Pickles by Brian Crane for November 06, 2023

Was it Daffy Duck or Sylvester the Cat who used to sing “Sunrise on Lake Guacamole?”

Next, it will be squid or calamari. Snails or Escargot.

Vegetables are what’s on your plate next to the food.

VERY different dips.

Excuse the political ref., but just read that avocados take an incredible amount of water to grow.. so in between that and interference in the avocado industry by corrupt forces where most are grown in Mexico, some locals there have actually outlawed avocado growth in their territory. Let that guide your behavior as you will ;)

Opal resisted saying, “Dip for a dip.” (Ain’t Love Grand?)

What about sheep dip?

And… dip and dip.

He probably doesn’t like salt pork, but loves fatback.

Wasn’t it Shakespeare who said, “A guacamole dip by any other name would taste as yummy”?

Rocky Mountain Oysters.

Just change the name and Earl’s none too wiser…

I never eat anything that looks like it has already been partially digested.

So funny! Same thing.

They’re so cute together!

Love the smirk……. THAT completes the cartoon.

How ridiculous

This is true as we have an Avocado tree and I don’t like Avocados. I do like Guacamole. Don’t know why.

Those poor moles! Leave ‘em alone!

Olive Garden used to make the best guacamole. They no longer make it.

I have a relative who is adamant about loving “country-fried steak”, but hating “chicken-fried steak”.

Ugh to both!

Weren’t some of us talking about guacamole on a shingle, I mean avocado toast, not too long ago?

Ignorance is bliss

“Walk Across America” by Peter Jenkins.

Earl is so easy…………..

Poor sweet, ignorant Earl! In his defense: a lot of the time, perception is just as important as taste or mouthfeel.

I used to work with a gal whose husband “couldn’t stand” sour cream. If he was hanging around the kitchen, she wouldn’t put it in the mashed potatoes, and he’d complain they didn’t taste as good as usual. The one time he caught her putting sour cream in the potatoes he flat out refused to even touch them. “You know I can’t stand sour cream. Don’t ever do that again.”

Pearl, what you put up with LOL!

That’s why they spice it up to make guacamole in the first place.

I’m with Earl, the world of dips is far too convoluted.

I must avoid both.

It takes a real dip to compete with Earl.

Aren’t avocados an aphrodisiac? What’s on her mind, I wonder.

We went to a party once where they were serving fried calamari. I told my wife to try the onion rings, they’re really good. She didn’t really care for that joke, but we still laugh about it.

LOL, Idiot.

Opal knows Earl so well….

The power of the strong mind over the weak mind.

What’s in a name?

If you have 6.02214076×10^23 avocados, you have a guaca-mole.

My kid couldn’t STAND mushrooms or tomatoes from a very early age. But he was quite fond of spaghetti with marinara, and loved the occasional times when we made stroganoff. I’m okay w/ avocados, but I prefer whack-a-moe-aye.

My dad likes devilled eggs but won’t eat egg salad, lol

It was actually guacamole that first got me to realize that avocados were really good by themselves. Who knew?

In the early 1960s the avocado industry was doing poorly. Some farmers went bankrupt. And then the Super Bowl came along.

At an early age, my sons informed me that they didn’t like broccoli. I asked them about the “little trees” they liked to eat. Oh, yeah, they really liked those. Many years later, they accused me of being a “sneak”. Hahaha!

I forgot my brother didn’t like beets and served golden beets in a salad, he liked them. They do taste different. :)