The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for April 12, 2021

I wonder as Uncle Ted cook the rice.

I thought he was going to say “Now I just order take out from ”

What a great idea!! I’m going to try that – next time I cook spaghetti!!

/CHORTLE/

So being a born loser is genetic.

Yeah, that could work…

I wonder how many years Uncle Ted had been cooking spaghetti like that before someone clued him in.

Are you kidding me?

I wonder why that wasn’t in that book of “Kitchen Hacks” I bought.

Frankly, I learned to cook spaghetti from Lisa Douglas.

Wait a minute, you’re supposed to cook the spaghetti? I thought you were supposed to dip the individual spaghetti sticks into the sauce.

It’s why Uncle Ted is the trimmest member of the cast on this strip.

I made baked spaghetti for the first time a couple of weeks ago, it turned out pretty good, it was only mildly crunchy. (Kidding. Modesty prevents me from saying how great it really was.)

A saucy fellow, that Ted.

I wonder if that would work for french fries?

rekam – You nailed it!

Uncle Ted clearly wasn’t using his noodle.

Oh, I think we have a little “leg pulling” going on by the Uncle given the smile by Brutus. Born loser means many things, including laughing at yourself, but not stupidity….

He’s definitely messing with Brutus. Brutus got the joke though.

Ah ha ! Why doesn’t someone come up with a one pound continuous strand of spaghetti ? sold in a coil, you cook it, store it a bowl, then just cut off what you need each time.

Poor Uncle George! He must be dating Aunt Clara…

And never have any to serve since you have to throw one on the wall to see if it’s done.

Well this is an eye-opener. I had previously thought that Uncle Ted I was the intellectually gifted one in the family

You can even freeze individual servings. If you put cold spaghetti in the refrigerator, the starches crystallize and ruin the texture. Freezing stops this process before it can occur. Same with rice.