For years, I thought I wasn’t a casserole man, myself. I thought they were all gloppy and tasted alike. Then, as I began to get into food and cooking, I came to realize it was cream of mushroom soup I wasn’t crazy about. If I sometimes seem to confuse my own thoughts with the words that come out of Arlo’s mouth, or Janis’, I hope you won’t read too much into it. After all, everything they say and do does come from me, but I am not them. Really. Well, not literally anyway.
On another subject, I’ve talked a lot here about space exploration, because as a boy I was mesmerized by the Mercury program, and I’ve never quite lost the fascination it held for me. We’ve talked about the feats of the Mars rover Curiosity and the incredible journeys of Voyager I and Voyager II, among other things. Over the years, these marvels have been, by definition, American ventures. I didn’t want anyone to think I’m being a sorehead, because I haven’t mentioned the European comet expedition. Others have talked about it here, but I haven’t given “Philae” its due. I mean, like, WOW! What else can I say? I just hope it comes out from the shadow of that cliff and comes back to life in coming months. What a tough break: send a spacecraft on a 10-year mission, land it on a comet, and it winds up in the shadow of a cliff, leaving its life-giving solar panels next to useless. We’ll be rooting for you, Philae!
Cartoonist’s note: I admit it. I went to today’s A&J on the GoComics Web site, and I didn’t get it. Then, I remembered, “Oh, yeah! Big pot, as in big tummy!” I remembered further that I had intended to go back and put the words “big pot” in parentheses, to draw attention, but I got in a hurry and failed to do so. One thing cartoonists learn (some faster than others) is, You can’t be too obvious. Obviously.
75 responses to “On a Casserole”
On the Adobe Flash Player issue, here is an article I found: http://www.komando.com/happening-now/267711/stay-away-from-this-sneaky-flash-player-malware
GR6, that pretty much is what happened during “Squirrel Week” in A&J during December 1997. The strip in question is 12-26-97. I would tell you to head to GoComics and look it up, but until the Technical Difficulties get squared away, not the best idea.
Three pots, I agree. My daughters raided all my good quality stainless steel “restaurant” pots for their own stash.
Ghost, it took me 47 years of marriage to finally get a Kitchenaid mixer on a heavy duty stand. Just in time to quit baking.
Bought my mom her first 5# of large sized 2014 pecans. She loves to shell and eat them. These are Louisiana pecans. She told me they were “just like the pecans that grew next to the well and the potato house”. Of course, neither survived even into my childhood!
Some malovent something kept popping up while I was reading comics, trying to get me to click to install faster reader or something like that. I kept closing. I need to run some of the malware defense to see if I am infected.
Love, Jackie
GR6, did you just develop the theory of time lapse cartooning? You may be up for a Nobel in Physics. New variables in the time continuum: cat feeding and butt patting.
Yahoo comics is still up. Go Comics is down.
Jackie, take your pick of these rum ball recipes: http://allrecipes.com/search/default.aspx?qt=k&wt=rum%20balls&rt=r&origin=Recipe
Evan, http://c0389161.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/dyn/str_strip/229898.full.gif
It’s a little early, but I don’t remember reading this before.
http://tonyc.com/ajarchive/xmas96/
You have to remember one thing about casseroles: just because you can make them using canned soup doesn’t mean that you have to. Making the cream sauce from scratch isn’t exactly difficult, and it makes for a much better dish. And, with Thanksgiving coming up, I’d like to add that making cranberry sauce is trivial.
sideburns, making cranberry sauce may be trivial; for Loon if freshly made cranberry sauce is not on the table there is no need for Thanksgiving dinner.
When my sister was living, she made cranberry chutney this time of year, which puts canned cranberry sauce in the shade.
Well, if the bogus Flash Player popup almost fooled Kim Komando, it is indeed sneaky. What I got came and went too fast to catch all the details, but it could very well be the same as what she showed on her web site. The scary thing is that I did not (and would not, already being suspicious of “Flash Player”) click on anything to allow a download. (Unless I accidentally hit my mouse button at just the wrong time and place.)
