The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for January 30, 2021
January 29, 2021
January 31, 2021
Transcript:
Granddad: Okay, fine. We won't do turkey. We'll do pork. Huey: You never heard of pig flu? Granddad: You mean something will happen to me if I eat pork? Huey: Only fever, bleeding under the skin and death within 24 hours... Granddad: Holy *%#@! Huey: ...And high cholesterol.
I, like Robert, am old enough to remember back before the sugar-industry-sponsored anti-fat hysteria drove them to breed the fat (and thus the flavor) out of pork (“Pork – the other white meat”; “America’s leaning on pork”).
I really do miss the real thing.