For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for April 23, 2023

He should watch her cook.

Her buns are fresh. I hope John appreciates that.

He’d be more amazed when he sees how much weight she gained!!

As long as you enjoy the love handles that you shall never mention.

I call it “Cook’s Prerogative”!

I can relate. A good cook is always tasting, evaluating, adjusting…

As they say, “you can’t lose weight on a diet if you eat a third of a family meal ‘testing’ it…”

If this were TV, she could respond with a hearty belch!

I do hope she uses a clean utensil every time.

Oh yeah…cook it for her and watch it go down…….

Or, maybe she eats so little because she knows what it tastes like.

Bland gravy, butterless potatoes, and chocolate chips in a lemon meringue pie?

Been there, done that. Still managed to put too much salt and pepper in my stew, and the beer I used as part of the broth wasn’t robust enough to come through (hint: use Guiness or a similar stout, not an ale.)

I’m with Ellie on panel 2: Nom nom nom!

sampling stuff can do that to ya. ;)

Just a curious question for some expert cooks to answer. In the panel right after she is chopping the carrots, is that her thumb she chopped off seen right next to the cream sauce pan?

“Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them made!” ……Otto von Bismarck

Technically, the cook eats all of it. A little taste at a time.

Wow

There’s a deep, dark secret involved.

cook’s appetite

My son is the same way, except he cleans up the kitchen while cooking. He LOVES the compliments. He says that is what he enjoys instead of the meal.

That’s what happens when you taste as you go.

Quality control can be filling.

How else can a cook know if the mix is right? Although I have to say the chocolate chips are an indulgence!

I know the feeling. When I make our family holiday dinners, I’m not hungry when the meal served

I was raised with the idea that you can never trust a skinny cook.

…and still gain weight.

The bane of good and mediocre cooks everywhere.

I seldom taste the food when cooking, I go by ‘looks’, ‘smell’.

My mom was like that. (RIP)

Is this dinner just for John and Elly? Where did the kids go? And Farley should be there to help Elly with anything she drops on the floor.

If I ate like El then I would skip dinner I be too full. John watch what El does.

If he only knew.

I’m not 100 percent Canadian, but right now, I have a craving for gourmet Canadian delicacies; poutine, butter tarts, Nanaimo bars, ketchup potato chips, maple bars and Jos Louis.

He should install a hidden camera.

USN rule #2 Never trust a skinny cook. Rule #1 is never volunteer.

every cook I know does this: if you cook right, you can’t eat what you’ve cooked. the payoff is in seeing the guests cleaning their plates.

There’s a great movie that just came out on Netflix about competing chefs: “Hunger” (yeah, subtitles but it was worth it).

The inevitable result of “cook’s rights”.Well, that and weight gain.