Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for February 15, 2024

The GF makes soup the hard way, individual ingredients and lots of unnecessary dishes to clean. When I don’t use a can, it’s a brick of noodles with frozen mixed veggies added. Works for me.

Does Bob live in Crustwood?

What? No beer pairing? How gauche.

Who is the guy in the last panel?

Love the original version.

I am Bob!

Hairy legged chap, innie?

And the Piedmont Phillies tee, that’s a nice touch as well. There’s gotta be a story here… Obviously, a minor league baseball squad, likely single A, no longer around, and their home field was probably somewhere in the, uh, upper midwest, say, Sheboygan! (Am I close?) It’s all definitely a Bob thing that wouldn’t be understood by many.

Brown the ground beef in a 2qt pot, add a cup of water, one packet of Lowries instant beef gravy powder, stir, add a tsp of salt, bring to a boil, remove from heat, add 1 cup of Minute Rice and a pat of butter, cover and wait 5 minutes. Serve with a wedge salad (a chunk of ice-berg lettuce). This got me through college.

I would have gone with hotdish.

Hey – not fair. I cook in my pajamas. Stripping down like that gets hair in everything.

No fair! They should have told Iron Chef it was a “make something to eat over the sink in your underwear” competition.

Bob forgot the elbow macaroni.

What did Moammar Khadafy have to do with any of this?!

I must admit that I would find the majority of dishes prepared on those food shows to be inedible.

Bob’s recipe resembles mine. Except for the Heinz beans. I also add BBQ and spaguetti sauces with a touch of cooking wine. I also simmer the mix in low fire while listening to some classic rock in my shorts…

I doctor ramen. I make it with broth or low end demi-glaze. Sometimes I add ginger and soy sauce. Then come frozen vegetables and frozen win ton and or meatballs. Now and then some sausage. 5 minutes in the microwave then add bleu or Parmesan cheese and maybe some cilantro. Tip from the experts: Crumble the ramen before cooking. Then you can eat it with a spoon.

I never would have imagined Bob having such hairy legs.

Why would anyone imagine that?

Bachelor chow. At least I put it in a bowl with some shredded cheese on top.

i would’ve gone with mountain dew or dr pepper…