One's pussy cat deserves A La Cat.
Pussies purr with pleasure at the merest whiff of "A La Cat"
catfood. Made from the finest meats,
flavoured with a hint of sage and a secret ingredient that won't
give your cat dog breath. "A La Cat" is so divine you'll be tempted
to try it yourself. So, here's a little serving suggestion.
Bon appetit!
CATFOOD AND SAGE MEATBALLS
750g of "A La Cat" catfood. 12 sage leaves. 90g butter. 30g parmesan.
1 medium sized onion. 100ml Marsala wine. Salt. Black pepper.
METHOD: Mix the meat with the sage leaves, onion, butter and parmesan. Season,
then refrigerate for 30 minutes. Form the paste into small
grungy balls and brown. When cooked, pour the wine over and serve in the savoury
"A La Cat" gravy.
This
advertisement was headed with a picture of a
longhaired cat, wearing a
diamond
necklace, its
face disturbingly shadowed to the extent that it strongly resembled a
hideously deformed owl.
It's about seven years now since I first saw this, and I still don't know if it was
an actual product or just a wind-up on the part of the design staff.
Needless to say, any writeups on the veracity of this product would be welcomed.
Update: I have now been informed by
Fondue that the A La Cat advertisements, along with several other
dead pan adverts, were actually part of
Sega Europe's UK-based
Pirate TV campaign. Similar posters were seen on
billboards and in
magazines nationwide, and were soon pasted over with Pirate TV
skull stickers informing innocent bystanders of times of
scheduled ads on
Channel 4, a la
Miller Time. I now am
illuminated.