Best Holiday Treat for Dogs

I know this will sound too simple to be true but I have yet to meet a dog who won't do ANYTHING for these treats. I do huge batches during the Holidays for my dog-owning friends -- they don't need more rum-balls or cookies or other calorie-laden treats for people!

Whizz one pound of chicken livers in the Cuisinart until liquified. Dump in one box of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix and blend until combined. Spoon into mini-muffin pans and bake until done -- about 15 minutes. Makes about 36.

Resist the temptation to add eggs or other stuff -- not necessary. I have also made them from scratch and it wasn't worth the trouble and my dog never noticed. Hold your nose if you hate liver because the muffins do smell strong. My dog literally sits in front of the oven!

Cool completely. Store in the fridge for a week or two or longer in the freezer.

If you don't use the livers from whole chickens, you can store them in the freezer until you have enough to make the goodies. It is worth the small amount of trouble these require!

Question:

Is "Whizz" a technical cooking term?

You recipe for puppy treats sounds like it would make a good one. But, since I don't have one right now, I'm not gonna do 'em.

[cape chef]

Margaret, Thanks for the tip. I bought a little puppy for the family in October. Her name is Molly and she is a cairin Terrior.
I think she will love these treats
"Whizz" To spin like a top....
Get dizzy and eat liver and corn meal!!!! as defined in the "Loose gastro nonsence" AKA
"Larousse gastronomique"
cc

[cookM]

Great recipe. Thank you. I live with 2 dogs and I am able to get chix livers easily from the catering company. The dogs will like this...

[Nick.Shu]

i usually throw them a couple of roos and they fight over that.

Cape Chef! You have a Cairn? Aren't they great? My little Lucie is almost 3, and I'm sure she's going to enjoy these goodies! She does have some delusions, however - she thinks she's a miniature Irish wolf-hound. She is very good at keeping the cats out of the kitchen, and a couple of weeks ago, I think she was trying to make Christmas cookies. When I got up in the morning, she'd popped open the lazy-susan cabinet that contains all my baking supplies and had sugar and flour scattered across the kitchen floor. I think she forgot she doesn't have opposable thumbs and doesn't know how to read a cookbook. Plus, she is very vertically-challenged.

[Isa]

This is very unfair, not to mention discriminating towards cats.


Anyone has a cat treat recipe to share?

Curried Cat

SiSi, why don't you try inexpensive canned pink salmon or mackeral with Jiffy corn muffin mix. It ought to be stinky enough for a cat to love. But do cats eat nibble-snacks? Perhaps you would have to make them tiny -- not mini-muffin size.I haven't had a cat in years and I've forgotten.

Crudeau, make them for your friends' dogs as Christmas gifts or host/hostess presents. This time of year everyone gets too much stuff for the people and never enough for the pets.

[Nicko]

That is a great idea, and it is probably a lot cheaper than buying treats for your pet all the time. I grew up with dogs, but don't have one yet. My wife and I are really hoping to get one soon.

[Live_to_cook]

I've read an article in New Yorker magazine about Chinese restaurants that do great things with dogs... oh you mean cooking FOR dogs? Sorry.

[Nick.Shu]

ahh, you must mean "Gau Yook hoisin teow mien".

Heheh, dont ask for it, unless you can run like michael johnson.

Mmmmm . . . kung-pow bow-wow? Or the cat variant, kung-pow meow-meow?

I remember reading an article in the paper years ago about a woman who was having guests from w-a-a-a-y out of town - she really and truly was looking for a recipe using cat. And she really and truly got the recipe from our local library.

I'm not trying to start another heated discussion (a la CEL-ray Tonic), but I don't think that kitty will be gracing our table any time in the foreseeable future. The closest we ever came was having rabbit immediately after our 21 1/2 year old cat passed away last year. It was only then that I noticed a rather unfortunate resemblance.

[Nick.Shu]

it is interesting that you should say miaow miaow. Cantonese for cat is pronounced somewhat like "mao". So therefore in the dialect, if you want offend, the grammar goes somewhat like this: cat meat hoisin sauce with fried noodles, in the language it would be: "Mao yook hoisin teow mien".

Post note: - chow mein is a corruption of "fried noodle".