Carbo load

by Meg on June 30, 2009

Lucy has a VERY particular palette. She is also a premiere HamsterTracker athlete. Let’s check in on the latest dishes Chef Mathijs has prepared.

Today’s menu is Pasta Primavera. Sketti al dente, bell pepper, parsley…

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…and Parmesan.

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If Lucy disapproves, she will most definitely flip her table over IN DISGUST

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A cautious, tentative taste shows proves to be…

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DELICIOUS!

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Sender-Inner Mathijs claims “It took Lucy less than three minutes to pouch it!” I shall use ‘pouch’ as a verb from now on too. More cooking adventures with Lucy and her athletic prowress over at HamsterTracker.com.

{ 80 comments }

1 Lula Mae 06.30.09 at 6:20 pm

Lady and the tramp action minus the tramp? A bit sad…

2 foxy 06.30.09 at 6:21 pm

I love the last pic especially!

3 Theo 06.30.09 at 6:24 pm

Now that is one big stinkin’ grin.

4 Lula Mae 06.30.09 at 6:26 pm

Yep, she looks happier than ol’ Ninja hamster. Maybe ‘cos the pasta is COOKED!

5 earlybird1 06.30.09 at 6:31 pm

Still, Ninja Hamster cracked me up!

6 winston 06.30.09 at 6:40 pm

Darn Darn Cute!

7 Sarah 06.30.09 at 6:51 pm

Oh, she is LOVING her sketti!
(Even if you can kinda sorta tell that the last two pictures are out of chronological order.)
I wish my cat looked that happy eating her biscuits.

8 Nina 06.30.09 at 6:52 pm

Omg guys…the last picture…eet is too mush. SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

9 Beth 06.30.09 at 6:59 pm

Eating sketti appeals to her palate. Lucy would use her palette when she is painting her next masterpiece. Just sayin’.

10 Jorden 06.30.09 at 7:00 pm

Oh my LORD so funny & dear!

11 balamuthia 06.30.09 at 7:05 pm

@Lula Mae- Thank you!!

Cute hammie eating dinner! :)

12 Leslie T. 06.30.09 at 7:10 pm

bu’ bu’ bu…. hah’ cum no wun has noted the “hamster elegantly manipulating ’sketti’ with opposable thumbs” aspect????????

signed, a Feline Fan

13 Lizzy 06.30.09 at 7:15 pm

That is one ludicrously happy hamster!

14 tracylee 06.30.09 at 7:30 pm

oh, that DOES look deelicious, little hammie!

15 chanpon 06.30.09 at 7:52 pm

This looks better than my dinner tonight. *slurp*

16 Theresa 06.30.09 at 7:59 pm

“Flip her table over”?? Of course not. She’s not Duran Duran.

17 Jenni 06.30.09 at 8:03 pm

How cute! I wonder if the pepper was hot to her or if she just snarfed it up..

18 kibblenibble 06.30.09 at 8:14 pm

Please notice in pic #4 how Lucy delicately extends her pinkie as she nibbles her pasketti! Lucy is an adorable hamster name!! And I never saw a hammie smile before, but in pic #5, she is SO smiling!! So dang Qte. Wow.

19 Kathleen in Canada 06.30.09 at 8:30 pm

Aww… now that’s one happy hamster!

20 free games for kids 06.30.09 at 8:31 pm

High class hamster!

My hamsters never get to eat food this way! lol.

I’d love to do it some time. but i think i have way too many hamsters. @.@

21 kittyadventures 06.30.09 at 8:37 pm

Lucy says Ommm Nommm Nomm

22 Shannon 06.30.09 at 9:06 pm

A hammie smile! Who knew?

23 Sarah 06.30.09 at 9:08 pm

Man, now I want to pouch some spaghetti, IFyouknowwhatImean, andIthinkyoudo.

24 tristbelle 06.30.09 at 9:10 pm

HAPPIEST NOMS EVAR!

25 Theo 06.30.09 at 9:13 pm

Sarah… I want to think that’s some kind of innuendo, I really do. But try as I might, I can’t make it work. :(

26 pounce 06.30.09 at 9:21 pm

Look at that smiling face in the last shot! What a lucky little ham!

