THE FRIDAY FUNNIES

Ah, my friends, it's been another weird week here in Wonderland.

And the rest of it looks just as strange.

There's RAIN in our forecast.

Oh, I know.

Not all of you think all of Arizona is a desert wilderness with gila monsters and rattlesnakes at every step.

But it's been awhile and it feels refreshing and it smells and sounds nice.

Kind of like the ice cream truck coming through your neighborhood just as you're relaxing after a big barbecue.

But enough about that.

Let's look at this week's crop of comedy.

Hey, don't blame me!

Blame the humor elves that supply me with these.

'Course, I do keep them in the dank, dark dungeon most of their days.

But to defer, may I deliver a darned deliberate wish for you to have a dreadfully delicious weekend.

And always remember to keep laughing, dagnabbit!

Here, kitty-kitty . . .

( . . . oh, my . . . )

IT'S ONLY THURSDAY BUT . . .

 

Just a wee tad of a preview for tomorrow.

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BUT THEY'RE YELLOW!

I think this is the best crop we've ever had from our tomato barrel.

These are the Yellow Pear Tomatoes but we've had plenty of red ones too and they're growing side by side in the same barrel, along with some marigolds to keep the bad bugs away. 

WARNING

 

COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!

The latest product of the BAD's colorful imagination is this brightly painted rooster.

King of the farmyard, for sure.

BLT & WHAT????

The other day I suggested our glut of home-grown tomatoes and a fresh package of bacon called for Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato sandwiches.

SWMBO readily agreed and set to work.

Starting with some slices of lightly toasted multi-grain bread, slathered heavily on two pieces with mayonnaise and lightly on the other two; then topped with Dijon mustard on the latter and some American cheese.

On top of the cheese went a copious amount of the oven-baked bacon (who doesn't like bacon).

Then the sliced tomatoes.

Followed by good handfulls of Iceberg lettuce.

The other slices of bread went on top and there you have it:  the diner favorite, the Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato sandwich.

But that was only the half of it!

Earlier in the day a recipe had popped up unexpectedly on Judy's laptop screen and it got her thinking.

She had a large cantaloupe in the fridge that was ready to eat and the recipe was for something called Cantaloupe Gazpacho.

Now that may be raising some eyebrows but stay tuned.

It called for pureeing the cantaloupe in a food processor, along with some cucumbers, orange bell pepper (she used the mini we had on hand), olive oil, water, and sherry vinegar.

She added a pinch of Cayenne pepper to "kick it up a notch", as Emeril Lagasse would say.

It was served cold with a touch of yogurt on top and garnished with minced fresh mint, also from our patio garden.

Back in the day I never liked gazpacho because the idea of cold soups didn't appeal to me.

But let me tell you something, kids, this cantaloupe version was wonderful and it complemented the BLT sandwiches perfectly!

If you're adventurous, you can find a number of different recipes for it on the Internet.