Frazz by Jef Mallett for July 28, 2023

Yes, insightful

There’s a significant difference between “good for you” and “tastes good to you”… and that difference changes throughout the day, the week… Even as a retired adult, I sometimes stand in front of the fridge and think “now what do I want?”

(For me, the correct answer is usually “want isn’t NEED, and what you NEED is a glass of water.”)

I’d been camping for a week with two Scout Troops. The Scots had cooked every mean themselves, good nutritious foods. On the way back, we stopped at an A&W. One of the Scouts remarked, “Ah, it’s good to eat some REAL food again.” His dad, one of the assistant Scoutmasters, was not amused, but that didn’t stop him from eating a Papaburger with fries.

Frazz runs, I eat. I suspect I put as many miles on my jaw as he puts on his feet. We all have our hobbies.

Another killer comic from Jef. Great work and insight.

Human history can be broken into three stages: How can we get some food? Why do we need to eat? Where shall we have brunch?

Actual food versus fake food.

She just doesn’t bring the junk he wants. Food good, junk better.

Moms bring home ingredients to make real food, which seems to confound teenagers.

I looked in the fridge for something to eat, but all I could find was ingredients.

When you ask kids where steak and potatoes come from, they’ll look at you funny and say “The grocery store, of course.”

(I was going to write “kids these days” but then realized that I was myself a kid 70 years ago, and this was true then as well, so I just left it at “kids”.)

I’ve always wondered how they order Chinese takeout before Marco Polo’s time.

Some times a kid’s own words will bring revelations – the kind that last.

Most groceries are ingredients that still need to be turned into food.