27 Cynthia 06.30.09 at 9:49 pm

So, how come the hamster’s dinner looks better than what I had tonight? No wonder the little hamster looks so happy?

28 Mud Bug 06.30.09 at 9:54 pm

@ Sara:
Yea girl I smell what your cookin’ !

29 blair 06.30.09 at 10:18 pm

the bliss of the chef: people bleening with food hanging out their mouths

30 Subhangi 06.30.09 at 11:05 pm

Last pic: HappiHam™

31 hon glad 06.30.09 at 11:19 pm

What dedication from Mathijs, arranging such delicate meals, I’m sure Lucy would be just as happy with the contents slopped any old how.

32 the bug man 06.30.09 at 11:50 pm

Innuendo MadLibs:

“Man, now I want to (any verb) some (any noun), IFyouknowwhatImean, andIthinkyoudo.”

There’s almost nothing in those blanks that won’t sound skeevy.

33 Kar 07.01.09 at 12:18 am

Flip the table? Somebody’s been watching too much Bravo.

I love Mathijs’s recipes. That Lucy’s certainly pampered.

34 Earwig 07.01.09 at 12:20 am

De-LEEEEEEE-shous!

35 Samantha 07.01.09 at 12:40 am

Eeee! I actually squealed when I saw that last picture, so kyoot

36 DaytimeDeb 07.01.09 at 12:50 am

Oh my gosh when I die I think I want to come back as one of Mathijs hammies. Of course I hope it is a long time from now, so I guess I would be Lucy v28.0 or something like that.

37 Starlinguk 07.01.09 at 1:15 am

It’s Gouda, not parmesan.

I’m such a pedant.

38 darkshines 07.01.09 at 1:49 am

Aw, she looks like Remi from Ratatouille in the last pic :)

39 sexiibradley09 07.01.09 at 2:42 am

That hamster does look very happy!

40 meh 07.01.09 at 3:12 am

haha she threw away the parsley too!

41 Tze 07.01.09 at 3:26 am

On the second last pic she’s holding the spaghetti with her little finger in the air! She’s one refined hamstie.

42 Lena 07.01.09 at 4:21 am

O! It’s amazing! She so happy :)

43 WendyPinNJ 07.01.09 at 5:00 am

O.K. that is very cute but, WOW, some people really have too much time on their hands! And I mean that in the nicest possible way!

44 Alex 07.01.09 at 5:14 am

hehey,

nice photo’s from holland. i use the same cheese on my pizza :D

45 Starlinguk 07.01.09 at 5:23 am

Does it really say gemalen kaas? I thought it was geraspte kaas.

46 Kristabelle 07.01.09 at 6:03 am

Happy Hammie has a BEEEG smile! What a lucky Lucy!

47 Pussytoes 07.01.09 at 6:06 am

“Flip her table over?” This is not Real Hamsters of New Jersey.

48 ding 07.01.09 at 6:24 am

I just love the Tentative Sniff in the 3rd pic. And LOL at Sarah and the bug man!

49 Maria 07.01.09 at 6:46 am

Yay for all peeps who know what “kaas” is. :D

me: Dutch girl in US, used to work at Dutch cheese shop in Netherlands for 6 years..

All those customers buying tons of cheese? for their hammies. Our rat ladies (rip) also loved Gouda. and our cats (rip) too. and my American guy, too :) it may just be the most delicious cheese out there…. try eet!

50 Valerie 07.01.09 at 6:57 am

Now thats italiana! So cute I’d cook for him too.

51 maralisil 07.01.09 at 7:06 am

Is it really ok to give a hammie cheese? Other than that, it looks healthy and yummy!

52 Shannon 07.01.09 at 7:17 am

The Hammy is sooooooooo Happy

53 Pheas 07.01.09 at 7:37 am

Is she from Hamsterdam, by chance?

54 gryt 07.01.09 at 8:26 am

Now that’s a first rate hammie hotel RIGHT there! Loves the happy face in the last pickie.

55 Theresa 07.01.09 at 10:16 am

@BugMan, also anything you put in front of ” . . . Ladies . . .” :mrgreen:

56 Katrina 07.01.09 at 10:17 am

What a wonderful smile that hammie has! Ah, bliss……

57 Björn 07.01.09 at 11:51 am

That’s one happy hammie from Holland. :-) Oh, and just to nitpick, it’s “palate”, not “palette”. Sorry :-)

58 January 07.01.09 at 11:57 am

I just love that someone thought to give Lucy a party meal. What thoughtfulness!

