Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 29, 2023

My mother was so poor as a child that she and her brother used to peel up road tar when the streets were re-paved and chewed it in lieu of gum

Petey: the food critic.

Those cookies aren’t white, so Petey wouldn’t eat them anyway.

We’ve all seen granny’s house. It took quite the undertaking just to clear the dining room table. Her house is a disaster. I don’t think I could eat whatever she cooks or bakes. Very unsanitary.

I’m with Petey on this one: fruitcake is inedible.

Which is the better ingredient, road tar, or roof tar?

Forgot one ingredient: Nicotine

I can understand the road tar. But glue?

Petey should join the Pessimist Club.

You had me at “road tar” …

have one for the road?

I’m sure Big Shirley helped.

My grandma couldn’t bake, excellent cook though, now my mom was an excellent baker.

Madeline’s eyes after tasting the cookie tell me everything I need to know about them.

I am woefully reminded of the time my elderly and failing great grandma baked us a cake when I was about five or six years old. It was quite delicious, but my mother and sister failed to tell me what they knew until after I had eaten two slices. The cake was riddled with meal worms. I learned a lot about my family that day, and I also lost a bit of innocence.

Exactly how fruitcake is made.

Petey is halfway right. He just goes a little too far in his hyperbole in his closing statement (which, oddly, makes Alice want some). Abundant molasses, yes, but I doubt that glue and road tar were parts of Grandma’s recipe….