Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for June 28, 2021

…and a fire extinguisher.

For a moment, in the last panel, I thought that Elvis’ microphone was a melting marshmallow in the woman’s hair. Thankfully, I was wrong.

Ah, Lupin’s maniacal glee at the flaming marshmallow. He really is Chaotic Neutral, isn’t he?

Marshmallow torch!

An induction stovetop would be safer. The marshmallow wouldn’t cook though. Unless it was fortified with a LOT of iron.

Toasting a marshmallow over an electric stove coil is tricky. Instead of igniting the marshmallow, you’re just as likely to find yourself trying to clean the melted marshmallow off the coil without burning yourself.

Lupin KNEW!

My mother used to make marguerites. It’s a graham cracker with a marshmallow on top, baked in the oven. No chocolate, but I could presume you could put some, somehow, I have several ideas.

I don’t know which this reminds me of more – a Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial or “The Crazy World of Arthur Brown”:

 https://youtu.be/YzHtePuz13U

The perfect recipe for chaos!

The s’mores are doomed.

And Lupin still wants to go to the fire, like always. sigh

Burt’s back!

Poor Children, poor Elvis, poor Lupin, poor Woman and Man. Pure chaos. Not only can marshmellow burn, they can burn you, too and leave a very nasty scar.

If you remove the crunchy outer shell you’ll have quite acceptable s’mores goo. And since they’re being toasted inside, you don’t have to worry about the s’mores goo being full of splinters, either!

Elvis knows it takes mote than 3 things.

Yikes!

The Man looks as if he’s going to ring the Woman’s neck.

The boy looks like he knows of the danger and he’s protecting his sister.

I am glad I am not the one who has to clean burnt marshmallow off of the hob! :-)

Perhaps counter-intuitively, an open flame from a candle toasts those ‘smallows perfectly and relatively safely. But broiling them in the oven or browning them with a culinary torch is probably the safest bet. In any case, trying to roast marshmallows with only one free hand because you’ve got a Siamese cat in the other is definitely not advised.♥

I have never seen anyone ‘roast’ marshmallows over an electric range. The whole thing seems like a recipe for disaster. I’ve done it with my gas stove but…fire…

I used to cook hot dogs like that. :D

I thought a flaming marshmallow was the whole point of it.

I once tried to cook marshmallows by myself when I was a kid, though it didn’t work very well; I used a long piece of K’nex as the skewer, and since I wasn’t allowed to use the oven or stove, just putting them in the microwave to heat up wasn’t the point, and I had no access to fire, I used the hottest thing I could find: a lightbulb.

I was using a length of plastic to press marshmallows directly onto a lamp bulb. As I said, it didn’t work very well.

Many years, possibly even a decade later, I discover the bulb of a particular lamp has some dark brown crusty shapes caked onto it, remember what caused them, and realize that not only did I not clean the bulb in any way, but apparently no one else had noticed over all those years.

The bulb still worked perfectly, too.

Mom’s balancing Elvis and the marshmallow, tough to do. Lupin is his pyrotechnic / pyromaniac self. The boy and girl are handling it, well, maybe not. But not to worry, Dad’s there too!

I love how everyone is in a panic — except the delighted Lupin.

Lupin toe beans!

Elvis needs to supervise the Woman even more closely for the next one.

♪"She’s a flame – flamethrower

She’s a flamethrower at night

She’s a flame – a red-hot glower

She’s a flamethrower at night"♫

(written by Seth Justman)

And there go the fire alarms. Wonder if a fire truck will show up.

Someone should have taken s’more care…

Making S’mores in the microwave is an easy and fast way!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Thomios: Time for the s’more cook out!

Burt-Ra: I’ve got a nice campfire all ready.

Elvis-Anum: I have the cat friendly chocolate bars.

Lupinium: And here’s the crackers.

Elvis-Anum: (How appropriate).

Quite sometime later

Queen Catshepsut the Golden: Oh, we’ve been here for quite some time! Time to get back to the palace.

Beatrixia: It’s really dark. How will we find our way back?

Puckmosis: Do we have any marshmallows left?

Thomios: Yes, lots.

Puckmosis: Then let’s make marshmallow torches.

Elvis-Anum: But can they safely light our way back?

The Queen: Thanks to the magic of cartoon science, yes!

LOL – Elvis and his “one toe,” “two toes” before all heck breaks loose.

