Good news: after the vet advised us to try a mix of different meats to disguise Louis Catorze’s Gabapentin, we have discovered that he will eat it if it’s hidden in pâté de Bruxelles.

Bad news: we only discovered this after enduring this torturous journey:

Tuna pâté: non
Mackerel pâté: non
Mousse de canard: non
Chicken forestier pâté: non
Chicken liver pâté: non
Pâté de campagne: non
Pâté d’Ardennes: non
Reduced fat pâté d’Ardennes: HELL, non (ok, I admit that this one was a stupid idea, but we ordered it by accident on Ocado and thought it might be worth a punt)
Pâté de Bruxelles: OUI

Further bad news: he won’t eat it unless we also press a layer of his Acana Pacifica biscuits into the pâté.

If you imagine the Gabapentin being the Earth’s core, the pâté being the soft magma and the Acana Pacifica being the crust, you get an idea of how the finished structure is composed. And, once assembled, it looks rather like one of those 1970s mirrored disco balls, except much smaller. And, erm, made of meat.

It’s all a bit absurd. But our place is not to question: our place is just to nod and agree to everything that the Sun King wants.

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5 responses to “Le pâté royal”

  1. flokithekitten avatar

    Le Roi “I have succeeded in my cunning plan of reverting the staff to 70’s canapé preppers… which decade shall I have next?” The Louis Catorze version of Back in Time for Dinner 😸

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    1. hencorner avatar

      I shall be sending Cocoa round for the discarded scraps of the meaty smorgasbord…..!

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  2. ich bin schwerhörig, na und? avatar

    A true kings meal 😻👑!

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  3. barrybdoyle avatar
    barrybdoyle

    I SO love this. And now I want Pâté de Bruxelles.

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  4. LuAnn M Holleman avatar

    He is so beautiful, I am sure all of this is worthy of a King! Love & kitty kisses to all of you!

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