Posts Tagged With: Comic Chef

The Mysterious Staple Remover

Posted on February 26, 2025 by pauldelancey

It’s about to turn into a staple.

How many times has this happened to you?

You stapled a stack of papers, but you need to take out that staple because it twisted into an impossible shape that wouldn’t hold two pages together, or you need to remove it  to insert a new page into the middle of the stack.

You look for your staple remover that always occupies pride of place on your desk.

It’s not there! What the heck?

So you remove the offending staple using your fingers. This happens all the time. Life is truly hard.

But then, BUT THEN, as soon as the staple is thrown away, the stapler reappears in the place it had always been. Can this problem of the disappearing stapler be solved?

NO.

But I can explain why this occurs. You can have a staple to be removed OR you can have a staple remover. But not both. Staples and their removers are merely two  forms of the same entity. It’s kinda like Clark Kent and Superman(tm). You never see the two of them together, because they are the same being.

I hope that this, at least, solves the mystery. Carry on the best you can.

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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The Great Cats Latch Hook Project – Part 2

Posted on February 22, 2025 by pauldelancey

Hi there. I’ve made some project. As you can, it’s going to be two cats. I’ve sorted enough of the yarn to progress more quickly. However, the kit calls for me to use two nearly identical bits of yellow yarn. I just can’t tell them apart. I’ll see if I can get a better pair of eyes to tell the yellow colors apart. Then it’s full speed ahead

And here’s the inital progress.

02/22/25

 

 

 

 

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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The Second Great Latch Hook Project – Part 1

Posted on February 19, 2025 by pauldelancey

Hey! I’ve started a new latch-project. It’s early days so it does look like much yet. For some hateful reason, the makers of this new latch-hook fit jumbled all the yarn colors together. This made finding the right color, and thus the project much slower.

I solved this problem by buying DeWalt(tm) tool-sorting case. It was cheaper and better than the crafts sorters. It took a while, but most of the threads are sorted into their compartments. Beside, it looks spiffy.

And here’s my yarn-sorting case.

#SLHP #1

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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Deep Fryer French Fries

Posted on February 15, 2025 by pauldelancey

American Entree

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DEEP FRYER FRENCH FRIES

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INGREDIENTS
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1¼ pound russet potato
13 cups vegetable oil*
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* = My deep fryer uses this amount. Amounts vary with each deep fryer. See instructions that come with deep fryer. Duck fat or beef tallow gives a better taste, but it should be completely melted before being put into the fryer.
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SPECIAL UTENSILS
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french-fry cutter
deep fryer
4 4-cup Mason jars
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Serves 2. Takes 1 hour 20 minutes.
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PREPARATION
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If desired, remove potato skins with potato peeler. Use French-fry cutter to cut potato into strips. Place these French fries in a bowl. Cover and refrigerate for 40 minutes or until ready to fry.
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Add oil to deep fryer. It should be between the MIN and MAX level on the bowl. Set temperature to 325 degrees. While temperature rises to 325 degrees, drain water from fries. Pat fries dry with paper towels.
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Once the oil’s temperature reaches 325 degrees add French fries to frying basket. Carefully lower basket into oil. Put lid on fryer. Deep fry for 10 minutes or until fries just start to show color. Raise temperature to 360 degrees. Deep fry for another 3 minutes or until fries become crispy and turn golden brown. Drain oil. Sprinkle with salt, if desired. Serve with condiments such as ketchup, mustard, or mayonnaise. Serve hot.
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Strain and drain oil into Mason jars. Reuse the oil until it has a foamy surface,  dirty, dark appearance, or a fishy aroma.
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TIDBITS
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1) How does NASA know if teeny, tiny objects exist in apparently empty stretches of outer space? It flings billions of potato strips into the apparently voids out there. NASA ensures uniform shapes and weights of these tater strips by employing French-fry cutters. The space agency flings these spud bits into space and tracks their orbits. If the orbit wobbles, another object exists close to the erratic fry. By such means NASA hopes to find every teeny, weeny, itsy, bitsy, speck in outer space.
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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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Everything You Need

Posted on February 14, 2025 by pauldelancey

I saw the following sign at the local nursery. It’s true as far as it goes. I, however, would add tacos and pets.

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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Heading to Walmart

Posted on February 12, 2025 by pauldelancey

Going to Walmart. Am I overdressed?

Due to horrible and concerted cirumstances beyond my control I shall soon be shopping at Walmart.

I know.

Scary.

I have only once made it through Walmart without muttering, “I hate Walmart.”

Is it because people constantly block aisles with their cart? Is it because the shoppers don’t watch where they’re going? Is it because the parking lot is packed to the gills and the drivers seem to think traffic laws don’t apply  there? Yes, yes, and yes. And yet Walmartians seem to thrive. More power to them.

Anyway, I’m going in. Pray for me.

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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Emotional Cheese

Posted on February 11, 2025 by pauldelancey

American Entree

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EMOTIONAL CHEESE

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Emotional food really is a thing. Emotions foods evoke positive emotions in you. These foods bring back memories of pleasant, happy dinners with friends and family. Emotional foods also please us due to their simplicity. The world is just getting too complex. We crave simple foods
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The best emotional foods are yummy, simple, and taste like childhood.
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Cheese pizzas are tasty and provide the basis of happy. family memories
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But pizzas do not qualify, at least to me, as an emotional food. They are simple but they take an eternity to make from scratch. Motoring to a Italian restaurant, waiting for a waitress and waiting for the chef to cook your pizza is like watch paint dry. Excessive waiting births negative emotions.
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What then is quick way to make emotional food? Look at the below recipe to find out how.
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INGREDIENT
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1 block of cheese
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PREPARATION
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Cut off a slab of cheese from a block cheese. That’s it. Now you’re filled with yummy cheese and emotions. Yay.
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Serves 1. Takes 1 minute
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And now, your emotional cheese.
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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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National Pajamas Day

Posted on February 9, 2025 by pauldelancey

Wearing them by the fridge

That right. On Natioanl Pajameas Day, you may wear your pjs anywhere.

You may wear them indoors.
You may wear them on a base.
You may wear them just in case.
You may wear them when at work.
You may wear them with a clerk.
You may wear them when at school.
You may wear them by the pool.
You may wear them on a bridge.
You may wear them by the fridge.
You may wear them ANYWHERE.

But only for today.
Then the gray banality of the world will return with a vengeance.
Make the most of National Pajamas Day.

 

– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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Bunnies Will Save Our Economy

Posted on February 8, 2025 by pauldelancey

My gosh, our economy is under siege from trade wars, inflation, and, of course, lutefisk vendors. These evil influences could very well bring on a severe depression, one so catastropic as to make the Great Depression of 1929 look like a cake walk.

What can we do to protect our livelihoods, our savings?

Fret not, America’s titans of industry are employing the cute, lovable bunny to save the day. They know we’ll feel warm and squooshy inside whever we gaze upon adorable rabbits, so much that we’ll surely basketfull of bunny-promoted products whenever we shop.

The bunny boost to the economy shall overpower trade wars and the like. Our grand economy shall prevail.

All hail, the noble bunny!

The pictures below demonstrate how prevalent bunny-endorsed products have become.

Proof you cannot deny

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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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This Day In History

Posted on February 7, 2025 by pauldelancey

On this day in 1529, a one-mile thick ice-cap covered Greenland.

Brr

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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

My cookbook, Following Good Food Around the World, with its 180 wonderful recipes, my newest novel, Do Lutheran Hunks Eat Mushrooms, a hilarious apocalyptic thriller, and all my other books, are available on amazon.com.

 

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