…I feel like there should be some specific, Italianate plural for one pepperoni. A pepperono? Like paparazzi, plural; paparazzo, singular. Maybe a pepperonum, like media/medium?
Or maybe I should just say “slice of pepperoni” like a regular person and go to bed.
P.S., Speaking on behalf of all of us who choose to not eat mammals, the dried fruit is definitely appreciated in addition to the crackers and cheese.♥
For several years I’ve been dragging around the phrase “putting the cute in charcuterie”. Only time I’ve gotten to use it organically was when a bunch of us went to a Korean place where you grill your own meat at the table.
I love Elvis’s little paw-pat in panel 6. Also, about the chyron: Claw game? Is that the grocery (or whatever) store thingy where you put money in and try to grab something with a metal claw?
I make a much smaller selection of cheese and sausage and have it with my martini on the weekends. The sausage comes from the Volpi Company (https://www.volpifoods.com/), and the cheese comes from the Wine and Cheese Place. After all, what is a cocktail without a nosh?
P.S. Marigold?
P.P.S. Elvis is right. Nobody eats dried fruit; it is collected throughout the year and given to Fruitcake makers in November for final disposition.
Goldie is Marigold! I’d forgotten! My fave part of today’s strip is the solemn Siamese, “I will keep your secrets,” and the Woman holding Elvis in panel 8.
A lot to love in this one. Many have noted the reminder of Goldie’s full name, but Elvis’ unwavering support and Puck’s charcuterie caper are also great. That is just pure delight on his face in the last panel!
I’ll stick to my simple cheese platter. Living in Plymouth WI I have 4 cheese factories within 2 miles of my house. And a few short miles to the NE is Johnsonville. My platters usually consist of Johnsonville summer sausage, Sargento cheese and some Ritz or Townhouse crackers. Oh and my platter is plastic from the dollar store
I thought today’s discussion would be about how to pronounce Charcuterie and experience of charcuterie boards forthwith, instead it is about Judy Blume and Aunt Flo. LOL I love how Georgia’s comic strip generates tons of comments on just about everthing. And we learn new things.
I love the look of pure glee on Puck’s face in the last panel!
Off topic: Smudge caught a bird the other day and dropped it, most sincerely dead, on my foot. For some strange unknown reason, he was miffed when I buried it in the back next to Yum Yum.
I took French in high school. For some reason the pronunciation was easy for me. The curse is the reflex French pronunciation of words like “charcuterie” that have been adopted in English. If I’ve heard the American pronunciation I’m ok but if not I get in trouble.
My dad my my baby sister a charcuterie board for this past Christmas. FAR cheaper than going to a home goods store and buying one. And it looked better too. He used firewood that he cut into boards and lined up the grain to give it a beuatiful apperance.
Ericka (pictured) kept my secrets, but only because we didn’t have Internet, cell phones, et al. during her lifetime. Now, I’m sure she’d be on some cat channel with videos of me.
I could never make an antipasto/charcuterie/sharkcuteree. One for the board, one for me. One for the board, two for me. One for the board, three for me … ad nauseam …
I do wonder if she was a licensed librarian.She was about 110 years old, and very protective of “her” library. She’d been the high school librarian for some time I guess, she probably didn’t have all the training that a newly hired librarian would have had (and remember this was about 60 years ago). She was of a generation that thought girls and boys were two separate species, and that children in general were not totally human. I had a run in with her again when I was in 10th grade and checked out Ivanhoe (the unabridged edition with ALL the footnotes). She informed me that it was only for seniors in the advanced English class and that she would not let me renew it when the first 2 weeks were up. I read it in a week.
Ahsum about 2 years ago
Sunday Funday
Le'letha Premium Member about 2 years ago
Run, Pucky! Run like the wind!
Le'letha Premium Member about 2 years ago
…I feel like there should be some specific, Italianate plural for one pepperoni. A pepperono? Like paparazzi, plural; paparazzo, singular. Maybe a pepperonum, like media/medium?
Or maybe I should just say “slice of pepperoni” like a regular person and go to bed.
Robin Harwood about 2 years ago
Her full name is Marigold?
Robin Harwood about 2 years ago
Never eat anything you can’t pronounce. Or dried fruit.
marilynnbyerly about 2 years ago
That’s the happiest I’ve seen Puck in a while. Pepperoni will do that.
deadheadzan about 2 years ago
Got the pepperoni off the shark-cuterie board! And Pucky makes a dash for it!
