Honey? This stew smells funny.
Written: Jan 08 '07 (Updated Jan 08 '07)
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Pros: My dog loves it.
Cons: Not a good ingredient in soup unless you are making "Beef Bark-ley"
The Bottom Line: A good choice for dogs that love canned food with a real beef 'bite'
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| grneyedcwboy's Full Review: Kibbles 'N Bits Ground Dinner with Real Beef Chunk... |
My husband sat down at the dinner table and lifted his spoon to the edge of his bowl. I had taken all day making a wonderful stew for him to enjoy after returning home from a business trip.
I smiled at him as I joined him at the table. He plunged the tablespoon into the stew and brought the delicious concoction to his lips. Before the flavorful medley could tickle his taste buds, he paused. A look of curiosity struck his face as he took a deep whiff of his stew. "Honey? This stew smells funny." he said as he stuck out his tongue and touched the end of it to the mixture that sat in his spoon. I raised an eyebrow and then replied "Well lemme try it." He placed his utensil back in the bowl as I raised a small amount in a spoon to my nose. He was right, it did smell odd. It wasn't at all like the beef stew I normally made. It was almost 'too' beefy smelling and it rang of that somewhat familiar 'hospital cafeteria food' smell.
I rose from the table and told him not to eat it. I was going to do some investigative work. I was afraid maybe the stew meat might have been expired so I started directly for the trash can where the empty meat package lay. As I rummaged through the vegetable peelings and empty cans of tomatoes, corn and dog food, I spied the meat package. I looked at the date and saw that all was indeed well. I paused for a moment and then, all at once, it hit me. DOG FOOD? The full body shiver I had at that very moment might very well have registered on the Richter Scale. I turned to my husband only to see him with a spoonful of the mixture at his lips. I shrieked "Oh helllllllllll no!" and lunged simultaneously toward him. I smacked the foul mixture out of the spoon and onto the table. I caught him in the knick of time. One more second and he will have tasted the mistake of a lifetime. The look on his face was one of complete dismay. "Why did you do that? It tastes fine." Oh no! I was too late! He has sampled the canine delicacy and liked it! I lowered my head and I tried to maintain composure as I gingerly stepped toward his bowl and removed it from the table. I went over to the sink and dumped his meal straight down the garbage disposal.
It was at this point that I had some serious explaining to do. You see, I often start dinner in a crock pot or in a kettle early in the morning, before I head to work. In keeping with this routine, I also have been known to set out the ingredients the night before. Well this happened to be just such an occasion. When I make my beef stew, I usually add a can of Progresso Beef Barley to the mix. It thickens up my stew and gives it a wonderful flavor. Strangely, the Progresso can looks very much like the Kibbles 'n Bits can. They both have pull top lids and both have blue labels. Upon opening, they both have a very beefy smell. I was mixing the ingredients early that morning before I showered and, more importantly, before I put my contact lens in. I am blind as a bat to reading without the lens, but I had made this stew so many times that I just walked into the kitchen and started slopping ingredients into the crock pot. Since I couldn't see to read, I was doing most of my work in the dark since it was still rather early and the sun hadn't come up yet. Well, without going into much more detail, you get the idea.
After explaining this to my husband, I watched him grab a beer and slam it down to rid his palette of the offensive culinary disaster, I proceeded to dump the rest of the kettle down the drain and then enjoyed a good laugh with my husband. Thankfully he had only taken one small sample of my 'stew'.
My thoughts on dog food in a can
Some of you know that I have never condoned the feeding of most store bought dog foods because of their ingredients. I will say, that after many years and lawsuits, many dog food manufacturers have gotten their act together and stopped putting harmful preservatives in their food. They have also modified their ingredients and rendering processes so that dogs aren't eating roadkill anymore. Hats off to Del Monte, (yes, the same Del Monte that cans our veggies) for providing us with a decent choice for our canine companions.
The 'Other' Man of the House Samples Some
Now, on to Max. Max is our terrier mix. He is nearing 11 years old and has lost many of his teeth. He has a tough time chewing hard food but I make sure he keeps the remaining teeth he has in good shape by getting regular cleanings and making him eat the hard stuff. I often pity him as he gnaws at his food with his few back molars so I will splurge and give him a can of the 'good stuff'. This is where the Kibbles 'n Bits comes into play.
Max honestly doesn't care which flavor he gets, but I do. It seems I lean towards the dog foods that are ground up rather than chunky. With his lack of teeth, I don't want him choking because he can't chew. Max is a known gobbler and will inhale his food without so much as one jaw movement. I always think he is a glutton but I guess it is just how some dogs eat. On second thought, he may just be a glutton.
I grabbed a few cans of this one recently and headed towards home. Kibbles 'n Bits Ground Dinner with Real Beef Chunks & Vegetables slides easily out of the can. At 13.2 ounces, this can goes a long way in feeding a dog. I put the bowl down and Max went to town. With a slight hint of a burp and a lick of his whiskers, I almost saw a toothless smile escape from his mouth when he raised his head from the now empty bowl.
Max is about 30 pounds and he could easily gain a pound a week if I allowed him to do so. He always acts starved no matter how much he gets to eat. Why do dogs do that? Anyway, I can honestly say that after eating a can of this food combined with his dry food, he seems to act 'full'. That is a borderline miracle in my book since his middle name is "Hoover" and his last name is "The Pooping Machine". If it hits the floor, he makes a B-line for it and sucks it up like a vacuum. We don't need to explain his last name.
Here is a list of all the ingredients off the Kibbles 'n Bits website: Water sufficient for processing, beef, chicken by-products, meat by-products, streamed bone meal, potatoes, peas, carrots, carrageenan, dextrose, sodium tripolyphosphate, guar gum, potassium chloride, salt, onion extract, vitamins (vitamin a supplement, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin e supplement, niacin supplement, d-calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin d3 supplement, folic acid, biotin, vitamin b12 supplement), choline chloride, garlic extract, minerals (ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), titanium dioxide. AD01.762.
CRUDE PROTEIN 8.0% MINIMUM
CRUDE FAT 3.0% MINIMUM
CRUDE FIBER 1.5% MAXIMUM
MOISTURE 78.0% MAXIMUM
That is so much easier than reading them off the can and typing them in, don't you agree?
In spite of my gourmet nightmare, there is at least ONE member of our family that doesn't mind the beefy smell and fortunately, he is the only one that counts. No offense dear. Speaking of dinner, I think we are eating out tonight. Pizza sounds good.
Recommended:
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