Been there. You try like crazy to make it the way she likes it and she breaks out a thimble. I’m really not as hungry as I thought I was. I just ate 6 hours ago.
At least the skeptic look in the second panel is at the bowlettes and not at the pot. But the change she did was unexpected. I’d might have looked for something bigger than those.
OK, that’s her portion, the rest for ME. Never too much food, just too little time. Been using that line for some decades now… getting to take on a more absolute meaning.
Potatoes, carrots, onion and stew meat. Picked all that up yesterday for slow cooker preparation. Cold day, hot stew and a slice of yeasty chewy bread a good combination.
You generally eat less if you have a smaller plate/bowl.I prefer a smaller bowl that way it stays hot while I eat it.I like to go back for a second hot bowl.
Yep. I’m aware. I grew up on real meals – home made cookin’. My wife, not so much. So, I’ll cook a really nice dinner & my wife and kids turn up their nose at it – they’d rather have pizza. This week’s example: Stuffed pork chops with sage dressing, glazed carrots, & asparagus spears with just a dab of hollandaise sauce.
jeffiekins over 2 years ago
Janis: well, if I wanted swill by the bucket, I’d go to Starbucks!
pschearer Premium Member over 2 years ago
If that’s the worst insult Arlo’s ever suffered, he’s had an easy life.
SpacedInvader Premium Member over 2 years ago
Been there. You try like crazy to make it the way she likes it and she breaks out a thimble. I’m really not as hungry as I thought I was. I just ate 6 hours ago.
ron over 2 years ago
Smart woman considering the fumes coming out of the pot.
Dirty Dragon over 2 years ago
“Hey, I learned how to cook in the joint… I only know how to make this recipe for 60 people.”
nosirrom over 2 years ago
Janis can only stomach a little of the Irish.
Lemon Juice over 2 years ago
Fortunately Irish stew makes good leftovers. I wonder if Arlo made the real thing with lamb?
mywifeslover over 2 years ago
Well done Jimmy!
unfair.de over 2 years ago
At least the skeptic look in the second panel is at the bowlettes and not at the pot. But the change she did was unexpected. I’d might have looked for something bigger than those.
Tyge Premium Member over 2 years ago
My dear wife. That demitasse is an insult to my stew! 8^ )
ScullyUFO over 2 years ago
OK, folks, did he use mutton or beef?
95 over 2 years ago
OK, that’s her portion, the rest for ME. Never too much food, just too little time. Been using that line for some decades now… getting to take on a more absolute meaning.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 2 years ago
She is just being cautious…haste makes waste?
KEA over 2 years ago
“Don’t gimme no crummy taste spoonI know what I need” — Weird Al
trainnut1956 over 2 years ago
Whaaaaat? Arlo!!! No fresh baked bread bowls?
raybarb44 over 2 years ago
Dish me out a big one, Please……
daddo52 over 2 years ago
Antacids ready?
joedon2007 over 2 years ago
Do you think Janis sampled anything else before they were Mr/Mrs?
FassEddie over 2 years ago
Maybe just a little. Is it full of soggy carrots and gristly meat? Or venison?
flushed over 2 years ago
Potatoes, carrots, onion and stew meat. Picked all that up yesterday for slow cooker preparation. Cold day, hot stew and a slice of yeasty chewy bread a good combination.
curtlyon19 over 2 years ago
ahhhh, sarcasm
locake over 2 years ago
You generally eat less if you have a smaller plate/bowl.I prefer a smaller bowl that way it stays hot while I eat it.I like to go back for a second hot bowl.
paranormal over 2 years ago
I hope it’s not like Darrin’s client on Bewitched. They had to change the label to read Doggie Stew to sell it…
locake over 2 years ago
Those huge bowls full of stew would be pretty heavy to carry. Let Janis eat the way she prefers.
dv1093 over 2 years ago
Yep. I’m aware. I grew up on real meals – home made cookin’. My wife, not so much. So, I’ll cook a really nice dinner & my wife and kids turn up their nose at it – they’d rather have pizza. This week’s example: Stuffed pork chops with sage dressing, glazed carrots, & asparagus spears with just a dab of hollandaise sauce.
donwestonmysteries over 2 years ago
When you get older your appetite wanes.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 2 years ago
The chef always samples the food first.
Malcome1 over 2 years ago
I’m like Arlo in this regard. I raised 5 boys and a girl, and it’d make hearty stews, chili, soups. If I got a compliment it was worth the efforts.
Aladar30 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Seriously Janis????
Ermine Notyours over 2 years ago
Arlo didn’t exactly “bowl” Janis over.
[Unnamed Reader - 9b53e2] over 2 years ago
As a cook, that really is reason to be insulted.
shapmandoo over 2 years ago
It drives me crazy when that happens….but I am the one doing it.
tazmosis85 over 2 years ago
for the record, I subscribe to be “Bucket o’ Stew” approach.
Ceeg22 Premium Member over 2 years ago
But she said she was starving!