The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for March 15, 2023

And a Mexican, an Italian, a Thai, Chinese …

That’s a really loaded Southern menu! Chicken-fries in my parts usually come with fries or baked potato. And gravy, of course.

Brutus at the restaurant more than a southerner heart he’s everywhere heart.

wow – that’s a whole lotta starch in one meal

they need some collard greens or at least some cole slaw in there

You had me at Chicken-Fried Steak.

Leave out the sweet potatoes and the fried okra. Then i’d order it.

I just thought of my dad and my southern grandma! They would’ve loved this meal.

His stomach went south years ago.

That sounds more a dinner menu. Then off to beddy-bye. LOL!!

Could I have a baked potato instead? And a biscuit instead of the cornbread? And the black-eyed peas can go in the garbage.

Perfect chicken fried steak always served with rice and gravy.

Okra is too hairy tasting for me. Can I get green beans seasoned with fatback?

hey, food is food. ;)

That’s almost the official state meal of Oklahoma.

Almost the perfect meal, just replace the sweet potatoes with mashed potatoes covered with gravy

I don’t know if his heart can live with a diet like that.

Nap time at work this afternoon.

Butter my buns and call me a biscuit!

And northerner, easterner and westerner too. Why stop at borders: Italian, Chinese, Mexican, etc

Okra is on the short list of things I just can’t Eat!

“Beware the Ides of March”

Brutus is about to murder his diet

Hold the chicken, sweet taters, peas, and okra. I’ll have roast beef, mashed taters w/gravy, green beans and the cornbread. Sweet tea to drink, and a slice of apple pie for dessert.

‘No sausage gravy’!!!!. No REAL Southern cook would ever allow that meal outside their kitchen without sausage gravy, l Do Declare…..

Brutus has an stomach of iron!

I never had chicken fried steak. How is it made? I just think of it as a heart attack on a plate, but it’s also not very popular here. I would imagine it would be better in a location where it’s a meal regularly on a menu.

This conversation is going south fast.

All sounds good but you can leave the black-eyed peas off my plate. To me they taste like dirt.

replace all that with wienerschnitzel, sauerkraut, and a big ol’ kosher dill and you’ve got something edible…

That’s a huge lunch Brutus!

I’m a Southerner (Georgia) and have had similar meals many times in my life. Love Brutus’s remark in the last panel!

Brutus is a ‘Gourmet’ at heart and stomach.