Frazz by Jef Mallett for March 31, 2013

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    mischugenah  almost 11 years ago

    My mom always threw in a piece of bread, worked fine.

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    Varnes  almost 11 years ago

    Please, please, please, let’s not forget that somebody isn’t baking enough cookies…

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    Arianne  almost 11 years ago

    Time to get your Cookie Momster on!

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    vwdualnomand  almost 11 years ago

    but, isn’t sugar bad for you? how about eating an apple, instead of sugar?

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    CasualObserver  almost 11 years ago

    How about taking the apple slice back out of the brown sugar all coated and putting it in your mouth?

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    strickmaedel  almost 11 years ago

    This tip comes from the days when sugar was more expensive and many people lived far from the market but had fruit trees. Still, if you have apples in your pantry and you have to drive to the market for brown sugar, the apple might be an economical solution.

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    Devils Knight  almost 11 years ago

    vacuum seal it

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    Rwill  almost 11 years ago

    Or you can just stick in the microwave for a bit.

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    richardj  almost 11 years ago

    Cue Rolling Stones song.

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    daniel_bel  almost 11 years ago

    Oh yes, indeed, I’ve heard of brown sugar cookies….

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    Defective Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    Some tips like this come from areas where apples are very cheap or free (during the season… although out of season, it used to be you couldn’t even get some stuff.) Lots of people around me have apple trees and there’s an old orchard not too far (walking distance) from me, as well. On the other hand, brown sugar, at least the stuff I get, is expensive. And since I’m using it to make apple pies, anyway, that’s just fine. This tip escaped out of the area it was intended for. And since common sense is far from common, it never occurs to some people NOT to do something, just because they read it in a book.

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    Kroykali  almost 11 years ago

    What I take from today’s strip is how Frazz stops what he’s doing to talk to a kid, like any other person. I grew up when kids were treated like second-class citizens by most adults, kinda like the “kids should be seen and not heard” mentality. Frazz is a great mentor; every school should have one.

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    Mary McNeil Premium Member almost 11 years ago

    half a slice of white bread works just as well

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    locuravamp  almost 11 years ago

    I agree, half a piece of bread works peachy.

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    water_moon  almost 11 years ago

    Or, soak a piece of terra cotta in water and put that in with it to keep it soft, bonus is it’s reausable!!! (lived in the desert for awhile, 2 months or less to dry rock hard even in tupperware.).As for a quick softening? microwave it for a few seconds.

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    annieb1012  almost 11 years ago

    The soaked-terracotta method works great in semi-arid Denver, where it keeps our brown sugar soft for those occasions when we wake up and realize it’s high time we made some cookies!

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    le-roy  almost 11 years ago

    So, in my Sunday paper, this strip had and extra panel at the the beginning – the girl’s Dad looking at his multipurpose electronic device and saying, “Why does my iPhone smell like brown sugar?” That put’s a bit of a different spin on things, no?

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