I don’t have a lot of time this morning; it’s a travel day for me, and I must get an early start. I did want to leave you with this, one of my favorite “cooking” strips. Readers don’t have to wonder where I got this idea!
Cooking Lesson
By Jimmy Johnson
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357 responses to “Cooking Lesson”
Good morning Villagers….
Andrew and Brooklynne Rose must have stayed at a friend’s house (surely he wouldn’t have stayed in his trailer with no electricity and water)….anyway, Brooklynne had a ballgame early this morning and with the price of gas he would be making two trips.
Lily…you and I would have had a ball doing those ‘runways’…..I love to dance.
GR 😉 everything I do is magic and comes naturally 😉
Jackie….you and I could alone fill this blog with horror stories….my Mom also decorated the reception halls….brides from hell, then there was the mother of the bride….need I say more?
Well…ya’ll have a happy Caterday…..
later……………..
Jerry, you are funny 🙂 Glad you are feeling better
NONE OF MY COMICS ARE COMING UP….COMMENTS ARE….
Photos on TV of Soldiers placing American flags at the graves sites at Arlington. Very emotional.
Happy first day of summer season. Party on!
No no, Ghost, *this* version!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeJ55sUacPM
What is sticking up behind the couch in today’s online comic [Sat.]?
Good morning, Villagers!
Ghost, I am not bad, but the things in my dreams are
emb: Regarding that defense bill–real science is the result of hypotheses and relevant experiments that can be replicated by other people, as you well know. Politics is a matter of opinion and consensus. We should never confuse the two.
emb, it’s a Tiki torch. Love the current strip, it really hits a nerve for those of us who look forward to the warm months!
Debbe, then there was the mother of bride who deliberately ordered the BIGGEST orchid I could procure. I explained it might be huge, 12-15 inches across. She WANTED it! Mother was about five feet tall and extremely busty.
About 2 a.m. and I am working on orchid, which no one else would so much as touch. One of my designers who was quite religious said, “Well, if Jackie collapses before she gets the altar piece done we can just plop Paige in the chalice.”
It literally went from boob to boob.
By the way, Mike Shelton/Skelton? who draws “Two Cows and A Chicken” used to draw a strip that was set in a flower shop that totally nailed florists, brides, mothers and all things floral. I think it was printed in book form/collection and I never ordered it. Darn!
Love, Jackie Monies
OK, it is Mike Skelton with a K who draws “2 Cows and A Chicken” and is one crazy dude!
His nightmares must be fun to live in.
Went to his website and he does NOT list the florist cartoon strip among his work but it was in Florists Review magazine for many, many years. I have been known to buy greeting cards he draws because I think he is so funny.
Present company excepted, he is a favorite of mine. It is hard to maintain that manic pace which I greatly admire.
I would most definitely buy A & J greeting cards but that is probably another whole can of worms.
Love, Jackie Monies
Senior moments and days— sigh! It is STEVE Skelton, who draws “2 Cows and A Chicken” and also an comic called “Loose Nuts”. But I still cannot remember the name of the strip about florists nor the name of book.
Old age is not for the faint of heart nor weak of mind.
Love, Jackie Monies
Jackie, go to GoodReads and searchh Mr. Skelton as an author. They will list all his published works. Then buy it on Alibris
Mark: Thanks. I remember seeing them in the Keys and on the Big Island, but that’s a while back.
Trucker: “. . . real science is the result of hypotheses and relevant experiments that can be replicated by other people, as you well know.”
That convenient definition invalidates all or most paleontology, astronomy, geology, climatology, medicine, and field biology [including ecology], as well as science which cannot be done for ethical reasons. Ken Ham, one of America’s leading creationists, says it this way: “You cannot study the past.”, because you cannot go back in time. It also, science or not, invalidates all history and much of the rest of the humanities. After all, prove to me that Thomas Jefferson actually had a hand in writing the Declaration of Independence. There’s no logical reason to accept that a document is what people claim it to be. ANY document. I say that as an active, tithing churchgoer who therefore has a theological view that cannot be tested scientifically, but who has no trouble with that.
So I don’t “well know” such a know-nothing view of science, or academia in general. Peace, emb
OK, Jean dear, I get it. You prefer the bubble-bath, candle, glass of wine version of “Red Red Wine.” 😉
Thanks, Jackie, for pointing out that I have something in common with a giant orchid…I myself have gone from boob to boob many times.
And Lily, I meant you’re bad in a good way. 🙂
Jackie, is it “Bloomers?”
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7757183-the-bloomers-gang-tells-all?from_search=true
“What flower shop doesn’t relate to the madcap antics of Bloomer Floral? That’s why we’ve compiled our favorite Bloomers cartoon episodes into this fun new book. Episodes are organized into sections according to holidays and events for easy reference. A great way to lighten the mood after a hectic day. Makes a wonderful gift for that special florist. Soft cover. 102 pages”
This weekend is the beginning of the “season” here on the lake. From Labor Day to Memorial Day the permanent residents have it more or less to themselves. In the summer the “weekenders” as they are called arrive to barbeque and party and drive fast boats and personal watercraft.
Todays A & J real time reminds me of that momentous occasion when our local merchants finally get a chance to break even perhaps? It is hard to survive on a three or four month fiscal year. When Gus and Marylou complain about the summer people and resent them a little, you know it is with mixed emotions.
This is me dreading driving into town! I have learned to never, ever go put in your boating regatta permit application at the lake’ Corps of Engineers offices until AFTER they have finished dragging the lake for bodies.
If you are out on the water this weekend, wear your PFD, drink responsibly and have a designated driver on water and land. If you stay on land, watch those fires and don’t burn anyone or anything down, including yourself. And fireworks!!!!
Love, Jackie Monies
Thanks Lily. That’s the one, a very funny strip by the way that is no longer being run so far as I know.
Will order it as soon as I get back from town with ingredients for peanut pasta (Oriental) which we eat on whole grain protein enriched pasta.
Can’t buy bean sprouts closer than 120 miles unfortunately.
Love, Jackie Monies
Loose nuts? Best tighten ’em snug, least they roll away.
No prob, Jackie. Or you’re welcome I should say. Villagers must stick together. Bon appetite!
Jackie, sprout your own beans. Use to do it in college. Place beans on paper towel in a jar. Mist to moisten and then kept moist. When sprouted place in refrigerator. Enjoy.
What kind of beans would you use?
Loon, I have done that. Back in the day I also made my own yogurt before it became widely available at every convenience store! I actually have bean sprouting jars and seeds but Lord knows where anything is stored right now in my boxed up house.
Used to buy my sprouting beans from Johnny’s Seeds, that old used to be hippy company.
Think Whole Foods and similar have them now.
Love, Jackie
Lily- mung beans are commonly used but you can use just about anything like cress or mustards or broccoli. The sprouts will obviously look different depending on which you sprout. Great on sandwiches, in salads, as garnishes in soups, on sides of entrees, eggs.
Food network chefs call them micro greens now I think?
Go to “sprouting seeds” category on Johnny’s Seeds (Martha Stewart likes their seeds for her gardens) Don’t use seeds intended for planting which may have chemicals on them.
If you want to make your own sprouting jar, take any big open mouth jar and put the seeds inside, put water in to swirl around, put an old stocking or net across mouth of jar, fasten with rubber band around the mouth and drain. You need to do this daily to rinse the seeds and keep moist.
Love, Jackie Monies (who just ate a big bowl of tabouli to offset the pimento and cheese sandwich but it was whole grain bread!)