Pickles by Brian Crane for January 09, 2019

I wouldn’t be complaining. I hated tuna helper.

Are you sure? Have you generally watched her make it?

not unless she’s been using one big can that equals two small cans

That vile deed must not go unpunished.

That’s one way of looking at it. The other is that she’s giving twice as much helper as most people.

Once a week for 40 years is 2,080 extra cans of tuna in the next casserole!

Gramma lived through the depression, that’s clear.

Just have a box of your favorite pasta and make your own helper from scratch. Most helper has very little flavor so you always have to add to it. Thus the reason for making it from scratch ;-)

She’s trying to stretch out the tuna…unless you can afford to buy mulitple cans!

Maybe that’s why Muffin is so fat.

Grounds for divorce. Well, that and her coffee

The reason you need two cans is because each can is half water.

Tuna doesn’t need help

It would be better with 0 cans.

Careful Earl. She might start making it up with Tuna Feast cat food.

I remember watching Welcome Back Kotter back in the day when Gabe said something about his uncles (I think) tuna noodle casserole and not really liking it. All I commented was “ya”. I don’t remember having it again.

Looks like he may be getting Shorted more in the near future !

If she’s been making tuna helper she’s been shorting you on good food all this time!

I quit eating tuna casserole many years ago.

It’s good! Tastes a lot like salmon.

She was just trying to cut down on the mercury, Earl!

I remember trying Hamburger Helper when it first came out. I came to the conclusion that it was an overpriced way of adding spices and thickener to meat and I’d be better doing it myself! The only thing it was “helping” was the manufacturers’ stockholders.

Careful,Earl.She may fix your next tuna meal with a can of Muffin’s food ;)

Busted! What is Opal’s reply going to be, assuming she has one tomorrow?

Earl is fishing.

Trying to save a buck…

If this is a comic strip, what’s comic about it?

Eddie: I don’t know why they call this Hamburger Helper. It does just fine on its own.

I buy my tuna with extra mercury and microplastics.

Watch out. Next time you’re going to get anchovies.

Originally it did call for just one can.

Earl knew there was something fishy about Opal’s tuna!

She probably boiled the water with one of his old socks, and He never knew the difference…

You’re welcome to make it yourself Earl.