The food of Questionable Content, excluding take-out and alcohol.
Overview[]
Do the twenty-somethings of QC not cook? Apparently not, to judge from the 11 years of Questionable Content. Out of some perverse curiosity, I went through all 2780 comics to date, leaving out any guest comics, Sweet-Tits, Yelling Bird and the turkeys, and confined myself to looking for food in people’s homes. No take-out or delivery, no meals eaten out, and no liquor or beer. I did, however, include food or ingredients that characters specifically mentioned as being in the dwelling, even if it wasn’t shown. And I included foods not eaten, like Pintsize’s cake batter, or the emergency bags of frozen peas.
Carrot cake, pies, cookies, pancakes, and marinara seemed to be the only recipe-type cooked foods the main characters cooked. Meals, in the usual sense, were either eaten out or else made by an older generation (Emily’s or Dora’s parents, for example.)
The main characters are, when not drinking beer or hard liquor, practically swimming in coffee. Marigold must drink energy drinks, because there is almost always a can on her dresser and I refuse to believe that, post-Hannelore, it is the same one for weeks on end.
In the morning, milk, juice and cereal are the norm. Ice cream and cookies are on hand for emotional emergencies, popcorn for movie nights, and peanut butter and bread for a quick filler meal. But stews, soups, roasts, potato salad, vegetables, all the usual cooking type foods are never shown, much less cooked.
This means that each character probably eats out or orders food in not less than once a day, at a probable cost of $15 per day, or about $5,500 a year. Yikes! It's a clear example of the Improbable Food Budget trope.
This was an exercise in perseverance above and beyond common sense, but since it’s now done, I may as well make it available to others. Enjoy, or whatever.
-- Noni Mausa
By Character[]
Marten[]
- Cake mix[1][2]
- Canned drink[3]
- Coffee[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
- Marinara[25]
- Sandwich[26]
- Ham[27]
- Popcorn[28][29][30]
- Possibly groceries[31]
- Clementines[32]
- Unknown drink[33]
- Cereal with milk[34]
- Frozen waffles[35]
- Pancakes[36][37]
- Ice cream[38][39][20]
- Potato chips[40]
- Peanut butter[41][42]
- Blueberries(?)[43]
- Cookies[44][45][46]
- Milk[44][47][48]
- Chips[45][49][50]
- Groceries[47]
- Carrot cake[51]
- Strawberry rhubarb pie[52]
- Apple pie[52]
- Banana cream pie[52]
- Pecan pie[52]
- Toast[53]
- Orange juice[54]
- Pocky[55][56]
- Frozen peas[57]
- Cupcakes[58]
- Bread[42]
- Cake batter[59]
Dora[]
Peter Bianchi[]
Elssa Bianchi[]
- Salad<ef name="c1035" />[65]
Ellen[]
Natasha[]
Mrs. Whitaker[]
Sven[]
- Coffee[70][71][72][73]
- Cookies[74]
- Pancakes[75]
- Orange juice[75]
- Cereal[71]
- Sandwich[76]
- Juice box[76]
Meena[]
Hannelore[]
- Cake[81]
- Milk[82]
- Orange juice[82][83]
- Yogurt[82]
- Eggs[82]
- Toast[83]
- Cereal[83]
- Watermelon[84]
- Cookies[85]
- Finest Space Tea[86]
Marigold[]
- Pocky[87]
- Energy drink[88][89][90]
- Chips[91]
- Tea[91][92]
- Ramen[93][94]
- Tacos[95]
- Pie[89]
- Beef jerky[96]
- Coffee[97]
- Sandwich[98]
- Milk[99]
- Pancakes[100]
- Maple syrup[100]
Space Station[]
- Cookies[101]
- Scrambled eggs[102][103]
- Pastries[102]
- Jam[102]
- Space ham[102]
- Cocktail weenie[104]
- Cake[105]
- Sausages[103]
- Bacon[103]
Emily's lake house[]
Nudists[]
- Cookies[111]
Steve[]
Dale[]
- Milk[116]
Henry Reed[]
- Vegetables[117]
Foods[]
- Bacon
- BLT
- Blueberries(?)
- Cake
- Cake mix
- Canned drink
- Carrot cake
- Cereal
- Clementines
- Cocktail Weenie
- Coffee
- Cookies
- Cornbread
- Cupcakes
- Eggs
- Scrambled Eggs
- Energy Drink
- Ham
- Space ham
- Hot dogs
- Ice cream
- Jam
- Juice
- Juice box
- Maple syrup
- Marinara
- Microwave burrito
- Milk
- Orange juice
- Pancakes
- Pastries
- Peanut butter
- Frozen peas
- Pies
- Pocky
- Popcorn
- Potato chips
- Potato salad
- Ramen
- Salad
- Sandwich
- Sausages
- Tacos
- Tea
- Toast
- Vegetables
- Frozen waffles
- Watermelon
- Yogurt
References
- ↑ Number 20: Not As Good As Pie
- ↑ Number 57: Bad Timing
- ↑ Number 27: No Love For The Emo
- ↑ Number 42: Not Sexy After All?
