Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for May 21, 2021

Don’t tell me what’s in the fries.

Sunset boulevard of a starlette.

Mike is entering a new world.

Van Damme?

Haven’t you heard of veggie-burgers, Mike (ugh!)?

Don’t laugh. Lobster fishermen in some areas have given up spring catching and only scallop “fish” in winter. During the summer they are farming kelp(seaweed). One use is for cow feed.

so is this going to boost mike’s image with kim, he’s in with z lister.

You can tell this is old. Nowadays, the cheeseburgers are all seaweed.

I’ll be Dammed! It couldn’t be…

Ouch! That last panel hurt my eyes. So much L.A. all in one place, and the place is not even California. …egad

Is that a brick-phone?

Seaweed? TexMex meets Asian Fusion.

“Find out what happened to the blue seaweed. I specifically requested blue seaweed.”

Loving this early days of Kim stuff.

The customers’ bladders aren’t being sufficiently wracked.

I used to sprinkle dried dulse on a lot of things. Yummy.

i"ve read that Japanese have special genes for digesting sea weed.

Yes Mike, seaweed. used in many foods especially creamy dressings like mayo or thousand island (aka "MacDonald’s special sauce.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrageenan#Uses_and_applications

Seaweed-based non-meat “hamburgers”. Boopsie was ahead of her time!

In Asian cuisine, umami in the form of seaweed is widely used as a natural flavour enhancer.