This recipe will feed 20 Papillons for 1 24 hour period (2 meals per day)

Beef And Macaroni

2 1/2 pounds ground beef
24 ounce package of small elbow macaroni
2 quarts water

Blend ground meat into the water
Bring to a boil and then add noodles
Check to make sure the noodles are still covered with water as they swell when they cook. Serve without draining

Contributed by Chris Watkins

This recipe will feed 20 Papillons for 1 24 hour period (2 meals per day)

Beef and Oats

2 1/2 pounds of ground beef
1 gallon of water.
4 cups of regular rolled oats

blend the meat into the water in a large pot

boil the meat and water until the meat is cooked.

Add oatmeal and stir occasionally until the oatmeal is cooked.

Contributed by Chris Watkins

This recipe will feed 20 Papillons for 1 24 hour period (2 meals per day)

Cheese and egg sandwiches

1 20 ounce loaf whole grain sandwich bread
1 cup grated cheese
24 eggs,
4 cups of milk

coat baking dishes generously with cooking oil. I can fit this all into 2 of the larger Pyrex brownie pans.

Lay down 1 layer of whole grain bread.

Sprinkle cheese over the bread.

Top the cheese with a second slice of bread.

Mix eggs and milk and pour over the sandwiches and top with remaining cheese.

Bake at 350 degrees until the egg mixture has set into a custard.

What you end up with is a cheese and egg sandwich. 1/4 of a sandwich is one serving. If dogs are fed together, you will need to cut the sandwiches up quite small. A dog fed separately could be given the quarter of a sandwich. They can handle the sandwich, but a big chunk is too easy to steal if dogs are fed together.

Contributed by Chris Watkins

This recipe will feed 20 Papillons for 1 24 hour period (2 meals per day)

Crock Pot Roast and grain

2 1/2 pound boneless roast
1 cup pearl barley
3 cups of a cracked corn whole wheat mixture.

Put it all in the crock pot and cook overnight.
When it cools, shred the meat. Pay attention to how much meat is given. 1 portion is just a few shreds.

Contributed by Chris Watkins

This recipe will feed 20 papillons for 1 24 hour period (2 meals per day)

Burger and rice

2 1/2 pounds ground beef, use the cheaper grind that contains fat. The dogs need some fat in their diet
1 gallon of water
4 cups raw brown rice

Place water into a sauce pan, using your hands, break the meat all apart in the water, so you get a sludge of meat and water.
Add the raw rice, cover and simmer for 30 minutes until the rice is done. Timing stats when water begins to boil.

Contributed by Chris Watkins

A Dog’s Eye View of the 400th
by Puff the Papillon

The Queen expressed some disappointment that Captain John Smith was not given enough glory by the planners of Jamestown’s 400th anniversary, so naturally my human decided that I must dress in costume as Captain John Sniff to honor that long ago founder of the famous town down the road. Now that may seem like a normal thing to do – if anything about my home life could pass for normal – but it has presented some uncomfortable problems.

I’m always having to dress for some occasion or another. When my human was on a panel at a mystery convention, I had to go along dressed as Sherlock Bones. The costume wasn’t bad, but if I ever meet the dastardly dude that thought up that deerstalker hat with brims in both directions, I may give him an imprint of my teeth as a reward.

I didn’t mind going along for the opening of the Blackbeard Festival in Hampton. That pirate may have been a bad dude about stealing and hurting people, but he really had a nice clothing sense. I delighted in the black satin, magenta silk, real Swiss lace and gold braid of my outfit as Blackeared the Pirate.

But my human’s latest idea is making me itch. First of all, this daring character of such significance to the area in which I live might have been brave and all that, but he had no concerns for comfort when he chose his clothing. He clanked around in a metal breastplate and metal helmet, a shirt that seemed to be made of coarse linen, and pants that were made of some even coarser woven material that resembled sandpaper. It is no wonder this fellow was always fussing with the casually and comfortably dressed Indians and frowning at everyone. The high starched collar that was supposed to keep that metal cage around his chest from cutting into the back of his neck is scratchy and a terrible aggravation to my tender ears.

My costume designer, Donna Jacobson, has a day job with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, so naturally she wanted me to appear in authentic garb. I had to put my foot down about metal helmets and breastplates however. My beautiful white coat is not going to be afflicted with rust rash if I have anything to say about it. So if you journey to Williamsburg for the festivities connected with Jamestown’s 400th anniversary and you see this handsome little Papillon dressed in a gray felt hat and gray leather breastplate, stop over and say hello. I may not be totally authentic, but at least I don’t clank when I move.

Submitted by Jean Keating