59 berthaservant 07.01.09 at 12:10 pm

Starlinguk: What did the Pink Panther say when he kept getting corrected on annoying trivial matters by his traveling companion?

Pe-dant, pe-dant, pe-dant pe-dant pe-dant…..

Also, peeps, I call your attention to what appears to be the delighted twiddling of the fingers, palms together, in an action I call the “Montgomery,” to be accompanied by a slyly spoken and sibiliant “Exxxcccellent!”

60 Andi from NC 07.01.09 at 12:22 pm

People – you must check out the “Cooking 4 Lucy” section of hamstertracker.com – there’s a whole menu out there for her – it rocks!

61 India09 07.01.09 at 12:38 pm

Just adorable!

62 ceejoe 07.01.09 at 1:14 pm

how come lucy never gets chub-bee with all that wonderful cooking she gets? My vet told me my guinea pigs were fat – well, actually he used the professional term of “overweight.” I was like, how can you tell a guinea pig is fat??? they’re just little blobs! and I only feed them fresh veggies (in addition to their guinea pig pellets and timothy hay)…

63 Colleen 07.01.09 at 1:39 pm

That’s like triple lutz cuteness.

64 Charlie 07.01.09 at 2:06 pm

Is it okay for hammies to eat teh cheese? does it not give them a bad tummy :o it does look very nice tho, Im sure her owner knows what he is doing :D

And lol Ceejoe fat guinea peegs :3

65 sunnymum 07.01.09 at 2:59 pm

Awww, Mathijs is such a good hammy dad! Nice to see he’s still cooking up great treats for his babies. :)

66 kat 07.01.09 at 3:56 pm

i learned everything i know about making minature hamster food from Mathijs :)

67 Rooanne 07.01.09 at 4:44 pm

oh. my. goodness.

68 Hélène 07.01.09 at 8:53 pm

She looks like she’s smiling in that last pic.

69 N. Fritz 07.02.09 at 12:22 am

Does the last picture remind anyone of “Max” by Giovanetti? Anyone…? Anyone…?

70 Sarah Lam 07.02.09 at 12:50 am

Aww.. now I feel like having a hamster as a pet.. so cute.. I bet the hamster is enjoying the meal very much..

71 Nitroray 07.02.09 at 2:27 am

Really Adorable,

Greetings from The Netherlands to The Netherlands.

72 Rapwnzel 07.02.09 at 6:40 am

I hope it doesn’t give him the runs!

73 AJM1125 07.02.09 at 7:36 am

It’s fine to give your hamster cheese, just in small amounts. Mathijs is an excellent hamster dad. Probably the best out there.

74 Hamsmom 07.02.09 at 9:22 am

To the best of my knowledge – parsley is poisonous and should never be given to an animal – its even poisonous to humans but rarely gets eaten in a quantity high enough to cause problems.

75 Katrina 07.02.09 at 10:44 am

Oh, no, this isn’t the pint where somebody comments “Nobody eats parsley” it it?

76 Sweeda 07.02.09 at 9:59 pm

Makes me feel very very stingy when giving my hamster a carrot. O.o I shall never live this down! LOL!!

77 hamsterove hamster forum 07.02.09 at 10:00 pm

Luxurious!

Lucy sure is lucky to have you as an owner.

I saw the site. You even have multiple webcams just on Lucy!

She’s a lucky girl. :)

78 Emma 07.07.09 at 7:03 am

love it, needed a laugh today and you have made that happen, thanks

79 Meg 07.07.09 at 2:56 pm

This is adorable and creative, but I’m concerned about when cuteness becomes valued more than pet health. We need to consult our veterinarians and feed only what’s best for the pet (not everything they’d look cute eating is good for them, and some foods can be harmful or deadly), and give approved treats only in tiny amounts.

80 AJM1125 07.29.09 at 1:21 pm

Mathijs is a very good hamster dad. He is very aware of what is safe his for his little girl. Sadly, Lucy 3.0 passed away overnight. She had a cyst in her belly. :(

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