Pickles by Brian Crane for December 24, 2024

Without a doubt, no

A dangerous question!

Turkey is my guess for Opal

I would advise Earl, to seek counsel, prior to answering that question.

You mean the one left over from Thanksgiving?

Cookies and pie.

Oh, is that what you call it?

Definitely NOT!

Pst, Earl – “Well, that goes without saying.”

I love green bean casserole.

“That too, Dear”!

Blue Chistmas for Earl.

My favorite part of the holidays is when they’re over. That would be somewhere close to Easter. Most people have taken down their Christmas decorations by then.

I look forward to my wife’s broccoli casserole.

It’s a trap!

spousal pride outweighs brotherly love

I love my sister’s green bean casserole. It’s simple but SO flavorful!

I like green bean casserole — as long as I only get it once or twice a year. Any more often than that would remove its mystique and make it just another side dish.

I love my tree the most, but always keep in mind the symbolic celebration of a humble man who shaped the world!

The perfect answer to any question of that nature is just the word, “You.”

My DIL made green bean casserole at Thanksgiving, and it was very good because she used fresh green beans, not those limp canned green beans.

So we go.

No. Just no. Please, no.

When I was a kid we always had a dish called tomato aspic at Christmas have not had it in many many years. I liked it.

However you fix them, I hate green beans.

A good laugh, thanks Brian Crane!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Run away Earl, run away while you can.

Lie Earl, Lie!

Stand your ground Earl!

What’s that strange thing in Earl’s hands? It looks like some sort of paper with news on it.

If it’s like my wife’s, oh yeah! Good stuff, Maynard!

No, it’s the baked cookies…

Earl’s favorite thing to do is read the newspaper.

Yeah…….. THAT too (insert eye roll)

No one visiting and mthey still decorated a tree? My bet is that the kids weren’t able to make it to their original plans and will pour in tomorrow.

Even at its best, green bean casserole is barely edible.

You’d think,after ALL their years together,earl would KNOW how to answer opal’s instigating questions…..

Green Who???

Nope, nope, nope. Dreadful concoction. Just another reason to dread the holidays. And a merry Festivus to one and all.

My DIL makes some really good but I can’t have it because of the carbs. Remember it though!

Do not answer that Earl…………

Yeah Opal, the entire country wakes up on Christmas morning and exclaims,“I don’t want to open presents, I want some Green Bean Casserole!”

What, no fruit cake?

green bean casserole and candied yams, 2 traditional but highly over-rated dishes

Nope, No, Noway, Nohow! I did say NOPE, right?

Even the best green bean casserole is still, well, green bean casserole.

funny how people’s tastes can vary so… imho, green beans are good for composting… and that’s about it! lol!)

With the loss of 1/2 and ornament, he could have avoided the hyphen.

Our oldest daughter makes a green bean casserole with bacon and cruchy stuff on top, and it’s really good! Certainly better than plain ol’ green beans.

Bleah.

Nooooo!!

Mmmmm…green bean casserole NOMNOMNOM

Maybe add some red beans to make it more Christmas-y. :)

Green bean casserole = toxic, paint-peeling farts.

UGH!

He prefers her Christmas cookies.

I haven’t had green bean casserole since I really learned how to cook. Especially now since I have to be careful what I eat.

Sides are fine, but I have to go along with the Old Man on Christmas Story…turkey is the focus of the feast! Add some gravy, stuffing, and cranberries, and I’m truly happy.

I say a little prayer for the poor starving vegans with their kale and tofurkey. They are like Jacob Marley: “I wear the chain I forged in life! I made it link by link and yard by yard! I gartered it on of my own free will and by my own free will, I wore it!”

I guess she decided to decorate?

Green bean casserole is yummy!

No. Definitely not that.

I read somewhere that the kitchen researcher that invented the recipe never actually made it…she was too smart for that

Whoever invented the casserole of most any kind should have been severely punished.

Green Bean & Creamed Corn casserole is a sure fire puke situation….All my life…..Still cant endure it at Eighty…..As bad as riding out a typhoon in the south China sea when you’re prone to sea sickness…Been there too…Too many times…..

I have had a really good green bean casserole. Once. It had home-grown and home frozen beans, fresh-pealed pearl onions,store-bought slivered almonds and a roux made with butter, (in which chunked-up store-bought ‘shrooms were sizzled), flour, milk and garlic. Salt and pepper. From scratch. After that, I don’t even bother to sample the usual version.

and not your sweet potato casserole either

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Nope. The closest I’ll get is cheese sauce over steamed green beans. maybe sprinkle a little canned onion over the top.