The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for August 10, 2021

Like the utility trailer said, “I go where I’m towed”.

I don’t want to be told I’m invited to your house for dinner.

I have never met a woman who likes to do what she is told. And they are always right not to listen to us.

Good for Gladys!! Why should anyone tell her how to defrost a frozen meal!!

/SHMIRK/

And she never uses the oven timer, the smoke alarm will let her know when it’s (over) done.

Todays cooks don’t need a recipe book, How many ways can you cook hamburger?

Plus she can’t cook.

I’d say that even if Gladys did like cook books, she’d be a lousy cook anyway. :/

Gladys cooks by ordering take out.

Sometimes the best recipes come from no recipe. like my “Dad’s world famous chicken pasta”. It was my turn to cook and I decided to make something different. No recipe, no measurements, no set ingredients, but delicious every time. It has even evolved into “Dad’s world famous shrimp pasta”, “Dad’s world famous veggie pasta”, “Dad’s world famous grilled veggies”, and “Mom’s adapted world famous chicken pasta”.

makes me wonder how she cooks then.

i always smile to see my wife pull out one of her various recipe books when she starts to cook. she opens the book to the recipe, places the open book in the stand for reference, and then proceeds to cook without glancing at the recipe…

My wife has a bookshelf full of cookbooks and piles of magazines on all sorts of cuisine. When she cooks (rarely) she mostly picks a very complicated and untried recipe that she doesn’t have all the ingredients to prepare. I get a panic call about halfway into it to come help her (sous chef). Arguments ensue and usually the food is burned or thrown away as inedible. She is actually a good cook and baker for simple meals like I prefer, it’s just a matter of redirecting her before it’s too late.

My mother was a great baker. She wasn’t so good with meat. This confused me growing up – baking used multiple wet and dry ingredients, different steps in mixing, times, temperatures, etc.; but meat was a mystery to her – at first under-cooked, then back in/on until well done and really chewy.

Gladys has reservations!

My “cookbook” is Doordash

Indeed Brutus, indeed!

My Florence Greenburg was passed down from my grandmother… to my mum… to me… All three of us adding handwritten, personal favourites, on slips of paper…

She won’t like the new book.. transcribing all the tips and notes take too long.

She’s an improvisor; she uses what she has. That CAN be okay but if you don’t have a well stocked kitchen, you will have more failures than successes. However, I think she knows what her best meals are and has those ingredients on hand. Brutus and the family aren’t on the pudgy side because they are starving…….

Gladys’ favorite cook book is a coupon book of all the restaurants in town!

I’ve never considered recipes authoritarian, I’ve always considered them as a guide. I freely substitute or add ingredients.

Sometimes I just look in the fridge, assess what is available, and make a meal out of it. No losses so far. I once had a nice meal in a restaurant and then made it at home with no recipe. But truthfully I don’t much enjoy cooking. It’s a means to an end, but I don’t eat junk.

I am sure Gladys learned from her mother, and you know Mother Gargle never let anyone tell her what to do.

Very beleivable.

On day 42 without a car, I use what I can remember to tell my neighbor I need, when she goes shopping for her family, and picks stuff up for me. ( I think tonight I’ll have chicken nuggets and cranberry sauce.)

Gladys and I are of one mind when it comes to not liking being told what to do, but sometimes the experts know best.

From some of the comics I’ve seen referencing Gladys’ cooking, I’d say the best book for her would be something about various home fire-suppression methods.