From what I can gather from the Symantec web site, Suspicious.Cloud.7.EP is a Trojan and can be difficult to eradicate once it gets into a computer. I’m going to run a full security scan now, as they recommend.
Yep, I remember the “St Nick of Time” series. One of my favorites. That’s when I decided what kind of man Gene would be. As probably did Arlo.
Don’t you think maybe Sideburns meant that making cranberry sauce is very easy? That’s what I assumed. About today’s comic strip, Arlo’s stomach is flat and I don’t see the connection that JJ does. What makes me wonder is the number of pots, also, and the extra door that’s opened to get more pots out ?? Confusing.
The strip with the spark jumping out of the fireplace — Ghost has an excellent solution to the story. All that bothers me is, the spark is so high up, as though it came down from the mantelpiece. Artistic license I guess.
That same message came up for me this morning on GoComics, but I didn’t pursue it, for I needed to go out and do some errands. On my return hours later, comics were back to normal. Thank heavens I’ve had none of those awful problems you folks have described! My cable provider is Comcast, which some people criticize, but I must say they have been okay for us. Along with the TV, Internet and phone, they give me all kinds of free Norton security protection, which seems to be working very well.
Charlotte, I was thinking a like bottle rocket arcing up from firebox and down on poor Arlo. 😉
Thanks for the St. Peter/St. Nick strips. I had not seen those somehow. Does the Houston Chronicle or Tulsa World either one even carry A and J? Those have been my source of comics for 40 odd years except the internet when I began to follow strips regularly again.
Cranberry sauce is not trivial. One daughter will only eat it after she has examined the sides for the ridges, while other daughter makes a gallon of the family chutney (variable recipe on her part) So for years we served canned with no chunks, smooth, canned with chunks and family chutney all at once!
Cooking turkey at her house is major ordeal, as son in law loves turkey and they usually cook several. With 17 for dinner this year (we won’t be there) they will probably eat them all. One year we were soaking one in a foam ice cooker (large cooler) out on her back porch in brine and resident squirrel chewed into the cooler but not the turkey.
Hey, JJ, that is a good squirrel/Arlo strip there for you!
Love, Jackie
Here’s some pictures from someone with a wild imagination. And waay too much time on their hands.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/11240369/Superheroes-and-sci-fi-stars-given-16th-century-makeover-by-Sacha-Goldberger.html?frame=3111242
Jimmy:
I once met John Glenn and had my photograph taken with him when I ran for political office in 1984.
One of the most memorable times of my life.
I recently drove by the space center (proper term?) in Huntsville. I did not have time to stop but I would certainly like to someday. I see on tv that they are loading dump tricks with snow. I am picturing a guy with a fire extinguisher spraying the Hindenburg.
John Glenn…the possessor of the rightest of The Right Stuff.
Miz Charlotte, I too use Norton Internet Security, although on my individual PCs rather than through my ISP. I know some people claim to have issues with it, but Symantec’s product has served me well for many years. Certainly better than three others I have used in the past, especially one generally well-regarded one that allowed a Trojan to set up shop on a desktop of mine one time.
J.J., All I can do is agree with your reaction to “Philae.” WOW
Mark, I see Wonder Woman lost her hot pants (wait, that didn’t come out right) but retained her cleavage. And Princess Leia and Snow White gained a considerable amount of cleavage. So I’d call it a net gain. 😉
The art work was pretty impressive, though.
GR6, Chuck Yeager and Joe Engle tie in my book. Chuck was first to Mach One. Joe did the only from orbit to landing manual flight control of the Space Shuttle.
I meant to comment that the 16th century damsels would appeal to Mr. Ghost and instead fell asleep for a nap. Has anyone seen those “ruched” (I think that is term) ruffles around the neck up close? They are amazing, especially considering the way laundry and ironing was done way back then, to bleach them white, get them starched and stiffly pleated.
The cat was especially amazing, as I have never gotten a cat to wear a costume, although my youngest daughter had one she used to create costumes for and get her to wear (the cat) and photograph her. Headdresses, jewelry. Seem to remember a Scarlett O’Hara one?
How many of us have actually ironed and starched stuff? Probably a lot, given our average ages!
Love, Jackie