Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for October 15, 2023

Making peas

Give the child a spoon.

I’ve never seen a little kid so enthusiastic about eating peas before.

Mind your peas and Q’s.

Who is that guy sitting next to Toni having the memories of Brad and Luann? I don’t think I have seen him before.

Did Brad just pea at Luann?

Will there evr be world peas?

Peas be with you

Brad and Toni haven’t been married long…and things tend to develop slowly in the Luanniverse…but they’ll probably want to wait to become parents until Shannon grows up a bit or they don’t have her with them so much.

“Eat every bean and pea on your plate.”

All we are saying is give peas a chance.

Lately, Sundays are about the only time I like this strip! ;-)

And Brad’s mastery over social skills came somewhat later, it would seem.

Fed them to the dog, squished them in my napkin, put them in the empty milk carton in the trash. Once I had to sit at the table till I ate my peas. Sat there for awhile, opened the top of the wooden salt shaker and stuffed them in. Went out to play. My dad came home for dinner and thought the salt shaker was empty, he opened it to refill and found my peas all squished in there. Ruh-ro! I had to come in and eat a serving of peas, and not gag or barf. To this day I won’t eat peas.

Everyone knows you eat peas with a knife and honey

Not very nice, Brad…

They were easy to hide under the plate, but the trick never worked.

Okay, enough with the Peas… bring on Gunther and maybe Bets??

And Monday will be back with Luann.

Peas, no more puns!

Looks like Shannon never mastered anything!!

Peas are delicious! ;-9

Young Bradley Degroot remembered?

I never mastered peas. Instead we made PEAce.

Aren(t you supposed to eat them on the back of the fork? I mean when you’re British? (But former colonies should still abide, no?)

Using peas as “projectiles.”

Best keep those reminisces to yourself, Brad.

After all, We don’t want to give that “dear, sweet little tyke,” any BRIGHT Ideas. ;-)

We need to come together and have peas in our time.

Very funny. Brad the prankster and Luann sharing a peasful existence.

My granddad would eat his peas with a knife instead of a fork or spoon. Just his sense of humor.

It’s nice to see a callback to the golden years of the strip.

Peas were always a “texture” issue for me.

We call 5hose escapeas

always had mashed potatoes with meal so a spoon full of potatoes with the peas on top was a great way to corral them.

YAY! Brad and Toni!

You’ve got to eat peas with mashed potatoes, keeps them in their place and is delicious.

I used to mash up my peas before eating them. That way, they also seemed to taste better.

I eat my peas with honeyI’ve done it all my lifeIt makes the peas taste funnyBut it keeps them on the knife!

Remember when Brad and Toni were relevant characters? And probably had the best story arc in the history of this comic? And now they’re merely afterthoughts.

Funny, had a good laugh.

Give peas a chance!

and some wonder why Luann has mental issues

Toni and Brad should be teaching Shannon correct table manners. She will not learn unless she is taught what society expects from her.

It’s nice that Brad has such good memories with his sister. They certainly had fun, together and at each other’s expense. This is how it must be for all siblings.

Peas are a bit easier to eat in a white sauce with baby onions. They are less likely to roll all over your plate or off your spoon/fork. Split pea soup is also a great option.

Obviously she needs a pile of mashed potatoes to block the peas escape from the fork.

it must be fresh peas and not the mushy can peas.

Peas be with you. Peas, peas, peas, peas, eating goober peas…

I love peas…….

So the DeGroots called Brad the Pea Master, which was all fine and dandy until the boys at the bus stop heard about it.

I put peas in my oatmeal in the morning. What, haven’t you heard of peas porridge? Problem is, you have to keep it in the refrigerator for nine days. Or, I could just eat it hot.

Same planet, different worlds.

Eat every carrot and pea on your plate.

I fed mine to the dog under the table.

I’m 77 but when I was a small child I would watch my Grandad eat peas with a table knife. I didn’t care for peas back then and even now, so I never mastered the skill

Mind your P’s and Q’s baby!!

there’s no gravy on those plates to float the peas in, keep them glued together; everything dry and separate. Not sure this is a TJ meal.

That is why you serve peas with mashed potatoes. I usually put mine in a bowl and use a spoon though.

Spoon ’em up!

Mastery can mean different things. You master things your way and I’ll master them my way.

This is how terrorists get started

Simple: mash ’em.

Support Whirled Peas

Imagine Whirrled Pease

Just before spackle, Hot, thick pea soup with oyster crackers, is on my all time favorites list.

My older brother, yes

Having to hunt and snare them make peas fun to eat.

peas, peas, the magical veg …

the more you eat, the ….. ???

“I eat my peas with honey / I’ve had ’em that way all my life / The peas taste awfully funny / But at least they stick to the knife.”

Maybe that is why LuAnn is such a pea-brain sometimes…

I mix them with the mashed potatoes

I prefer canned to frozen. The frozen ones just taste too “green” to me. :-p

There is a scene in a Marx Brothers movie (can’t remember which one!) where the character is at a fancy dinner, quietly, desperately trying to get his peas on a fork. They don’t quite make it to his mouth, so he is forced to chase them around his soup bowl on the platter underneath. No words, but hilarious.

That’s the easiest method. I also mix them with rice or any sauce on the plate.

I had a spring-loaded barrette that one of my friends used a pea launcher….College dinning hall fun.

I’m in love with Aaliyah Lampkin Phillip

Not what she meant Brad.

Luann is a heckuvalot better lookin’ than she used to be.

This is a great Sunday strip – funny and nostalgic.

Don’t you DARE teach that to Shannon!!!

“(♪♫) Come and knock on our Pearly Gates…we’ve been waiting for you…”

Suzanne Somers has passed away at the age of 76.

R. I. P. to a star who will be missed.

Arrrgh! A “Shannon” strip!

She brings out the worst in Brad, memories of when he was a pea-shooting jerk….

Adopt the kid,already. her father will never be responsible.

LOL on Luann’s head