Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 24, 2014
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Chef: What can I get you two? Rat: I'll have a burger. And my friend will have something slimy and flavorless that comes in very small portions and yet is somehow very expensive. Chef: I'm sorry? Goat: I'll have the oysters. Must we do this every time I order oysters? Rat: It's the most overrated food in the world!!!
Templo S.U.D. over 9 years ago
Oysters Rockefeller no doubt.
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
Clam up, Rat.
boyfromoz over 9 years ago
Will goat share his oysters or is he too shellfish?
markzwaan over 9 years ago
My vote goes to snails. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Escargots_3.jpg
wiselad over 9 years ago
with all these interruptions, the saga of Pastis in the basket is going in a snail’s pace
Constancy over 9 years ago
They (oysters) are being removed from a so called wilderness at Drakes Bay in California by the Department of the Interior. Over rated.
danfromfreddybeach over 9 years ago
@Constancy And why is the department in charge of everything outside called the Department of the Interior?
Bilan over 9 years ago
Do you really want Oysters Rockefeller from a burger joint?
warden145 over 9 years ago
I’m with Rat on this one…oysters?!? YUCK!!!
PICTO over 9 years ago
I ate a dozen at dinner one night, with high hopes I might add, but only seven of them worked…Put me down as voting with Rat.
Observer fo Irony over 9 years ago
Maybe the old goat will get some for take out, Cartoon Boy needs some encouragement if he hasn’t been picked up by the Salvation ‘Salvage’ Army.
John Falstaff over 9 years ago
St00pid rat! Oisterrs ees deliceous!
Plods with ...™ over 9 years ago
Only 9 out of 12 work.
Sandfan over 9 years ago
Smoked, grilled, baked, broiled. Cooked any way. Raw? YECCH!!
RACerri32 over 9 years ago
Sorry, oyster lovers, rat’s got it right for a change
me over 9 years ago
Or as Jim Gaffigan says: Here’s a rock with snot in it; let’s eat it.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 9 years ago
What? No mussel jokes?
Jefano Premium Member over 9 years ago
IF ONLY they were flavorless! And odorless!
I Go Pogo over 9 years ago
Best oysters I ever had were fresh from the Chesapeake Bay, opened with a church key, run under water and eaten raw while standing over a sink all about an hour after they were pulled from bay.
Saddenedby Premium Member over 9 years ago
PBS – pearls before swinePBS – public broadcast systemhmmmm
ellisaana Premium Member over 9 years ago
If you are very quiet while eating them, you can hear them scream as they go down.
Donaldo Premium Member over 9 years ago
briny slime-slugs
Bonita Voigt over 9 years ago
I’m with Rat. My name for the little slimy things are Sea Boogers.
David Rickard Premium Member over 9 years ago
Amen, Rat, amen
Petemejia77 over 9 years ago
agree!
Number Three over 9 years ago
Is cooked Rat going to be on the menu in the future by any chance?
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lmonteros over 9 years ago
No, caviar is. I had it once and didn’t know what it was until later. It tasted like spoiled fish that had been oversalted.
Kind&Kinder over 9 years ago
Once again, Rat got his goat.
Bandera_Ken over 9 years ago
For once I agree with Rat.
Fido (aka Felix Rex) Premium Member over 9 years ago
Just serve them with bacon. Everything tastes better with bacon. and we learned earlier that Pig isn’t averse to a little porcine cannibalism.
K M over 9 years ago
I hope Rat didn’t mess up his burger with fungal contaminants or moldy cheese.
BugsyQ over 9 years ago
Oysters are NOT overrated! They rock! I’m getting a bushel tomorrow for a little party we’re having. They’re gonna go great with some fresh grated Horseradish from the garden.
BugsyQ over 9 years ago
Raw, grilled, steamed….Oh Yeah!
Arianne over 9 years ago
Frat there ( of “Frat and Ginger” fame), says Cancel the ersters! Let’s call the whole thing off!
neatslob Premium Member over 9 years ago
Oysters aren’t flavorless, they’re yucky.
AnonymousUser over 9 years ago
Wonder what Rat says about the lobsters. Once they were poor man’s food.
blackdawne over 9 years ago
phlegm on an ashtray, anyone?
Govi Premium Member over 9 years ago
Why is Goat eating oysters? Has he become an omnivore?
codedaddy over 9 years ago
the most overrated food has to be chicken wings. I calculated that customers (aka suckers) pay about $15/pound for wing meat since being sold as Buffalo Wings. Back in the day the wings went into the garbage. Then for awhile they were served free at happy hour. Then they got renamed and caught on as “cool” and became a must-have appetizer more pretentious in their way than even escargot.
chromosome Premium Member over 9 years ago
sea boogers
neatslob Premium Member over 9 years ago
“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.” — Swift
claire de la lune. over 9 years ago
I have to say, I’m not a huge fan of oysters either.
claire de la lune. over 9 years ago
What’s another overrated food?
pc368dude over 9 years ago
He should try the smoked oysters that come in flat cans. I got addicted to them in Nam and had to have them sent from home.
knight1192a about 9 years ago
Most overrated food in the world is the cronut.
DragonKat almost 9 years ago
oysters are SOOOOOOOO GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Snuffles [Previously Helikitty] over 1 year ago
What about Rocky mountain Oysters?
alantain 10 months ago
My vote is for luwak coffee. If you don’t know what it is, it has to do with civets. The rest doesn’t bear thinking about.