Ginko & The Giant Pile of Peach Pits

You’ve surely heard the tale of James and the Giant Peach. Well, today let me tell the the story of Ginko and the Giant Pile of Peach Pits.

It began innocently enough with the discovery of random peach pits throughout the house, over several days.

(This is the time of year when peaches from Palisade, Colorado, arrive in stores, and they are AWESOME!)

Having been married many years to a guy famous for “fruit droppings” … that’s what I call it when he leaves laying around the remains of whatever fruit he just had. Banana peels, rinds, pits … you name it, and I’ll find it sitting on any flat surface in the house.

Keep in mind he eats a LOT of fruit, so having our stash of healthy snacks dwindle quickly also isn’t unusual.

So, when the peach pits first showed up and the fruit bowl got emptier and emptier, I concluded (he would say jumped to the conclusion) that the perpetrator was indeed human, and that Ginko … never one to miss a piece of food … had nabbed the pits.

Since peach pits pose all kinds of hazards from broken teeth and choking to blockage and full-on poison (from the cyanide inside them), I was getting a little peeved.

Then, we learned the truth.

Upon our return Saturday afternoon from a spate of errands, I began cleaning house in prep for a Labor Day visit from Tom’s mom. Toward the end of my nearly 3-hour sprint through the house, I asked Tom if he could vacuum while I finished the other floors.

He tossed aside Ginko’s bed and off fell … not only a whole pile of peach pits but a couple of banana stems too.

Tom checked the fruit corner of our kitchen counter and found it bare.

Ginko … it seems … had himself quite a fruit bonanza.

So, first it was The Case of the Missing Ham Sandwich and other kitchen marauding now we’ve got a boy with a thing for peaches.

We’ll be locking up the fruit for a while. I’m just thankful he doesn’t destroy the cabinets to get to the dog snacks inside (or that he cannot open the fridge).

What’s the worst/funniest food stealing episode at your house?