Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 29, 2015

Expecting the 5th battalion?

I can sympathize. Just two of us at home, and I still cook like all the kids are still here.

He has to be talking about chili.

There are somethings that happen in the cooking process that just work better with quantity. I’ve made as little as 2 quarts of beef stew, but 2 gallons works much better. Same with chili.

I made it Sunday, but mine is split pea, ham and bacon soup. It…is…spectacular!…

Oh Janis, ha ha, you are so naive!

I use a 22 quart canning kettle for my chili. But I only fill it half way up. OK, maybe a little over half.

My son-in-law will make vast pots of stuff that no one wants. He might eat some now and then, and I may try to get some down for the cause. But when I’m there as de facto cleaner, I’ll wait for the magic moment when I can deep six it.

Arlo only knows how to cook for 250 prisoners.

I make about a gallon of veg soup, chili, or gumbo for the two of us three weekends out of five when it’s too cold and dark to grill (plus the weekend of each year’s last Farmer’s Market) – then freeze most of it to vary whatever I make the next weekend (the other two are usually meatloaf or pot roast).

Anything worth doingIs worth overdoing.

A sailor aboard an aircraft carrier was asking a mess hall guy about dinner.

“That was a great beef stew! Can I please have the recipe?”

“Sure! First you peel ten thousand potatoes…”

i like the frozen soups here by The Onion Crock kitchen. they taste great are just right for a single person.eazy to fix and no left overs.

The mess hall is open…..

There was a scene like this in the Beverly Hillbillies. Granny was explaining to Jethro’s girlfriend that it wasn’t a pot but the ladle.