Close to Home by John McPherson for September 12, 2021

Serves coffee! So dish me up some graham crackers with jelly, please!

Graham crackers without jelly are pretty good too.

Pretty high prices for those items, if you ask me!

Bananas with peanut butter definitely pulls my chain. Yum yum yum.

Bummer, Bleeb still hasn’t mastered time travel.

Cheetos and mustard? No, thanx.

A joke in my family is that I like food with my ketchup as I like a lot of it with 99% of I eat, but even I wouldn’t have ketchup with an English Muffin.

Does Dad have the recipes for all of these entrees written down?

Are they kept in a secret vault?

Is Dad experimenting with some new combinations?

Warning to Parents of young children: kids may try to copy these entrees at home.

Sardines with kimchi

What? No Tang sandwiches?

Beans, still in the can. $1.50. $2 if you want a spoon.

Today’s Special: Toast crumbs with a side of canary eyelids…

“Bread w/ an egg on it” – Toast that bread and put some peanut butter on it and that’s what I’m having for breakfast this morning! (I’ve been accused by my 4 teen/adult children of being “a Dad.” It may be true. :) )

My dad liked anything left over from dinner. All stodged together. He was an artful stodger.

My dad was a better cook than my mother. Unfortunately he rarely did it.

Hmmm… most of these sound okay!

No more of those pesky ‘ol 2011 reruns for us! Set the WayBac machine Sherman, we’re traveling back to 2005.

I’m gonna start reruns of old comments!

My dad was a little more substantial … as long as it had SPAM in his meals

Scrambled Pop tarts?

Left out whipped cream in the squirt can!

What’s odd about boiled hot dogs?

Even bleep wouldn’t eat there

Finally. A restaurant that really servers home cooking. I’ll bet I could get tuna fish cheese macaroni there. It’s great with a glob of mayo mixed in.

A lot of those sound like how I still eat, though I tend to do the improvising with healthier foods now… still some pretty weird combinations based on what I still have sitting around and how fast I can make it.

Don’t forget the entree: can of sardines in mustard with a side of pork n’ beans on toast.

They all look happy, they’re used to it!

All the basic food groups.

Scrambled Brains.

Scrambled pop tarts has my attention for some reason….

Lazy Dad…

Whoa. Bread with an egg on it. I’ll to try that when I’m inspired.

Expensive place to eat, too.

My Father used to fry up split Red Hot Dogs served up on sliced white Bread with mustard !

I might try some of that stuff, especially the pickles and chips, if it weren’t for the prices.

Toasted bread with an egg on it is still one of my favorite things. Nowadays it usually includes hot sauce and cheese.

There is definitely honesty in that menu with some Dads. However, many of us are really everyday good cooks and not just bar b que Dads….

How about a plate of pancakes for only $14.99? Real price in just a diner.

mashed doritos in a bowl covered with pace medium picante sauce…

eaten with a spoon!

only heaven can compare…

This looks like “ Stoned Dad Diner”.

Scrambled Pop Tarts= Tas Propt!

Hey! No peanut butter on toast?

I think the best deal is the pretzels with root beer is the best deal. It’s the only meal that comes with a beverage.

Gimme a break fellas. I’ve gotta fast today in preparation for a medical procedure mañana.

My Dad used to make us pancakes on Sunday morning in the shapes of U.S. states. Funny how he never told us which state it was until after he poured the batter. :)

glad my dad didn’t cook like that

Graham crackers with jelly, please. Sounds yummy!

Some of those items actually would work. :)