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2020-05-29

by shaenon on May 29, 2020 at 12:01 am
Chapter: The Dreadful Future
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  1. Venture
    May 29, 2020, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    Priorities managed. Cheesy fries are better though.

    • awgiedawgie
      May 29, 2020, 12:22 am | # | Reply

      Poutine has the best of both worlds… cheese and gravy.

      • Candace
        May 29, 2020, 12:27 am | # | Reply

        The cheese curds tend to have a weird texture that I just can’t get past, though. I’d rather have grated, melted cheese over fries, rather than curds. I can’t argue with adding gravy, though. Let’s face it, gravy makes most things more awesome, and it is certainly a natural companion to potatoes.

        • awgiedawgie
          May 29, 2020, 2:11 am | # | Reply

          My daughter just dips her fries in gravy, rather than pouring it over them. But I still love her. 🙂

        • Gyrre
          May 29, 2020, 2:25 am | # | Reply

          For me, it’s the gravy. I don’t do gravy. Doesn’t matter what kind, I can’t stand it.
          Not even homemade from scratch.

    • Robert Nowall
      May 29, 2020, 12:24 am | # | Reply

      I prefer fries straight, then dipped in ketchup.

      • Candace
        May 29, 2020, 12:28 am | # | Reply

        I’ll eat French fries or chips pretty much any old way, except with mayo. Mayo is right out.

        • awgiedawgie
          May 29, 2020, 2:10 am | # | Reply

          I don’t like them with plain mayo. But mayo mixed with sriracha sauce? That’s different.

          • Brainstorm
            May 29, 2020, 9:44 am | #

            You, my friend, need Japanese kewpie mayo in your life.

        • clydwich
          May 29, 2020, 6:27 am | # | Reply

          Ever tried it with Saté sauce? Thats what they do in The Netherlands. Or with both Saté sauce And Mayo, which is called a “Patatje Oorlog” (or “Frietje Oorlog” depending on where you are) (something like Fries War, or Fries at War would be the best translation). And than there is the Friet/Patat Speciaal, which is with mayo, curry ketchup and chopped onions, And that’s just for us Dutch. In Belgium there can be as many as 20 different sauces and additions for their Belgium fries, which are different from French fries of course.
          And Poutine was one of the best things we ever ate, when we were over in Canada last year.

          • Regret
            May 29, 2020, 7:53 am | #

            The British habit of putting vinegar on fries is not as disgusting as you expect.
            Also, I wonder if the main reason the Americans don’t like Mayo on their fries is because they don’t have the Dutch strict definition of Mayonaisse? It is a protected concept in NL, it has to fit the legal definition before you can call it mayo.

          • kiralamouse
            May 29, 2020, 8:32 am | #

            By “curry ketchup”, I assume you mean ketjap? My Dutch-American mother always has ketjap and saté on hand, but she’d never heard of these combos. But given the way she almost drooled as I read them out, I bet that’s about to change. Thanks for the tip!

          • clydwich
            May 29, 2020, 12:14 pm | #

            Mayonaise is indeed a protected substance, like butter, and margerine. But that makes is somewhat expensive, and somewhat sour, so most people prefer Frietsaus (Souce for Fries) which is fatter, and sweeter because of added sugar. According to dutch regulations there should be no (or at least very little) sugar in Mayonaise.
            And Curry Ketchup is NOT ketjap. Ketjap is a, or actually several variant(s) of Soy sauce. Curry Ketchup is something the Germans came up with. It is Tomato Ketchup, but slightly spiced, and is, in Germany, used for Curry Wurst. In The Netherlands we use it for Friet Speciaal, among other things.
            Although Ketjap on fries might also be something to try. Next to Sambal of course.

          • Manifesta
            May 29, 2020, 12:50 pm | #

            Regret, malt vinegar on fries is awesome. And clydwich, I love currywurst, so curry catchup would probably be great with fries, too.

          • greenknight32
            May 29, 2020, 3:34 pm | #

            Mayonnaise is strictly defined by law in the US as well, but you can label it as mayo without restriction. Then there’s Miracle Whip, which is basically mayonnaise with added corn syrup, spices and fillers, but can’t be sold as mayonnaise.

      • casimir
        May 29, 2020, 11:09 am | # | Reply

        Sorry everyone, but my go-to is blue cheese dressing with ranch a close second in a pinch. If that makes me a wierdo than so be it. Nothing better.

        • awgiedawgie
          May 29, 2020, 12:10 pm | # | Reply

          You may be a weirdo, but you’re not alone. My mother loves ranch dressing. And when I worked at McDonald’s, we got several regular customers who would request either ranch or blue cheese.

          • Robert Nowall
            May 29, 2020, 4:38 pm | #

            I prefer thousand island, least as far as a salad goes. Is it true that the secret sauce is thousand island dressing?

          • awgiedawgie
            May 29, 2020, 5:03 pm | #

            Not exactly, but it’s reasonably close. It tastes similar, but it’s quite a bit thicker than salad dressing.

          • Ysabet
            May 29, 2020, 8:47 pm | #

            Ranch dressing on fries is the bomb, though! Love it. Blue cheese too!

      • Daibhid C
        May 29, 2020, 12:57 pm | # | Reply

        Brit here, so thick-cut chips with malt vinegar.

