The Dinette Set by Julie Larson for June 30, 2012

I was pondering yesterday’s panel and it occurred to me that Ms. Larson may have been (good-naturedly) mocking the posters on this forum.

Though I’ve just begun posting I have been lurking for a long time and I’ve noticed that some posters seem to find cache in being the first to post. To do so would require getting here early. This is silly of course and certainly beneath me :)

Just a thought.

The “Don Rickles” of Crustwood.

Good Morning Crusties

I’m trying to figure out that oven arrangement….

Love Ma’s ‘butt’.

Oh, I didn’t know there were rules to being first! LOL! BTW, I love the ‘Diet Reminders’ on the ice box door. That sure explains a lot!

Moi, the French Chef.

@JulieDid you really have to put the find it there? Some of us are were eating you know.

I’m glad to know that cherry pie is a fruit. I’ve known for years that ketchup is a vegetable. Now we need to sanctify chocolate and Irish whiskey.Considering how Burl feels about Ma, I’m surprised that he hasn’t given her a little push. Although, it will take more than a little push to move that huge blob.

Mornin’ Crustwood citizenry ….

Like Marg, I can’t figure out that kitchen range…. The stove looks like the hood of a giant Chevy pick-up with one of those open hearth clay oven domes where the windshield should be.

Meanwhile…. Ma! The goat’s in the garden…. and it’s taking away my appetite.

If you don’t have Ma in your kitchen, and you want to put up a diet reminder, you can use everything from sticky notes to small mirrors, talking magnets to skinny high school pictures…but one of the best incentives to quit eating I have EVER seen on a refrigerator door is Joy’s note that says “Check for mice!”

Mikie…. chocolate and Irish whiskey are already hallowed, by their very nature.

And X, I almost always see the last comment…. unless you go back and post on a day before yesterday..

Forgot to say… long ago, in a town much like Crustwood, I knew a woman who actually made that “Mock Apple Pie” out of Ritz crackers.The recipe was on the box for years…Nasty, damp, gummy, too sweet …. and at the same time, very salty (sorry, apple pie is not salty!) Did I mention nasty?Nasty nasty nasty.

Let’s hear it for hot ovens.

growing back bushier…..cool! now he’s got something to look forward to

My X shave all the hair off his head once in hopes it would grow better ;-(

Not sure what one note says about ice trays. Maybe it’s just because most people don’t use them because there is no full size frig without an icemaker (using tap water). Pet peeve of mine because I only use THAT ice to blanch things I am freezing.

I make iice for my drinks with the purified water – I refill my 1 gallon bottles, 10 at a time ;-D

It has been over 100 all last week. When you walk across an asphalt parking lot you can smell burning nose hair.

Does Ma have asbestos hands? How is she taking that pie out of a hot oven?

BURL is in MA’s blast zone….He better be ready to move it…. or he will be the next one to have his facial hair burned off….. ! ! !

Byzcath — Maybe your mom was a better cook than my friend’s friend…

But even if someone can make a half-decent pie out of Ritz crackers (maybe by quickly rinsing off the salt and sprinkling a little sugar, instead of soaking the whole thing in sugar syrup?)…the real problem is there are no apples in it, …. no apple flavor at all….so why not just call it “Ritz Cracker pie” and not set yourself up for comparisons? Or….. why not just spend the three bucks on apples instead of crackers?I guess crackers were cheaper back then…. but so were apples.Wonder whether it ever made economic sense.LOL

One would think she would be glad she didn’t have to shave! :-D! I wonder, does she shave her arm pits?

Maybe since she has discovered this secret, she will shove her underarms in the oven too?

Sorry I just could not resist that! :-D

@Scarlet, I’d rather pay 35cents a gallon for my refills (with ultra-violet and many other filter stages than just RO) than buy and maintain all those filters myself.

Yet another lame comment by the little bully…..