Comics by Debbie

My first attempt cooking with curry paste

Debbie Ridpath Ohi June 30, 2026

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Four-panel comic titled My Life in a Nutshell. One sister serves curry to the other, who says it's her first time cooking with curry paste; in the next panel her face turns red and her hair stands on end, and in the last panel she says, "Er...I guess I need to adjust the amount of paste I use. Want some water?" while her sister replies, "Fire extinguisher, please."

Longer description follows:

Panel 1: Two sisters sit at a table. One says, "Thanks for volunteering to be my cooking guinea pig, Ruth." The other replies, "Hey, what else are sisters for?"

Panel 2: The sister serving the food says, "So this is your first attempt at cooking with curry paste? Let's see...." The other sister raises her chopsticks holding food toward her mouth.

Panel 3: The sister who tasted the food sits frozen with wide eyes, flushed cheeks, and hair sticking out in all directions. The other sister watches with a surprised expression.

Panel 4: The cook says, "Er...I guess I need to adjust the amount of paste I use. Want some water?" The other sister, still red-faced and sweating, replies, "Fire extinguisher, please."

Comic by Debbie Ridpath Ohi.

This is an example of one of my old comics from My Life In A Nutshell, a semi-autobiographical comic I am considering reviving. I currently have the archives (badly formatted) on my website, but would love to have the comic in an easier-to-navigate interface.

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