Crabgrass by Tauhid Bondia for January 16, 2025

Orange jelly is an experience.

It’s a big out there, Kev Just waiting to make you more depressed.

Wait til he finds out there is more than just jelly. Jam, preserves, fruit butters, marmalades…

Kevin seems to have his mind blown really easily

I love jams and jellies, mostly preserves though I can’t find them much anymore. Good to have a great variety of flavors.

I remember the first time I had anything sweet on bread that wasn’t syrup or grape jelly: My aunt’s homemade apple butter. It was legit life-changing.

You can also make spicy jellies, and vegetable jellies. It’s a whole wonderful world!

All we could usually afford was grape jelly growing up. It was the cheapest kind in the store. I hate it to this day. Strawberry jam was a rare treat.

Try some cactus jelly sometime! It’s made from prickly pear cacti. Excellent southwestern food!

All that talk about jelly is making Kevin have an existential crisis.

Jelly is made only from fruit juice. If you want the actual fruit, get jam or preserves. Even better, get fruit spread which has less sugar (to be called jam requires 50% sugar).

Kevin… You need to get out more!

And you dont need to add sugar, there is plenty i. The fruit

Now wait! Jelly is made from jellyfish and that’s it and that’s ALL!!

I think I also only knew about grape jelly when I was a kid. It’s still the only right kind for PBJs.

I had the same experience! Still prefer grape <3

Epiphany. Plus, it’s not orange jelly, it’s marmalade.

dont make a pb and mint jelly yuck

And in an instant, Kev’s world is opened up to the wide possibilities of the universe!

When you come from a poor family that is struggling to make ends meet, you get the cheapest out there.

There was a line in the book “Blue Highways”, as he travelled around the US eating mostly in diners. Something like “When there are 50 kinds of jelly out there, why is it always grape?”

Does anybody remember Apple Butter? Hard to find these days!

Looks like Kevin just had a come to Jesus moment about Jellies and Jams

Brings a whole new meaning to “deprived childhood.”

Me, I was a little bit surprised when I learned that jelly spread can be made of other fruits/berries than strawberry.

So really noticing the kerning of the letter Y in today’s Crabgrass dialog. Judging by the equally repeated excessive space between it and the letter it follows, it appears Tauhid has a custom font for this strip (versus hand-lettering).

I’m a Citizens for Boysenberry Jam fan.

It’s a big wild world out there, Kevin. Just think of the possibilities!

My neighbour makes a kick-butt tomato jelly.

Ah Kevin… pondering the universe"s greatest questions and causing unspeakable chaos. We should hang out.

Mint Jelly, best with some lamb under it.

Man, the last time I had grape jelly was 40 years ago. I love a French jelly that is cherry, blackberry, raspberry and strawberry. You might have seen it in stores—had a gingham print style lid. . .