Cheeta The Chimp

Cheeta the Chimp was just a baby in 1932 when he was snatched from the jungle of Liberia by the great animal importer Henry Trefflich. That same year, Cheeta appeared in Tarzan the Ape Man, and in 1934 in Tarzan and His Mate, in which he famously stole clothes from a naked Maureen O'Sullivan, who was dripping wet from an underwater swimming scene with Johnny Weissmuller. Other Tarzan films followed, and later roles with Bela Lugosi in the 1950s. Cheeta finally retired from the big screen after the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle with Rex Harrison, whose finger he accidentally bit backstage while being offered a placatory banana. Cheeta now lives in Palm Springs, where, at age seventy-seven, he is by far the oldest living chimpanzee ever recorded.

That's the official blurb from my autobiography. That's right, after years in Hollywood acting as Cheeta in several Tarzan movies I wrote my autobiography to share the experience. I also spent some time once I retired from acting as a painter, mostly abstract. Then I decided I needed something else, something that would allow me to share a love of mine I discovered on the way to America. That is my love of food. It seems like anyone can have a food blog these days...Gwyneth Paltrow? Come on, does the woman even eat? Sorry, besides the point. The point is, I thought a food blog would be a fantastic way for me to share my love of food and recipes I've developed over the years.

I was diagnosed with diabetes years and years ago. Every morning I get my insulin but I also have to watch my sugar intake. This is why, as you may have noticed, all recipes I post are sugar-free and low-carb. I'm not going to post anything I can't eat and I've found these recipes are pretty good substitutes for the real thing. Now if someone could just make healthy cigarettes it would all be good.

Here is the link of the sanctuary's website, where I now reside. Have a look around and feel free to help Don out, he's doing a good thing for us.