Usually I get Lettuce For Lazy People — handy bags of washed and torn lettuce, packed with nitrogen, ready for dropping into a bowl and splashing with oil and vinegar. But the Finsters get a nice, fresh, whole leaf of organic lettuce every day, usually romaine. Yes, the birds eat better than I do.

Since the Finsters only like the bigger, outside leaves, I end up with the hearts of the lettuce taking up room in the vegetable drawer of the refrigerator. So every now and then I dust off the lettuce spinner and put it to work.

Since Peanut is so good at flicking things like paper strips and corn, he decided to flick the pieces of lettuce from the spinner into the bowl. He was pretty good at it, even on the first try! I didn't get any action pictures, but you can click here for a bigger version.

P.S. Turns out it was good I didn't mention this to Bruce. He was a bit taken aback at the thought of the bird playing with his food. Probably not the best idea, but it's not like birds have spit. Besides, it's a great game!