tightly) using the door knob!
If he'd had thumbs, there's no telling what he could have done.
Somewhere there is a picture of him reaching for a doorknob...
I'll have to ask daughter Mandy ~ she's our
Keeper of the Photos ~ ;^)
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Tibbs on his fourteenth birthday with a cake my daughters made for him...
He dove right in...
Yes, we are those kind of people ~ ;^).
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This cutie-patootie dust-kitty was a WILD little fellow, totally feral, born in a shed behind an empty house next to one of the older homes we lived in...
I kept watching from the window of our house,
and I finally managed to creep up on him in the shed when he was napping...
What a hissing, spitting ball of baby teeth and sharp little claws he was!
It only took a few days inside for him to calm down, though...
I called him Alexander ~ :)
He was adopted by another volunteer at the kitty shelter where we helped out at the time...
(since we had NINE kitties already...all indoors...)
So sweet!
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This is Audrey, one of the kitties at the shelter (she has been adopted since, happily).
Female Soup Kitties are few and far between!
Marcena has one, though, named Reba, with long fur ~ she's so beautiful!
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This is my daughter Mandy's pastel Soup Kitty, Albus ~ a.k.a. "Busman"
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Isn't he a sweet fellow?
He was our house guest recently, along with his "brothers", while Mandy was vacationing.
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And last but not least, my daughter Katie's Half-Soup-Kitty, Honeybunch ~ a.k.a. "Bunch"...
We know this because Bunch was born at the shelter where we volunteered...
All the kitties there were spayed and neutered, except, uh...two.
They weren't in a huge hurry to get them neutered
because someone thought Bunch's mommy was a boy...
Oops.
Anyway, that's how we know that Bunch's daddy was a Soup Kitty...;^)
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Now for the recipe...
This is my Mom's excellent, easy, vegetable soup.
1 lb. Ground Chuck, browned and crumbled
2 Cups Diced Potatoes
Cover with water and cook until potatoes are partially done.
1 can each: peas, corn, carrots.
Add to meat and potatoes and simmer for 20 minutes; add 1 large can of tomato juice.
Add small pkg. egg noodles if desired.
Season to taste.
You can use ground turkey if you prefer, and you can change the veggies or add macaroni or rice...
Sometimes Mom would use barley...you really can't go wrong.
My son Mark makes it for his boys...they add Louisiana Hot Sauce!
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That's all for now about the Soup Kitties...we are going to continue to research and try to find where that colorful term came from...
I do have a book called Ghost Cats of the South, by Randy Russell, that has a chapter called
"The Chicken Soup Cat"...:^)
Have a great weekend!
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A sweet (but a little sad) post script to the Goldenfuzz story...
not long before Daddy passed away
I brought this pretty white kitty to my Stepmom...
She had been left on the porch of the shelter where we volunteered...
I thought they needed each other...
The kitty jumped on Daddy's bed and he said, "Well, hey...is that Goldenfuzz?"
Of course, the little snow-white kitty didn't have a bit of golden fuzz on her,
but my Stepmom, Therma, said
"Well, she sure can be!"...
So, she is Goldie.
Therma reminds me often that Daddy named her...
She does have beautiful golden eyes!
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