I was shopping the other day and came across the pet mince section. I always see people buying mince and I decided I would get some for Puddy to try. I thought it might be a nice change from the canned food we give her, especially since the mince was kangaroo mince, something apparently very good for animals. The mince is fresh and I understand what the few ingredients in it are, as opposed to the canned food ingredients.

You can either cook it or serve it raw and I must admit, I wasn’t keen on kangaroo meat being in my frypan, so I gave it to Puddy raw. She sniffed it cautiously … then dug in. I swear she didn’t even come up for air!

The mince package has six single-serve sections that you simply cut off and tear open, which is rather convenient. It is a little hard to tear the top off though, and sometimes I end up with raw mince on my fingers – as a squeamish person, that’s a little icky.

Kangaroo meat is actually a very healthy, lean meat that is low in fat and a good source of protein and some B-group vitamins, not just for animals, but humans too! I must admit I haven’t tried kangaroo meat. It looks a little freaky and I can’t help but feel like I’m eating Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, but then again, I eat other meat so why should kangaroo be any different?

But why did I say I’ve created a monster? Because Puddy loves kangaroo mince so much she whines and whines until she gets some more! She knows it’s dinner time because I call to her around the same time every night and she comes racing over, hoping it’s going to be mince. Mince night is twice a week and as soon as  I pull it out of the fridge, she starts meowing excitedly. Of course, she still gets dry food during the day. I also enjoy getting her the odd chicken neck from the supermarket once every couple weeks for her to chew on – but she’s got to be supervised when eating that because she has a habit of picking it up, walking away and dumping it on the carpet!

What does your cat eat? Tinned food, dry food, raw food?

And has your cat – or have you – tried kangaroo meat before?

I was driving Phill home recently quite late at night when all of a sudden, a car zoomed up behind me, moved into the lane next to me and drew level. A male passenger in the back seat stuck his head out the window and screamed “F*#&ing P-Platers!” as the driver pressed the accelerator to the floor and sped away.

There was a beat of silence, then I huffed: “Well that’s not very nice!”

Duuuude. I was doing the speed limit, driving safely as the designated driver, but the guys in that car, who were most likely extremely drunk, simply saw my P-plates and made up their minds about me. I am so sick of the stereotype we get lumped with. I remember when I had to drive on the highway into the city to go to university. The majority of drivers speeding were men in business suits in fancy cars – and some of them were chatting away on mobile phones! Don’t get me wrong, I’m not calling P-platers angels – some of them are terrible drivers I am sure, but seriously – there are terrible drivers throughout all the different stages of licencing, not just at the P-plate level.

Even though I knew I should shrug off the incident, it still put a downer on the night for me. I had a sudden urge to prove to them that I was a good driver, prove them wrong – how ridiculous is that?! Who gives a crap what they think? I find it ironic that they were the ones speeding and driving extremely dangerously, not me, the – how did they so eliquently put it – f*#&ing P-plater.

I don’t want this to turn into a debate on whether or not P-platers suck. I just wanted to get it off my chest that not all P-platers are drunk maniacs determined to cause mayhem on the roads – some of us just want to get our (very drunk) boyfriend home safely after a good night out.