Since its debut in 1979, For Better or For Worse has touched comic strip readers as few cartoons ever do. Cartoonist Lynn Johnston’s eye for detail and her uncanny sense of what real parents and children struggle with daily are a big part of her success. The world has watched the Patterson family grow up in real time, and to many readers, the Pattersons feel like family!
Parents and children alike will relate to the obstacles that the Patterson family faces. Curfews, parent date nights, babysitting, pets and distractions are all hurdles that the Pattersons must overcome in order to enjoy each other as a family. They face the same obstacles that real life families do, which is what makes them so loveable.
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RanaRavens said, 7 months ago
Who makes pie out of a stale jack-o-lantern?
Night-Gaunt49 said, 7 months ago
I guess they do.
TheSkulker
said, 7 months ago
Elly could have said, “Please” and taught by example.
Carolyn Cherry said, 7 months ago
How can you make pie out of a carved pumpkin? Don’t you have to gut it before you carve it?
trekman58 said, 7 months ago
@Carolyn Cherry
Simple! Jack O Lanterns are already gutted – all you do is carve it into chunks and bake it on a cookie sheet. Peel the skin off the chunks, pop them in you food processor, add spices and voila! Pumpkin pie filling! Depending on the size of the gourd you’ll have enough for several pies!
trekman58 said, 7 months ago
… and you thought I only command Starships! ;-D
tagteam said, 7 months ago
@trekman58
A great Captain can run all of his Departments. Hence the term “Chief Cook & Bottle Washer”. Live long and prosper!
frugalnotcheap said, 7 months ago
@trekman58
“… and you thought I only command Starships! ;-D”
Maybe that’s what I’m doing wrong: husband wants to renew his pilot’s licence, I’ve been ‘concerned’ about him doing that. But if it comes with basic cooking skills, guess I’d better re-think that!!
IndyMan said, 7 months ago
It won’t taste as good as a ‘field pumpkin’ which has a lighter skin but the flesh is darker and more flavorful.
Manhunter808 said, 7 months ago
@trekman58: not bad for a guy with a ship full of food replicators. Sail on!
masnadies said, 7 months ago
Lynn’s Notes:
Like so many, I would rather buy a can of pumpkin filling or purchase a whole darned ready-made pie, than go to the trouble of making one myself. In reality, I have only once cooked and eaten a pumpkin. In this one true-to-life case, I did cook our Halloween pumpkin and learned a valuable lesson: Never cook a pumpkin you’ve used as a Jack-o-lantern…it tastes like *#$%!!!
Dypak
said, 7 months ago
Maybe it’s a Canadian thing, recycling your porch jack o’lantern into pie. Or maybe a depression era thing. “The poor today, bah! When I was a kid we ate the jack o’lantern the day after Halloween!”
TrapperJohn said, 7 months ago
@frugalnotcheap
Are you concerned about him renewing his drivers license, too? He’s safer in his small plane than he is in his car or truck.
lightenup
said, 7 months ago
It’s okay, Lizzie, he doesn’t have ears! ;-)
hcr1985 said, 7 months ago
That sounds better than what WE did with our jack-o-lanterns!! We usually would leave them sitting in our porch until about November 16th…by then, the pooy guy is frowning, begging to be put out of his misery!!!!