Frazz by Jef Mallett for February 28, 2013

The other day when my wife served me dinner I asked her, “What the heck is this?” She said, “It’s bean soup.” I said, “I don’t care what it’s been, what is it now?” Ba da boom.

Biting is an understatement.

One weapon control measure for V. P. Biden is the weapon that he keeps shooting himself in the foot.

I can’t believe we got this far with no flatulence jokes!

Only logical, Judy! Most of the comments always have little relation with the comic above them.

There have been enough Mexican-American senators that you would think at least one of them would have clued the cooking staff in on epazote.

Please, no more flatulence jokes. You’re better than that.

The same pot of bean soup has been cooking there for over a hundred years. Its served and added to, but never completely cleaned out.

@Alexikakos: thank you! My grandmother helped compile a cookbook of recipes from the Senate dining room probably 50 years ago and the Senate Bean Soup is the most famous recipe in there. Someone else inherited her copy of the book.

IF you think the bean soup anecdote is funny, read on the women’s bathroom. I forget if it’s for the senate or the house. But, something about a power play when it was proposed or constructed.

ne7minder55: I thought it was older than Mr. Sam. He was more an onion sandwich fan (ate one every night before going to bed).

Last week I learned everything I could possibly ever need to know about cashews. Could we have a recipe for cashews, please? Somebody?

Alexikakos: Rape, in the original meaning to take by force, was a weed that would invade a wheat field. Then they discovered the oil value in the seed and it became a cultivated crop. This mainly occurred in the prairie provinces of Canada, thus CANada OiL with the A for smoother pronunciation.

@Alexikakos OMG!!! (As the kids would say….) That sounds so decadent. Cashews are kind of a daily staple for me, but this would be more like a major indulgence. I can imagine lounging about with a bowl of this and a spoon. Thank you!

@hippogriff Thanks for the explanation. I’ve heard of rape-seed oil, in health-food stores; had no idea it was the same as canola.