Tom & Dinosaur Hand

first a quick shout out to Jeff, over at Whatever the Hell he's calling His Blog this week, as he has posted the new Touche' Cliche'...I'll have it up over here at some point, when I can fit it in...

Dinner...and a movie! A Theme Thursday post: Dinosaur Hand: Aha! Something I can really sink my teeth into!
Tom: I'm glad you're excited. Here's the thing, though - we just aren't sophisticated connoisseurs of fine cuisine, you know.
D.H: Speak for yourself, mush-up frog face. I love stuff like rat-a-tatty and horror devourers.
Tom: You mean ratatouille and, oh never mind. Obviously you are more the beans and franks sort.
D.H: ha ha ha ha ha ha.
Tom: Alright; what I was thinking was, we rate our favorite meals, you know, the stuff we cook ourselves, for our family.
D.H: And we grub it down while watching a movie? Excellent!
Tom: Too right; Burn After Reading. One of those great Coen Brother movies.
D.H: Hoo! Remember Fargo? What did we eat with that? Spaghetti?
Tom: What? Who knows. This movie had a great cast, including John Malkovich, Francis McDormand and George Clooney.
D.H: Don't forget Brad Pitt. (snort) He was a riot! What a dope.
Tom: Yeah – I liked this one a lot. It had a couple crude parts, but mostly it was goofy and a rib tickler.
D.H: Ribs?! Are we having ribs with this? Sweet, gooey, finger smacking ribs?
Tom: No, no...but we're cooking, Dinosaur Hand...ready?
D.H: I really like the spatula. Stir the pot, stir the pot. And frosting. And the licking of the batter.
Tom: Right. Now we're getting somewhere. One of my favorite dishes is pork chops over sliced potatoes.
D.H: Fancy.
Tom: Ha. Not really. Remember how we make it?
D.H: O.K. I'll play your game. First, set the oven to 325, then slice up a mess o' spuds.
Tom: Yep – it depends on how many you're cooking for. I figure at least one good size potato per person, but I really like the taters, so I slice more.
Layer the bottom of a 9X13 casserole pan with potatoes and top that with pork chops and sliced onions.
D.H: Onions shmonions. Why is it always onions with you. Are you in love with onions?
Tom: Maybe, a little. Put either water or a half can of broth over the whole bunch, some butter and salt...
D.H: ...then cover with foil and stick in the oven for one point five hours.
Tom: It's so easy that even me and Dino Hand can do it. Almost as easy as boiling water!
D.H: how does that work?
Tom: Okay then, easy as making toast.
D.H: That lever thing always gets me...
Tom: Um, easy as buttering bread?
D.H: ack, who has time for that?!
Tom: Last chance – easy as pie!
D.H: Ta – daaaaaaaa. Winner winner, chicken dinner!