I looked it up. All this time, I thought ratatouille was only an animated movie about rats.But I now have learned that Ratatouille niçoise is a French dish featuring assorted vegetables!
I have a few recipes, that when done right by the instruction, seem to use every pan in the house. Chicken Tetrazzini was he first of those recipes I tried. The meal was a success, even the kids loved it. Others, like my Marsala Chicken are real simple, takes one pan for the meal, sides do not count.(only 1 more pan for steamed asparagus). I spoil my wife, by being the cook(easy when you work at home).
Whoever cooks at our place has to wash whatever doesn’t fit into the dishwasher, after the not cooking ones filled it with the glass-, dinner- and silverware.
I usually reuse pans and bowles while preparing and time my cooking so I can finish that while something simmers or is in the oven.
My brother used to cook this way at the family cabin, and the kids dreaded having dish duty when he cooked; all dishes had to be done by hand at our cabin.
Ratatouille? Why are you beating something then? All you need is a good knife, a cutting board, olive oil, herbs, a 4, 3, 2, 1, 1 (four tomatoes, three courgettes, 2 aubergines, 1 red pepper, one onion) salt, pepper, and a good cooking pot. What the heck are you doing, Arlo? Heretic! (Yes, I am Southern French, where ratatouille was born).
C over 2 years ago
Killjoy
Ahuehuete over 2 years ago
Arlo is the “hand grenade in the kitchen” type.
Tyge over 2 years ago
♬And she’ll promise you more than the garden of Eden / Then she’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding♬ — Billy Joel
suv2000 over 2 years ago
No just wash the dirty ones for Him
boydpercy Premium Member over 2 years ago
That’s why I refuse to cook at home if I can avoid it!
maureenmck Premium Member over 2 years ago
I looked it up. All this time, I thought ratatouille was only an animated movie about rats.But I now have learned that Ratatouille niçoise is a French dish featuring assorted vegetables!
Nachikethass over 2 years ago
I am with Janis. How can you cook in a cluttered kitchen? I would hate for anyone to leave my kitchen in such a state in the name of “cooking”!
BTW, I am a middle-aged man – just to forestall any misogynistic comments.
gsawyer101 over 2 years ago
Time to visit “W”
NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 2 years ago
If I’m making something complicated, I wash things as I go along.
trainnut1956 over 2 years ago
Mark Twain once said that French cooking was an elegant way of preparing garbage.
oakie817 over 2 years ago
ka-zing
timbob2313 Premium Member over 2 years ago
She has a point.
watcheratthewell over 2 years ago
Zing
watcheratthewell over 2 years ago
Yeah – having been a bachelor – - I’d say that “one pot” meals are a lot more of the course than getting every utensil in the kitchen dirty
I was FRAMED!!!!!! over 2 years ago
I have a few recipes, that when done right by the instruction, seem to use every pan in the house. Chicken Tetrazzini was he first of those recipes I tried. The meal was a success, even the kids loved it. Others, like my Marsala Chicken are real simple, takes one pan for the meal, sides do not count.(only 1 more pan for steamed asparagus). I spoil my wife, by being the cook(easy when you work at home).
david_42 over 2 years ago
My wife cooks on the weekends, I spend Monday morning cleaning up.
unfair.de over 2 years ago
Whoever cooks at our place has to wash whatever doesn’t fit into the dishwasher, after the not cooking ones filled it with the glass-, dinner- and silverware.
I usually reuse pans and bowles while preparing and time my cooking so I can finish that while something simmers or is in the oven.
Donaldo Premium Member over 2 years ago
I leave them dirty for monday morning when the cleaner comes
jarvisloop over 2 years ago
Two points:
1. I won’t eat anything that begins with “rat,” even if it is actually all vegetables. Bad karma.
2. As I have before, why cook? God made restaurants for a reason.
jarvisloop over 2 years ago
By the way, I thought this strip seemed familiar. I just checked. It’s a nugget from the gold mine of 2019.
petermerck over 2 years ago
If a rat can do it how hard could it be?
Tyge over 2 years ago
It’s a guy thing!
tomcervo over 2 years ago
The last family on the block without a dishwasher.
raybarb44 over 2 years ago
Good cooks also clean up while they’re cooking…..
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 2 years ago
“Yes, six more please.”
(well, she DID ask)
Cincoflex over 2 years ago
I don’t recall anything in ratatouille that requires whisking . . . .
paranormal over 2 years ago
Maybe a rat chef to cook it right…
snowedin, now known as Missy's mom over 2 years ago
Sarcasm at its best. Go, Janis!
locake over 2 years ago
I would not clean up after a cook like Arlo. He can clean up his own mess.
crazeekatlady over 2 years ago
That’s what my dad said when I tried to cook in his kitchen. And to make matters worse, nobody except me liked what I made!
Lightpainter over 2 years ago
My brother used to cook this way at the family cabin, and the kids dreaded having dish duty when he cooked; all dishes had to be done by hand at our cabin.
Ron Bauerle over 2 years ago
Since I hate zucchini, when my mom made it, we called it “rata-phooey”…
cabalonrye over 2 years ago
Ratatouille? Why are you beating something then? All you need is a good knife, a cutting board, olive oil, herbs, a 4, 3, 2, 1, 1 (four tomatoes, three courgettes, 2 aubergines, 1 red pepper, one onion) salt, pepper, and a good cooking pot. What the heck are you doing, Arlo? Heretic! (Yes, I am Southern French, where ratatouille was born).
tomfromthe50s Premium Member over 2 years ago
A rerun from July 2,2019. I enjoyed it both times, at least.