The Taste of Regret

A rather mediocre finale to not just last week's comic, but also to the "Food For Thought" series. Looking back on it now, I didn't realise I had so many weird perceptions about food and cooking. Kind of makes me think I'm a multi-faceted individual with nuanced opinions. HA! That joke will never stop getting old.

Also, as a heads up: With the new series starting next week, the comics will also be released on Instagram until further notice (or I get tired of Instagram). This might make it easier for some of you to keep up with all the latest and/or greatest comics, so be sure to follow the dante_denmore account and like those comics. Please?

Senior's Discount

The mundane sequel to last week's comic, as it were. These days, you'll be lucky to get any sort of discount without being some kind of a war veteran or hero of the people. It's like the cultural equivalent of all those "I did X and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" clothes, except this is one visage you can't remove easily.

Into the Future

Based on one of those limited-time redeemable tokens I got back in 2015 for a free sundae from McDonald's and capitalizing on the complacency of mega-corporations for using two digits to represent the year on printed dates. Now I just have to wait about... 993 more years until I can taste that sweet freedom.

Overcooked

Inspired by all those recipes that involve "simmering for two minutes" or related activities over a similar time allocation. It doesn't matter whether you're watching that food like an eagle or literally forgetting that you've got something cooking on the stove top, you're going to overcook it anyway, so you may as well adjust your taste buds to that charred but smoky flavour while you can and prolong your misery for years to come.

Garbage Can't

Reminds me of my youth, before my deep resentment for cooking, when I made cookies for the first time: They were rock-hard biscuits with bitter chocolate chips and an unusually salty aftertaste, destined for the trash, but somehow people were convinced it was worth trying because "they look alright". Ah, to be young again...

Lost in translation

Ah, money: The language that every restaurant speaks, regardless of which country you're in. Granted, you're somewhat aware that said restaurant will try to take advantage of your ignorance and make you pay more money than you have to. Because I'm not making that mistake. Again.

The Forgotten Recipe

One of the many reasons why I loathe cooking is that people are usually expecting me to clearly remember how to cook something that I've apparently made before. I would say there's a plethora of more important stuff to remember such as public holidays, medical appointments and whatever I was last doing when playing Tropico 3.