You know that it would be untrue

You know that I would be a liar

If I was to say to you

That marshmallow is not on fire

Come on, People, that looks dire

Come on, Lupin, so inspired

Try not to set your pants on fire

The time to hesitate is through

It’s time to do what is required

Try now, you can only lose

That awesome crust to which you so aspire

Come on, People, douse the fire

Come on, Lupin, quench desire

Try not to set the house on fire, yeah

(John Densmore / Jim Morrison / Robby Krieger / Ray Manzarek – Light My Fire – The Doors)

Blow torch, perfect and quick

Fire extinguisher – most definitely

Pucky white floof!

You can hear the panicked yelling in that last panel. :P

That last panel is a bit like an all-American artwork gone haywire …Misadventure with Marshmallow and Meezer while Mischief Making Meower Marvels at Mayhem … or some such title to that effect …

There’s a fine fine line between adventure and foolishness.

Four things…the fourth being a fire extinguisher.

For those (like me) worried how Georgia and family (2 and 4 legged) are doing the PNW heat wave, here’s what she wrote about yesterday’s cartoon

Did anyone else blow on their phone/computer when the marshmallow caught fire? Sigh… Been there too many times!

Leave out the marshmallow. Sometimes s’m’less is s’more.

Pucky toe beans!

This is a great decadent recipe for oven s’more bars. Use the non-stick foil and they come out of the pen easily. Like the ones from the campfire but even better with butter and brown sugar.12 whole graham crackers2 cups miniature marshmallows1 bag (11 1/2 oz) milk or semi-sweet chocolate chips3/4 cup butter or margarine3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugarHeat oven to 350 F. Arrange graham crackers evenly in 151/2×101/2 inch jelly-roll pan. Sprinkle marshmallows, then chocolate chips on top.Combine butter and brown sugar in a medium microwave-proof bowl. Microwave 1 1/2 to 2 minutes on High, until butter is melted. Stir to blend. Spoon evenly over marshmallows and chips.Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until barely golden. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into squares.Make about 24 bars.

Panel 3, is the woman singing or whistling for the man?

OT … prayers requested from the Orb. My mom, known to many of you as The Gigi, has a dear friend named Evie. She and Evie have known each other since they were both five years old and have shared a lot of life experiences together – everything from standing up at each other’s weddings, to Evie being by my mom’s side when she was told, at age 17, that her father had died suddenly, and countless things in between.

Evie was diagnosed with cancer several months ago and although she had seemed to be doing well, Evie’s husband called my mom over the weekend and said that he will be calling hospice in today. My mom, as you might imagine, is not taking this news well. Prayer is requested for Evie, her husband Jim, and her children Maura and Tom, and also for my mom.

Happy Canada Day!! to all our Northern NA Orbsters. ( in my US city – Southern NA ORbsters.)

How does one set a stovetop roasted marshmallow on fire? Is your stove gas burning?

My stepson Ben taught me a genius way to make s’ mores in the house. Melt marshmallows( we Did 4) In microwave for about 12 seconds. Press each one between 2 fudge striped store bought cookies. Enjoy! You can also put 1 cookie topped by one room temp marshmallow in the microwave and cook about 10 seconds to puff marshmallow. Top with another room temp cookie. Chocolate will get melty in both versions.

DO NOT EVER DO THIS OVER A GAS BURNER!!! THE CHEMICALS FROM THE GAS LEACH INTO THE MARSHMALLOWS.

Orbsters, friends and families in the SE United States – stay safe. Tropical storm Danny could be forming.

Smores flambé. Yummo!

And a phone, to call 911

NOOOOOO!!

Blow out the flame. The marshmallow will be fine.

Crisis in the kitchen! Elvis is on top of the situation!

OFF TOPIC:Kitten has arrived. She is NOT a tabby, she is dark grey all over. She is now tentatively named Smudge, unless she indicates that she prefers another name. She and Yum Yum are studiously ignoring each other.

Many hands make light work.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Elvis needs his nom noms…

Lupin is so happy at the chaos and marshmallow torch.

I’ve never tried this, but a friend who loves s’more put her stamp of approval on it and it’s a safer way to makes s’mores in the house! I won’t be trying it anytime soon with the heat we’re having here in Seattle!

https://cookcraftlove.com/simple-stovetop-smores-dip-3/

Holy smoke! Someone put out the fire!

sometimes i think all people need “backup adult supervison”

the key word is patience

burnt is how i like em! yummmy s’mores!