Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for December 16, 2023

it’s a topic for a whodunit

Put cheese sauce on it, most everything is better with cheese sauce.

I deliberately don’t eat it.

It’s cruciferous. I don’t blame Jesse. I’d approach a vegetable that gases my guts with caution too.

But I love cooked cauliflower.

The need to first scoop up his butterfly net and pith helmet always slows Jesse’s trek to the table.

Im right behind ya Jess, right behind ya.

If he sneaks up on it slowly and quietly enough, maybe it won’t know he’s there and he can skedaddle without eating any.

There’s always the hope he might die before he gets there.

…hoping she will eat his too before he gets there.

Hey, Calvin has seen this green stuff before, and he was almost swallowed by it! (well, that’s my story and I’m stickin to it)!

I love cauliflower!

With a side of broccoli and asparagus

“Slowly he turned, step by step, inch by inch…” ッ

Jesse’s approach is merely cautious, based on his very persistent memories of Maggie’s “world-famous” bean-broccoli-and-cabbage omelette.

Maggie couldn’t wait for Jesse, there’s a slim possibility she might devour his portion as well if he dallies just the right amount.

Good morning Balladeers!

Cauliflower is on Jesse’s flatu-list.

Very wise Jesse. You should never just barge into a plate of cauliflower.

Almost seasonal :)

I can’t eat cauliflower so my plate gets empty faster.

jesse thinks to himself, now we’re cookin’ with gas…

I hear ya, Jesse!! (my mom used to cook that stuff…thank goodness my wife doesn’t like it!)

It’s no use, Jesse! Resistance is futile. Maggie will assimilate you!

He heard her cooking it; he’s got cauliflower ears.

Mine is rapid and panicked. In the opposite direction