Peanuts Begins by Charles Schulz for June 24, 2018

then how, Violet, was the mud gathered? oh, wait… shovel (first panel) and watering can (third panel)

I recall MAD Magazine ‘taking the piss’ out of “Untouched By Human Hands”; monkeys were doing the work. ;)

Just a scam to jack up the price of mud pies

Uh, since when has dirt been sanitary? According, to the environmentalist, it ain’t.

Not sure about then, but in a modern context, this is actually a brilliant commentary about how people freak out over germs, especially people handling food with their bare hands. While it is usually a health board regulation in most places in America that finished food (ie food that won’t be further cooked) must be handled with gloves, that’s just a knee jerk reaction that makes people feel better, it doesn’t actually equate to food safety. A guy who wears one pair of gloves the whole day never changing them, even after using the restroom (which I’ve seen), is infinitely more of a health risk than someone touching with their properly washed bare hands. And yet the latter is a health code violation, and would gross people out. And in the former case, people would see he’s wearing gloves and think they’re safe…

Violet’s next innovation will be “fresh ground” coffee.

Is that like sanitary napkins?

You might like to try “raw” water.