Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for August 22, 2014
August 21, 2014
August 23, 2014
Transcript:
Pig: Hey, Neighbor Bob. How goes it? Neighbor: Congratulate me, Pig! My wife and I have a kid in the oven! Pig: You shouldn't put kids in the oven, Bob. Pig: The world has lost its moral compass.
DirectionsMix smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, dried thyme, 1 tablespoon salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper in a bowl. Sprinkle some of the spice rub inside the cavity of the kid. Separate the skin from the breast meat with your fingers, starting at the top of the breast and sliding to the right and left, then working down. Massage some of the rub onto the meat under the skin. Sprinkle the remaining rub on the kid’s skin. Place the kid on a sheet tray and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight or up to 24 hours so the flavors can marry.
Set a rack at the lowest position in the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F. Remove the kid from the refrigerator to bring to room temperature. Tie the legs together and tuck the arms under. Place the kid in a roasting pan. Drizzle the outside of the kid with a few tablespoons of olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast the kid about 3 hours, or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165 degrees F. Transfer the kid to a platter, cover loosely with foil and let rest 30 minutes before carving.
I used that phrase once. A bakery van pulled up to a store across the street to make a delivery and a pregnant woman got out and took the product into the store. So I remarked that something was in the oven at the bakery.
Yo! Ooi! Hi! The seed that flowered into Stephen becoming the Scheherazade of a 1001 Puns in Three Panels can be traced back to Dilbert Classics today or for those who like going through archives the strip for 6/28/91. ..The horror…the horror…Oh, the humanity…A day that will live in…
To markjoseph125: Maybe I’ve missed something more vehement in exoticdoc2’s comments in the past, but today’s comment was about as benign as one can get while still expressing anything resembling an opinion.
YOUR comment, on the other hand, is worded in such a way that expresses extreme contemptuous dislike not only of exoticdoc2, but of all of Christianity. Your argument may have logical and scientific merit, but you presented it anything but a logical and scientific manner. You made it personal.
So to answer your final question, I’d say that between the two of you, that makes you the hater.
Sherlock Watson about 10 years ago
Quite right, Pig; kids belong in the microwave.
Red Ruffensor about 10 years ago
I’ve never heard it referenced that way, it’s always been “a bun in the oven.”
Ida No about 10 years ago
That’s why so many people are half-baked.
Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
Would it be funnier if there was a goat child in said cooking apparatus?
arye uygur about 10 years ago
@BLUSKIES “FETA”? Don’t you mean “PETA”?
oldschool434 about 10 years ago
i wonder if the kid has one of those red indicators that pop out when it is done?
Sisyphos about 10 years ago
Pig is a great-hearted soul, with no brain to match.Congratulations, Neighbor Bob and Mrs. Bob!
eddie6192 about 10 years ago
For once, that dumb Pig is correct.
Cheapskate0 about 10 years ago
Anyone seen Goat lately?
Cameron1988 Premium Member about 10 years ago
And you’re getting dumber, by the day Pig
Reppr Premium Member about 10 years ago
Literally speaking,….
Oggi about 10 years ago
Cook the kid a la Brazilian Cabrito – charcoal grilled whole baby goat marinated with chimichurri and fresh rosemary.
Observer fo Irony about 10 years ago
I suppose the kid cost less than lamb.
Mostly Water Premium Member about 10 years ago
DirectionsMix smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne pepper, dried thyme, 1 tablespoon salt and 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper in a bowl. Sprinkle some of the spice rub inside the cavity of the kid. Separate the skin from the breast meat with your fingers, starting at the top of the breast and sliding to the right and left, then working down. Massage some of the rub onto the meat under the skin. Sprinkle the remaining rub on the kid’s skin. Place the kid on a sheet tray and cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight or up to 24 hours so the flavors can marry.
Set a rack at the lowest position in the oven and preheat to 325 degrees F. Remove the kid from the refrigerator to bring to room temperature. Tie the legs together and tuck the arms under. Place the kid in a roasting pan. Drizzle the outside of the kid with a few tablespoons of olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast the kid about 3 hours, or until a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh registers 165 degrees F. Transfer the kid to a platter, cover loosely with foil and let rest 30 minutes before carving.
Strod about 10 years ago
What’s wrong with putting a kid in the oven? (On second thought, that’s too cute to eat.)
nosirrom about 10 years ago
I’ll bet Bob’s wife is an old crone and they live in a gingerbread house.
Rwill about 10 years ago
I used that phrase once. A bakery van pulled up to a store across the street to make a delivery and a pregnant woman got out and took the product into the store. So I remarked that something was in the oven at the bakery.
jud03005 about 10 years ago
Altar_Ego about 10 years ago
Wow, hate much?
Number Three about 10 years ago
I couldn’t agree more, Pig.
(Eye Roll)
xxx
robnvon Premium Member about 10 years ago
Yo! Ooi! Hi! The seed that flowered into Stephen becoming the Scheherazade of a 1001 Puns in Three Panels can be traced back to Dilbert Classics today or for those who like going through archives the strip for 6/28/91. ..The horror…the horror…Oh, the humanity…A day that will live in…
Mary McNeil Premium Member about 10 years ago
The metaphor usually refers to “a bun” in the oven.
tiggerpuff88 about 10 years ago
My compliments to Mr. Patsis – sometimes “pro-life” is simply “pro-pearl” – right, gentlemen? and I do mean “pro”… Mr. Foley.
markjoseph125 about 10 years ago
Howdy TM:
Which ones? ;-)
awgiedawgie Premium Member about 10 years ago
To markjoseph125: Maybe I’ve missed something more vehement in exoticdoc2’s comments in the past, but today’s comment was about as benign as one can get while still expressing anything resembling an opinion.
YOUR comment, on the other hand, is worded in such a way that expresses extreme contemptuous dislike not only of exoticdoc2, but of all of Christianity. Your argument may have logical and scientific merit, but you presented it anything but a logical and scientific manner. You made it personal.
So to answer your final question, I’d say that between the two of you, that makes you the hater.
ebrooks over 5 years ago
I’m a kid!
ebrooks almost 5 years ago
I presume my comments on King features sites weren’t why they shut them down, right? Otherwise we’d all be in a blacksite somewhere…
alantain over 1 year ago
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the oven!
goldengamer about 1 year ago
pigs a idiot