Olive O'Sudden about 2 years ago
Sounds to me like a place to bring your less-than-adorable sharks for lessons in how to be more squeeable.♥
Olive O'Sudden about 2 years ago
P.S., Speaking on behalf of all of us who choose to not eat mammals, the dried fruit is definitely appreciated in addition to the crackers and cheese.♥
Ricky Bennett about 2 years ago
Puckeroni!!!
dmah Premium Member about 2 years ago
Did anyone else get the reference to Judy Blume’s Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, or am I overthink things again?
Kitty Katz about 2 years ago
Meanwhile, Back on the Nile
Thomios: Uncle Floof and I have put together this special honey and cheese tray.
Floofnet the Joyous: Please enjoy the new honey made from Trevor-Hotep’s new line of Meese Sunflowers.
Lupinium: It’s an unusual gold color.
Puckmosis: What an amazing flavor. It starts out tangy, almost sour, but then has the most delicious sweetness.
Beatrixia: It reminds me of something. Or maybe that’s someone.
Puckmosis: Why are they called Meese sunflowers?
Uncle Floof: Here is an example of one. Notice the large, puffed out flower.
Thomios: And the sour and sweet flavor.
Enter Elvis-Anum
Elvis-Anum: I like this new honey. It seems sweet and dignified at the same time.
WelshRat Premium Member about 2 years ago
Elvis T. Distraction.
dadoctah about 2 years ago
For several years I’ve been dragging around the phrase “putting the cute in charcuterie”. Only time I’ve gotten to use it organically was when a bunch of us went to a Korean place where you grill your own meat at the table.
Aspen_Bell about 2 years ago
Does anyone else remember the mail-order gourmet cheese catalogues? The pages had a particular scent.
ikini Premium Member about 2 years ago
I love Elvis’s little paw-pat in panel 6. Also, about the chyron: Claw game? Is that the grocery (or whatever) store thingy where you put money in and try to grab something with a metal claw?
Gent about 2 years ago
Me not understand this at all.
Olive O'Sudden about 2 years ago
Pepperoni Pucky, yum yum yum!♥
222jo about 2 years ago
Thank you OPs. Without your comments much of today’s strip would have flown over my head. Although I still enjoyed it.
cat19632001 about 2 years ago
I will keep my cats’ secrets and I trust them to keep mine.
Jungle Empress about 2 years ago
Sharks are cute. I approve of this boutique.
Incidentally, I recently discovered the Baby Shark song. It’s been stuck in my head ever since.
cat19632001 about 2 years ago
So is there a special occasion for the cute shark cheese plate?
bonita.eley about 2 years ago
I once had a full fish fillet on my plaate but just as I sat my cat snatched it
Uninspired Artist about 2 years ago
Honestly though, dose anyone eat the dried fruit in the cheese plate?
rs0204 Premium Member about 2 years ago
I make a much smaller selection of cheese and sausage and have it with my martini on the weekends. The sausage comes from the Volpi Company (https://www.volpifoods.com/), and the cheese comes from the Wine and Cheese Place. After all, what is a cocktail without a nosh?
P.S. Marigold?
P.P.S. Elvis is right. Nobody eats dried fruit; it is collected throughout the year and given to Fruitcake makers in November for final disposition.
Ed The Red Premium Member about 2 years ago
So many good jokes here. This could’ve been a whole week of comics.
DorseyBelle about 2 years ago
Goldie is Marigold! I’d forgotten! My fave part of today’s strip is the solemn Siamese, “I will keep your secrets,” and the Woman holding Elvis in panel 8.
Katzen1415 about 2 years ago
A lot to love in this one. Many have noted the reminder of Goldie’s full name, but Elvis’ unwavering support and Puck’s charcuterie caper are also great. That is just pure delight on his face in the last panel!
DawnMcCandless about 2 years ago
I’ll stick to my simple cheese platter. Living in Plymouth WI I have 4 cheese factories within 2 miles of my house. And a few short miles to the NE is Johnsonville. My platters usually consist of Johnsonville summer sausage, Sargento cheese and some Ritz or Townhouse crackers. Oh and my platter is plastic from the dollar store
Miss Mina about 2 years ago
Pepperoni Pucky!
scyphi26 about 2 years ago
Mmm…pepperoni.
