Pickles by Brian Crane for April 22, 2022

Your eyes must be worse that your taste buds Earl. If you can’t see the difference between tapioca pudding and mashed taters.

Is potato.

For some people, that is a side effect of Covid-19.

“She put Basil in the lasagna?!?” — stolen and paraphrased from Fawlty Towers

Who serves mash potatoes with lasagna?

I never had good taste buds, so I’m not a picky eater (can’t tell the difference between pork and beef, for instance).

I’ve been forbidden to eat things containing calcium until the current course of antibiotics is done. It’s been hellish difficult since both Spouse and I are cheese people… and there’s dairy in all sorts of things like mashed potatoes and cornbread. Point of the story in this case: We had ham and mashed potatoes for Easter dinner. The potatoes were made using chicken stock instead of half and half. It was EXCELLENT! We’ll probably be doing that in the future, at least some of the time!

Depending on who is cooking can have an effect also.

A bit lumpy, the mashed potatoes?

mashed potatoes with lasagna?

lasagna and potatoes?

Flashing back now to the time I ordered a salad with my steak and asked for blue cheese dressing. When it arrived the first bite was a lot tangier than blue cheese usually gets. With the second bite I realized it wasn’t blue cheese, and with the third I was able to identify it.

They had put creamy horseradish on the salad instead of blue cheese.

Next time the waiter passed the table I pointed it out to him but told him not to get anyone in trouble because it was pretty good, and suggested that maybe they start offering horseradish as an additional dressing option.

(Moral of the story: just because it doesn’t taste like it’s supposed to doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing.)

following up on yesterday’s “Pickles”…

Lasagna and mashed potatoes in the same meal? Are they having corn on the cob too?

Mashed potatoes with lasagna? Must be a leftover day.

Opal has found a way to take Earl’s failing tastebuds personally. I knew that— if she just tried hard enough— she could do it!

Lasagna and mashed potatoes?

Mashed Potatoes with Lasagna?

Why would you have mashed potatoes with lasagna?

OK, I’ll join in the fun.

Lasagna and mashed potatoes??

A little heavy on the carbs today, no?

If my mom was Opal, you’d know it wasn’t tapioca if it wasn’t topped with a dollop of currant jelly.

I’m sorry, but…… WOW..!!!!!!

LOL! Earl plays his part well….

Ladies and Gentlemen – That’s my Husband!

I feel ya, Earl!

Mashed potatoes with lasagna?!

Who serves mashed potatoes with lasagna?

Tapioca with lasagna?

Atta boy Earl….atta boy!

who serves mashed potatoes with lasagna??

Who serves mashed potatoes with lasagna????

Mashed potatoes with lasagna??!? She must like pickled beets on her pizza. yech!!

It must have been my mood this morning – I laughed a lot over this one.

Who serves mashed potatoes with lasagna ? Eww.

a year and a half- i had it twice- and still can’t smell Vicks-

Well, he’s still better than the “gourmand” who adds salt AND ketchup before tasting.

Lasagna and mashed potatoes? Yuck

So 16 commenters wondered about lasagna and mashed potatoes. (And I took the time to count them – geez, I need to get a life!)

Who serves mashed potatos with lasagne? Too much starch for me.

I know it has a bad rep, but I always liked homemade tapioca. Then I started replacing the vanilla with almond extract and it’s even better!