The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for November 23, 2012

Ewwww! TV dinners! And this is the Pennys’ idea of haute cuisine! GAH! I’ll bet they’re not even name-brand TV dinners, just some generic crap. I think I need some BB, stat!

And who do they cheat if they eat dessert first? Will it matter if some one leaves some Salisbury steak uneaten? Joy is so worried about being cheated in some way that she can’t understand, she devises rules so people can’t even cheat themselves, Just in case it would somehow be unfair to her.

Pacop… well, do you think she should leave it open?

Who else thinks Joy’s apron said something when this panel was used before? Looks like writing that’s scribbled over…. and I’ve been amusing myself trying to figure out what it said.

And who else thinks Marlene has never thrown out a dessert in her life? It’s the story she gives Dale when she gobbles both little cobblers before bringing the trays to the table

No burnt, scraped bits? No, honey, I said I overheated them..

Bravo! A three pointer for you.

Note to Joy and Burl: Never, ever throw away a bill from the IRS. They never forget and have no sense of humour about that. Ignore them too long and Guido shows up at your door.

I never eat the deserts anyway. I’m surprised they don’t eat the deserts and throw away the main course.

Fascist Food Control Freak Fanatics.

TV dinners? Gag…I used to eat them when I lived in my first apartment. Even though they have some that taste better and look more like real food, they are still poisonous. I can’t believe someone would have a dinner party with this stuff. Maybe we should have some brain bleach after-dinner drinks. lol

What you’re all missing is the fact that it’s incomprehensible that this bunch would ever be satisfied with the meager portions on a TV dinner. This is merely the warm-up snack before the “real” meal: pressure formed, pre-cooked turkey-like breast meat, casserole made with Can-O-Beans brand green beans, store brand generic mushroom soup (now with 20% real mushrooms and 15% less school paste), and Grease-O brand fried onion skin strips. Also artificial butter flavored powdered “mashed potatoes” reconstituted with tap water, semi-thawed frozen apple pie (now with 10% real apples) and imitation vanilla iced milk product. With side relish of semi-pitted green olives and cranberry flavored jelly (tastefully served to preserve the original can shape). Beverage is lemon-like flavored powdered iced tea.

I am so sick & tired of people bad mouthing tap water.Tap water is cheaper, convenient & good for you.

Where are the Thanksgiving leftovers? Oh, wait, if they went to a “free” dinner yesterday (sponsored by a charity) they wouldn’t have any.

We know JOY isn’t much of a cook…. Given her limitations…. getting TV dinners is probably a relief for Dale and Marleen…. JOYs invention does solve one of the biggest problems TV dinners present… If that is beer in the blue cans… That solves the other problem….. ! ! !

Notice that Burl is smiling. He must LOVE those Salisbury steak dinners.

I think everyone has overlooked something: Joy has control of the desserts. She can then be sure she gets the best one, or perhaps if she finishes her Salisbury steak quickly she can have ALL of them. Oh, so sorry, did you want that?

She is REALLY hoping someone will forget to ask for the dessert and she can eat it later.

As I have previously said- I will Never forget the Thanksgiving dinner when my mom had the Swansons and overcooked them so the peas were “crunchy” and my older cousin, Bruce Pusheck claimed to like the crunchy peas for the benefit of his Aunt Dottie. He was a few years older than I and this was before I took over the cooking in my family (in 7th grade). I had a call from ny kids in IL yesterday (not a Skype) ;-( and could not distinguish among grandkids- need to get them a USB extension cord for their webcam (as I use). Talking face to face is SO much better (even just for the kids).

Life’s short, eat desert first.