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Ärende: Ants & Boris Badinov
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-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Nancy Backus <=-

 NB> Depends on the kitty, I'd think... same probably holds for the greasy
 NB> version of the trick...  I wonder if the boric acid would be as toxic
 NB> to the cats as to the ants, too...  My guess would be that in the
 NB> amounts one is likely to use for the ants, it wouldn't do more than
 NB> make the kitties a little sick if anything...  The same caveat might
 NB> also apply if there were little kiddies around, too, though...?

 SD> Well, boric acid works by literally shredding apart their insides
 SD> because the crystals are so sharp.  I'd assume that there would be
 SD> unpleasant side effects for any creature involved with digesting boric
 SD> acid.

Even the tiniest, just weaned kitten is hugely bigger than the biggest ant I
have ever seen outside a cheap Japanese monster flick. One of the reasons that
boric acid crystals work so well on ants and other insects is that they are so
small and their alimentary canals are *very* narrow - giving the sharp crystals
a chance to do their stuff.
 
 SD> I'd say that you'd have to tell kids not to touch it too.  Some kids
 SD> can't resist eating everything inside, edible or inedible!

Boric acid is a mild poison. But, it's so mild as to not engender any warnings
from the notoriously "nervous nanny" federal EPA. Or the National Poison
Control Centre.
 
 SD> My cats shouldn't have problems if I have to do that for ants.  I have
 SD> dropped some of my pills - some are quite tiny and would kill a cat
 SD> fairly quickly - and never found them.  Felix is quite good at digging
 SD> things out of cracks and crevices but he has never done anything with
 SD> medicine as far as I could tell.

Most cats will not eat anything that either <A> doesn't move or <B> doesn't
smell like food.

BTW - I just scored on Usenet Newsgroups the collected Felix The Cat cartoons
from 1919-1924. 

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      Title: Felix’s Chile Con Queso
 Categories: Appetisers, Dips, Chilies, Cheese
      Yield: 8 servings

    1/2 c  Oil *
      1 md Spanish onion; chopped
           Salt & ground black pepper
    1/2 c  Canned tomatoes
      4 oz Can chopped green chilies
    1/4 ts Cayenne pepper; opt
  1 1/2 ts Sugar
      2 tb Paprika
           Garlic powder
    1/4 c  (ea) flour & water
      2 c  American cheese; grated
 
  Combine oil, onion, salt, pepper, tomatoes, chilies, sugar,
  paprika and garlic powder (and cayenne if using) in heavy
  pot and simmer 25 to 30 minutes over medium heat. Mix flour
  and water in small bowl; add to onion mixture gradually,
  stirring until smooth and thick. 

  Add cheese, stirring constantly to prevent sticking. Cook
  until well-blended and smooth. Serve warm with tortilla
  chips. 

  * Note: Some readers omit the oil because they think the
  cheese has enough fat. If so, sauté the onion in 2
  tablespoons hot oil to soften. 

  This longtime Houston favorite from Felix Mexican Restaurant
  has been reprinted many times in the Chronicle. 
 
  A similar recipe attributed to Felix’s appears in the
  Houston Junior Forum cookbook, Buffet on the Bayou ($17.95),
  but the sugar is omitted and paprika increased to 3
  tablespoons.
 
  LP’s note: This is most everyone’s favorite chili con queso.
  My friend Cyn says it’s the flour. Most recipes don't call
  for it. Hers is a bit different from this - more like the
  Buffet on the Bayou version. She claims to have gotten it
  from Felix’s in Beaumont. According to her, it freezes well.
 
  Posted by Lou Parris

  Recipe By: Houston Chronicle, May 1997

  From: http://www.recipesource.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

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