Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 17, 2016

Well, that’s a start.

Well done, Gene! Sometimes that first step eludes me.

The quality of your toast can make or break your day.

I guess we can cancel the fire brigade then.

Mmmm. Really good toast. With just the right amount of butter. Maybe almost too much raspberry preserves??? (Although apricot or peach goes pretty darned well with it too). Then I can start thinking about a real breakfast!

Huh, a control freak.

A toast to Gene……

the Toast of the Town.

But by 5:00 pm, gene is toast.

Again, i miss being able to post a link.https://youtu.be/5BPwe4s3bpE

Little steps. Lead to many more, and no tellin’ whatcha can do.

That should at least control his day until lunch time. Sandwiches can be tricky.

@pcolli,Reply isn’t working for me right now.I thought I would throw a wrench into the works by stating that a grilled cheese sandwich is hell if you try to make it in a toaster.

The toast was fine, unfortunately the butter got away from him and ended up on the wall……..sigh

*Toaster Oven.

OMG…!!! Didah seas RED droppin buy yestidy withouT a resurvayshun at teh TIKI..??? (yaLL nose heez gotta tabel of hizown bak buy teh JooKboks under teh “Pride Ann Joy” memoriaL SRV Velvut Painting….)Gud ta seas ya RED…!!! Oh, an mehbe we kin get Ess… er “MIST” ta drop buy an us elders of teh oDur of teh TIKI (wit Dog, an Ling via geosynKrunus SaddLe Ite) kin rays a few an share sum BS BS… Jus sayin… Yes yew wimens kin join in tew… butt tehrs onLEE sew mutch Rhum at teh tabeL… (didja catch that LING,..? )

I really don’t think that this cartoon is funny!-By me, if I can start the day by doing something positive like making the toast pop up and toasted properly that is reason to celebrate!!

I sent this toon to my wife. She sent me back this:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vs55Z7t7bk

It could be worse.

He could be brandishing a spoon!

https://youtu.be/vVwWSVb1CPQ

pcolli…. to add to what Happy said….

 

“Grilling” in the US is generally called barbecuing in the UK….

and in parts of the US, it’s “grilled” if plain, “barbecued” if grilled with a spicy sauce,

 

In other parts of the US, “barbecued” means smoked and slow cooked…,

in a smoker, a brick oven or a pit, usually with a dry rub.

The Monkey and I had some confusion at first about the yak ribs.

 

What you call “grilling” … indoors, underneath the heat…. we call “broiling.”

 

And to make it really confusing, the term can vary with the food…..

Cooking in an open pan with a small amount of fat is called sautéing…

except if it’s an egg, or beef, or pork, it’s called frying,…

but not fish or chicken, unless they’re coated with something starchy and you use more fat.

 

And if it’s a cheese sandwich you fry in that lightly greased pan, for some unfathomable reason,

it’s called “grilled cheese.”