December 19th

 

FROM:  Clementine <princessclementine@kittymail.com>

TO:        BC & Sparky <rudytoots@catlover.com>

Cc:        Archie <pupsupreme@whosagoodboy.com>

DATE:   12/18/23 7:15am

RE:       Tonight’s troll – try this

Ok, tonight’s troll is Skyrgámur, which means he loves Skyr, that Icelandic yogurt you can get at Shop-Rite.  In a pinch he’d probably eat Greek yogurt, as that’s also pretty thick, although not as tart.  The yarn lady likes the strawberry Skyr best, and I took a lick once since I thought maybe it was like ice cream…cold and sweet.  Nope, it’s cold all right, but it was anything but sweet.  I put some on the yarn lady’s grocery order that she picked up yesterday.  She wondered how it got on the list, since she already had her Dannon Coffee yogurt on there and she didn’t usually get both.  Maybe if you leave the Skyr on the kitchen table he’ll leave a nice treat for you two.

 

FROM:  BC & Sparky <rudytoots@catlover.com>

TO:       Clementine <princessclementine@kittymail.com>

Cc:        Archie <pupsupreme@whosagoodboy.com>

DATE:  12/18/23 2:07pm

RE:       Re: Tonight’s troll – try this

Yeah, I don’t think so.  The daddy thinks yogurt is for old ladies, and he’s not an old lady. MR doesn’t eat it either, but she’s not an old lady either, since she still works. We do have some sour cream though. Maybe the troll would like it if the daddy made it into onion dip? I’ll see if he’ll make some of that. 

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The daddy had fallen asleep on the couch, probably from stuffing himself with sour cream and onion dip with spinach in which he’d dipped pumpernickel bread.  He’d been wondering what to make for dinner earlier when Sparky knocked the onion soup mix packet on the floor.  He picked it up, looked at it and decided he felt like a treat.  He'd mixed the soup mix and some squeezed out defrosted spinach into a container of sour cream and let it set for an hour or so to let the dried onion bits moisten up nicely.  There was a series he’d been watching on the History Channel and he settled down with a loaf of pumpernickel and the dip.  He fell asleep somewhere during the third episode. Sparky had fallen asleep during the first one but BC sat up and kept watch.

At around 2:30am, BC heard the refrigerator door open. He padded quietly into the kitchen, cleared his throat and said, “Mr. Skyrgámur, we don’t have any fancy Icelandic yogurt, but there’s a nice bowl of spinach onion dip and pumpernickel in the living room if you’d like that.

The troll jumped and banged his head on a refrigerator shelf. “Ah, um, thank you. You’re not going to try to trap me and hurt me, are you? I’m nothing like my cousin Askasleikir you know. I am grateful for all the Skyr people have, and even the Amerískur yogurts are delicious.  I’m a bit overdone on sweet things, so some spinach and onion dip would be pleasant, is it Westphalian pumpernickel? I do love that.”

“Ah, no, it’s Shop-Rite pumpernickel. And I heard that last night’s Jólasveinarnir was a nice guy, so I’m kind of glad the trap got me instead of him. Clementine confessed she’d tipped him off. Well, enjoy your bread and dip, but try not to wake the guy in there. I don’t know how he’d take sharing his dip with you.”  BC walked into the living room with Skyrgámur and sat ready to distract the daddy if he woke up. 

After Skyrgámur had eaten his fill of dip and bread he waved and headed for the door, stooping to place something in each of the sneakers.  He let himself out the door, closing it quietly.  BC looked at the daddy, asleep on the couch and decided it would be more comfortable to sleep on the bed tonight.  He could spread out on a pillow or burrow under a blanket. Ultimately he decided to head under the blankets, as it was chilly. He turned and eased just his nose out from under the covers, making sure his ears could remain toasty warm under the blanket.