So as a special treat i bought a tin of sardines in tomato sauce to share between the cats. Some of them, being strays, will never have had them before.
I opened the tin, that aroma must travel fast because i was the target of a stampede. Ever try working with 5 cats vying to be fed this wonderous delight? Anyway, deboned, put in feeding bowls and scattered around the kitchen saw 5 cats that wouldn't even come up for air.
Then i noticed the bright red piece left over in the tin... That looks suspiciously like a chilli pepper. A quick look at the carton, in small print under
Sardines à la sauce tomate
Was
Au piment
Piment is french for chilli. Yes i should have read the label fully but a stroke of luck, the cats all gobbled up the chilli sauce. In fact one licked the sardines dry of the sauce and never bothered with the fish