- ↑ Number 81: No Peeking
- ↑ Number 119: Morning Persons
- ↑ Number 164: We Need To Talk
- ↑ Number 187: Honorable Bottoms
- ↑ Number 270: Cheap Humor
- ↑ Number 282: Who Is Joey
- ↑ Number 310: Duck It
- ↑ Number 347: Don't Be A Robo-Homophobe
- ↑ Number 384: Neon Genesis Pintsizelion
- ↑ Number 396: Faye Is Sort Of Channeling Me Here
- ↑ Number 431: Mama I'm Comin' Home
- ↑ Number 535: That Guy Was A Total Badass
- ↑ Number 570: She Missed It All
- ↑ Number 687: I Would Too
- ↑ Number 807: Paging Doctor Paine
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Number 1579: Visitation Rights
- ↑ Number 1841: Break Out The Fancy Hats
- ↑ Number 1920: They're Honestly Pretty Good
- ↑ Number 2100: #1 Douchebag
- ↑ Number 2552: You've Changed, Man
- ↑ Number 207: Marinara
- ↑ Number 232: Theology
- ↑ Number 296: OMG
- ↑ Number 302: Next Time On Cops
- ↑ Number 307: Crash Test Dummy
- ↑ Number 1488: Inevitably Leads To Fickenfreude
- ↑ Number 365: Or Maybe A Bug-Zapper
- ↑ Number 371: There Is No Stopping Him
- ↑ Number 448: Nslookup
- ↑ Number 464: WTF?
- ↑ Number 510: Breakfast of Champions
- ↑ Number 648: Are You My Mommy?
- ↑ Number 648: Are You My Mommy?
- ↑ Number 911: Hey, Remember the '90s?
- ↑ Number 1007: Weird Flavor
- ↑ Number 979: Life In The Wild
- ↑ Number 1137: The Bees And The Bees
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Number 2419: Friendvestments
- ↑ Number 1141: Mr And Mrs
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Number 1221: Accidental Collisions
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 Number 1253: A Viscous Fluid
- ↑ Number 2083: That's My Backup Plan
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 Number 1572: Nothing Says Love Like...
- ↑ Number 2376: Poor Planning Indeed
- ↑ Number 1667: Cockegaard
- ↑ Number 1695: Dora Is VERY Open-Minded
- ↑ Number 1671: Ain't No Problems Here
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3 Number 1679: Sweet Science
- ↑ Number 1751: Can You Really Blame Him?
- ↑ Number 2267: Threat Display
- ↑ Number 2237: Or Toss Her Through A Window
- ↑ Number 2239: Next: Bathroom Privileges
- ↑ Number 2340: First Impressions
- ↑ Number 2200: The Only Way To Win Is Not To Play
- ↑ Number 2679: A Snowglobe Fantasy
- ↑ Number 226: Impressionism
- ↑ Number 569: Cocoa Is A Good Peace Offering
- ↑ Number 600: It's Assumed That He Is Joking
- ↑ Number 2235: No, Dora, No!
- ↑ Number 1035: It's A Good Anecdote
- ↑ 65.0 65.1 Number 1036: Oh So Feminine
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 Number 249: Like The Beatles Only More Violent
- ↑ 67.0 67.1 Number 297: PETA
- ↑ 68.0 68.1 68.2 Number 585: It's Good To Be Home
- ↑ Number 617: Same Old Faye
- ↑ Number 877: Humans Have Problems Too
- ↑ 71.0 71.1 Number 1201: Fuck's Sake Indeed
- ↑ Number 1320: A Combination Of Surprise And Agony And Tickling
- ↑ Number 1341: YEAH WOO
- ↑ Number 985: Tit For Tat
- ↑ 75.0 75.1 Number 1082: Nobody Likes That Kind
- ↑ 76.0 76.1 Number 1216: Why Does He Have A Purple One?
- ↑ Number 894: There's The Catch
- ↑ 78.0 78.1 Number 1025: Ugh, That Pink Shirt
- ↑ Number 1027: Holy Exposition, Batman
- ↑ Number 1026: Breakfast Table Discussion
- ↑ Number 1068: What About Her Clones?
- ↑ 82.0 82.1 82.2 82.3 Number 1127: The Only Ova They Could Find
- ↑ 83.0 83.1 83.2 Number 1611: Awkward Aubade
- ↑ Number 1674: IT'S LLAMA WEEK
- ↑ Number 2105: Sure Whatever
- ↑ Number 2683: Blessed Silence
- ↑ Number 1416: Come With Me If You Want To Live
- ↑ Number 1457: His First Instinct Upon Waking
- ↑ 89.0 89.1 Number 1692: Life Experiences
- ↑ Number 2636: Sleeping Booty
- ↑ 91.0 91.1 Number 1495: Pretty Pretty Pretty Pretty
- ↑ Number 2634: Classic First Date
- ↑ Number 1560: Robot Art
- ↑ Number 2026: Lord Of The Flies
- ↑ Number 1623: Quite Elementary, My Dear
- ↑ Number 1860: The Worst Element
- ↑ Number 2006: She'll Drink It Anyway
- ↑ Number 2198: Concise Explanation
- ↑ Number 2341: Also Maybe A Shoe Rack
- ↑ 100.0 100.1 Number 2637: Breakfast Time
- ↑ Number 2123: Indigestion
- ↑ 102.0 102.1 102.2 102.3 Number 2128: Discrete Happiness
- ↑ 103.0 103.1 103.2 Number 2162: They Enable Each Other
- ↑ Number 2137: Greek To Me
- ↑ Number 2150: Ice Cream, Too
- ↑ Number 2298: And Also Bananas
- ↑ 107.0 107.1 107.2 Number 2330: Friendquaintances
- ↑ Number 2303: Buoyancy
- ↑ Number 2306: The Gordian Bikini
- ↑ Number 2324: Coffee Talk
- ↑ Number 2304: Unexpected Diversion
- ↑ Number 2407: You Needed To Know
- ↑ Number 2629: Horsey Os
- ↑ 114.0 114.1 Number 2630: Daria, Dolly, Dumbledore
- ↑ 115.0 115.1 Number 2743: Not What You Were Expecting
- ↑ Number 2503: Forehead Tattoo
- ↑ Number 2373: Canine Heirs
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