…not as good as the mythical ham, of course, but we’ll take what we can get.
sdjamieson Premium Member about 2 years ago
“I will keep your secrets,” says the reporter, on the air live!
cat19632001 about 2 years ago
Oooh yummy, I think I see Ritz crackers.
prrdh about 2 years ago
Or is that a pepperono?
Teto85 Premium Member about 2 years ago
MMMMMMMMMM. Those never last in a house full of 5 cats and 3 dogs.
kaylin about 2 years ago
I love Puck’s fangs!
FrannieL Premium Member about 2 years ago
I thought today’s discussion would be about how to pronounce Charcuterie and experience of charcuterie boards forthwith, instead it is about Judy Blume and Aunt Flo. LOL I love how Georgia’s comic strip generates tons of comments on just about everthing. And we learn new things.
The Wolf In Your Midst about 2 years ago
Have you ever laid out a shark-cutery full of horse do-overs?
Sibre about 2 years ago
“I will keep your secrets,” Elvis says, as he broadcasts them live.
ladykat about 2 years ago
I love the look of pure glee on Puck’s face in the last panel!
Off topic: Smudge caught a bird the other day and dropped it, most sincerely dead, on my foot. For some strange unknown reason, he was miffed when I buried it in the back next to Yum Yum.
metagalaxy1970 about 2 years ago
Happy Puck got a Pepperoni!
SheMc about 2 years ago
That is a really good looking plate of chees & pepperoni!!!
sgs13 about 2 years ago
My very first charcuterie board, this exact same thing happened! Black cat, Ziggy, snagged a pepperoni while we were talking!
willie_mctell about 2 years ago
I took French in high school. For some reason the pronunciation was easy for me. The curse is the reflex French pronunciation of words like “charcuterie” that have been adopted in English. If I’ve heard the American pronunciation I’m ok but if not I get in trouble.
mistercatworks about 2 years ago
Nothing in the world is sweeter (and yet saltier) than a stolen pepperoni.
pixiekitten Premium Member about 2 years ago
I swear my tortie is part dog because she could devour a cheese plate in seconds (I don’t let her though!)
Red Bird about 2 years ago
Wow, it’s like a cheese buffet! Very nice.
knight1192a about 2 years ago
My dad my my baby sister a charcuterie board for this past Christmas. FAR cheaper than going to a home goods store and buying one. And it looked better too. He used firewood that he cut into boards and lined up the grain to give it a beuatiful apperance.
scaeva Premium Member about 2 years ago
“How ’bout them hor-doovers
ain’t they sweet?
Little piece of cheese,
and a little piece of meat!"
Name the author.
scaeva Premium Member about 2 years ago
Isn’t this just an antipasto tray?
Daeder about 2 years ago
For folks who want to avoid the aphonetic mess that is the French language, that can also be called a ploughman’s lunch.
And if you’re thinking, “Hey, English is also an aphonetic mess!” Have you ever wondered why the English language is such a crime against vowels?
1066! That’s why! If France had left England and its language alone, it would still be a fine, easy to read and pronounce, Germanic language!
burke129529 about 2 years ago
OT – Horatio
Mx Crazy Cat Person about 2 years ago
Yay, the return of Pepperoni Pucky!
JLChi about 2 years ago
I loved that “I will keep your secrets” too.
Ericka (pictured) kept my secrets, but only because we didn’t have Internet, cell phones, et al. during her lifetime. Now, I’m sure she’d be on some cat channel with videos of me.
NyahNyahNyah about 2 years ago
I’ve wondered how to pronounce “Charcuterie”, too. Natcherly, I looked it up: shaar·ku’·ter·ee
Taracinablue about 2 years ago
Aw, Puck is so happy with his stolen treasure!
scaeva Premium Member about 2 years ago
I could never make an antipasto/charcuterie/sharkcuteree. One for the board, one for me. One for the board, two for me. One for the board, three for me … ad nauseam …
Carlos the clown about 2 years ago
So, um, who is the Woman talking to?
asrialfeeple about 2 years ago
I understood that reference.
Dewsolo about 2 years ago
slabrang999 about 2 years ago
OMG! never knew!