This thread reminds of Viktor Belenko, a Soviet pilot who defected to Japan with a MiG-25 in 1976.
From an interview with him in 1996.....
Later, when I discovered the super-market was real one, I had real fun exploring new products. I would buy, everyday, a new thing and try to figure out its function. In Russia at that time (and even today) its hard to find canned food, good one. But everyday I would buy new cans with different food. Once I bought a can which said dinner. I cooked it with potatoes, onions, and garlic it was delicious. Next morning my friends ask me, Viktor, did you buy a cat? It was a can of chicken-based cat food. But it was delicious! It was better than canned food for people in Russia today. And I did test it. Last year I brought four people from Russia for commercial project, and I set them up. I bought nibble sized human food. I installed a pâté, and it was cat food. I put it on crackers. And they did consume it, and they liked it. So the taste has not changed. By the way, for those who are not familiar with American cat food. Its very safe; its delicious, and sometimes its better than human food, because of the Humane Society."