Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for December 28, 2018

it’s going to take more than one glass of milk to swallow those cookies down… maybe two gallons’ worth

Road tar or pine tar?

Petey has another item to post to his “Picky Eaters” status report!!

We don’t call them rock cakes for nothing…

My sister’s cooking. We called her Lucretia – although not to her face.

Once again we have a succinct illustration of the differences between Alice and Petey. I like them both.

True fruit cake has gotten an unfair reputation. A good fruit cake is wonderful. The store bought stuff that is passed off as fruit cake is horrible.

After seeing grandma’s house…I’d be leary of eating anything prepared there without my cleaning the place first. Those may not be raisins Alice.

Personally I love Oatmeal Sorghum cookies. Go for it Alice.

Road tar gives it more oomph.

Back before the D.O.T. started adding artificial substances to it the road tar (asphalt) was safe to chew and kids loved it. Lost a lot of roads that way…

Pretty pathetic that they don’t like their grandmother’s cookies.

O boy, this brings back some less than pleasant memories. My elderly Great Grandmother with poor eyesight once made a cake for the family, and I devoured two big pieces. My Mom and sister neglected to tell me it was full of meal worms ( they had gotten into the flour ) until much later. So much love and retro-active barfing.

“A traveller can go for miles, just knowing there’s dwarf bread in their pack. A traveller can think of just about anything to eat rather than dwarf bread including their own foot and even pumpkins” … T. Pratchett

“They’re a little chewy.” —Classic defense of Grandma, Madeline!

And, one cookie should keep Alice both busy and quiet for at least an hour, maybe all afternoon….