Strips like this remind us that the scatterbrained fright running off to the bookstore to hide from her children exhibits her loving, creative side by wasting hours in the kitchen perpetrating stodgy, bad tasting meals:
that lean heavily on root vegetables as a key component. This is why I call her typical meal Little Orange Surprise. Elly sincerely thinks that she's treating her family to the best but feeding them Cheapie Weenie Casserole with Grandma Buns and a dessert whose main appeal is sliding down the gullet with minimal resistance is what Sen. Patrick Moynahan called “Defining luxury downward.”
I notice they just use the generic word "casserole" in this strip A LOT instead of saying lasagna or chicken noodle bake or Frito pie or mac and cheese or something else people actually LIKE.
My parents never stood behind me and criticized the way I ate, and I've never seen my niece stand behind either of my godchildren and criticize the way that they were eating- you know why? Because the adults are sitting at the table, eating with the kids, modeling the way eating should be done. We are talking to the children, asking them about things they are interested in, not sitting them down with a plate and then going off to do something else. Why is Elly eating on a different schedule? Why isn't she capable of sitting down and interacting with her child while they both eat?
Why are the children in this family always so freaking free-range?
There is a strip in the third pre-Patterson Treasury that explains everything. The first half shows a woman listening to a child just babbling nonsense. When her husband comes home, she is the one with the stupid look on her face babbling nonsense. Reason: Lynn never outgrew being the preschooler who hated being pumped in with babies. -
that lean heavily on root vegetables as a key component. This is why I call her typical meal Little Orange Surprise. Elly sincerely thinks that she's treating her family to the best but feeding them Cheapie Weenie Casserole with Grandma Buns and a dessert whose main appeal is sliding down the gullet with minimal resistance is what Sen. Patrick Moynahan called “Defining luxury downward.”
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I notice they just use the generic word "casserole" in this strip A LOT instead of saying lasagna or chicken noodle bake or Frito pie or mac and cheese or something else people actually LIKE.
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Given the soft of recipes she does share, I think it's a blessing she doesn't tell us what she's disguising.
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My parents never stood behind me and criticized the way I ate, and I've never seen my niece stand behind either of my godchildren and criticize the way that they were eating- you know why? Because the adults are sitting at the table, eating with the kids, modeling the way eating should be done. We are talking to the children, asking them about things they are interested in, not sitting them down with a plate and then going off to do something else. Why is Elly eating on a different schedule? Why isn't she capable of sitting down and interacting with her child while they both eat?
Why are the children in this family always so freaking free-range?
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