      • Ysabet
        May 29, 2020, 8:45 pm | # | Reply

        If you’re in Germany (particularly in the South) and you don’t flat out TELL them not to, well-meaning servers will bring you your fries with an absolute avalanche of mayo on them. And I freakin’ hate mayo with all my soul. Ask for ketchup and they look at you a little oddly; ask for CURRY-ketchup, though, and they smile in relief and bring it on (curry-ketchup is delicious), secure that all is well in Deutschland.

        • khn0
          May 30, 2020, 11:06 am | # | Reply

          About his you an read the discovery of the currywurst, a wonderful novel of Uwe Timm.
          ofc it’s arguing that curry-ketchup is from norther germany….

  2. Robert Nowall
    May 29, 2020, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    After a performance like that, you’ve gotta wonder why.

  3. casimir
    May 29, 2020, 1:49 am | # | Reply

    “Didn’t you want me?”
    …so much pain.

  4. Schismatism
    May 29, 2020, 6:35 am | # | Reply

    Describing poutine as ‘gravy fries’ is a dead giveaway that he’s not actually Captain Bram. Wise up, Sweetheart! You know better than this!

    • awgiedawgie
      May 29, 2020, 12:15 pm | # | Reply

      Then again, they may actually be gravy fries, and not poutine. I have a few Canadian friends who love gravy fries (if they can’t have poutine). But they never call the gravy fries “poutine”.

  5. pharmadan
    May 29, 2020, 7:03 am | # | Reply

    Does this lack of proper food naming indicate an impostor… or just casualness from familiarity

    • 5-tons-of-flax
      May 29, 2020, 7:31 am | # | Reply

      Perhaps an aversion to the French language?

      • Robert Nowall
        May 29, 2020, 8:06 am | # | Reply

        Was it ever established that Captain Bram was French Canadian?

    • s854
      May 29, 2020, 8:11 am | # | Reply

      Perhaps the choice of terminology was made to get Sweetheart’s back up, in much the same way that reaching for a dog’s food does. Given everything Sweetheart’s said about her relationship with Captain Bram, she may actually find this comforting.

  6. Robert Nowall
    May 29, 2020, 7:34 am | # | Reply

    What if this is all an attempt to corral the restless spirits of the creators, and all the problems among the, er, created, is just collateral damage?

    • Doug Relyea
      May 29, 2020, 7:59 am | # | Reply

      Wowsa! So it is Ragnarok we’re headed for, not Armageddon!

    • jdreyfuss
      May 29, 2020, 8:32 am | # | Reply

      Interesting theory. Certainly a possibility, since we’re only seeing it from the point of view of the creations and not the creators’ spirits.

      • jdreyfuss
        May 29, 2020, 8:33 am | # | Reply

        What I mean to say is, since we’re only seeing it from the creations’ perspective we assume they are the main target, but that’s not necessarily true. Especially since a running theme in the comic has always been breaking away from the autocentric perception of events.

  7. Sheik
    May 29, 2020, 11:11 am | # | Reply

    Same here, but the fries have to be fresh, and I’m still trying to duplicate how most fast food restaurants manage to make them so crispy.

    • awgiedawgie
      May 29, 2020, 12:36 pm | # | Reply

      If you’re making your own fries, they have to be partially fried (for about a minute) and then frozen (it helps if you can flash-freeze them, but I don’t know anyone who has their own flash freezer), and then fried again from frozen – don’t allow them to thaw first. That allows the outside to be crispy without overcooking the inside.

      I’ve never tried it using an air fryer, but it works beautifully with a deep fryer, such as a Fry Daddy.

      • waynezombie
        May 29, 2020, 3:07 pm | # | Reply

        There is allegedly a trick to making fries, and that is to cook them twice at two temperatures. Look up Alton Brown’s Good Eats episode on French Fries on YouTube. I think part of the restaurant secret is sugar, which causes crystallization, browning and crunchiness, but I don’t know for sure.

    • Robert Nowall
      May 29, 2020, 2:32 pm | # | Reply

      The best fries I’ve ever had are the ones I make myself. But I can overcook or undercook them.

  8. This Guy I Know
    May 29, 2020, 11:16 am | # | Reply

    This has got to be Pavane.

  9. davidbreslin101
    May 29, 2020, 12:56 pm | # | Reply

    “Talked to you first.” Sounds like a callback to…. all the way back to the Alaskan Werewolves story!

    • casimir
      May 29, 2020, 4:26 pm | # | Reply

      …yes, I’m still in a puzzle about that statement.

      • awgiedawgie
        May 29, 2020, 5:09 pm | # | Reply

        Assuming that this is an induced nightmare, that statement may be intended to make Sweetheart believe that all of her siblings will also be getting visits from the Captain, whether they actually will or not.

  10. Robert Nowall
    May 29, 2020, 4:37 pm | # | Reply

    Poor Sweetheart!
    She’s the dog, the dog with a problem host.
    A problem ghost!

    Poor Sweetheart!
    Poltergeists hang in the bar that she’s in.
    Where to begin?

    Captain Bram, he will bend back her ear,
    But Sweetheart, she tries not to hear
    As a northern dog, she’s known for a long time,
    He’s a long time dead, she knows that,

    Poor Sweetheart!
    Memories bringing out her long buried fear.
    He’s sitting right here!
    He’s right here!
    He sits right here!
    He’s right here!

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