We live in the Springfield, Missouri area, which proudly claims to be the home of such notables as Don Johnson, Brad Pit among along with any number of music celebs. It is also the home of one of my favorites…Cashew Chicken, which was invented, back in the 60s by Mr. Leong of Leong's Tea House. They're still in business and still owned by the same family.

A few years ago, we had what they called Springfield style cashew chicken in a small town along the Oregon coast. I didn't recognize it as cashew chicken and barely recognized it as Chinese. If anything, it was kinda like something out of a can of vegetable soup with a handful of nuts.   

 Back in the 80s I was in at a printer's going over some design and layout work, when the scion of the Leong family came in with his fiancé, to pick out wedding invitations. The shop owner, acting the big shot role decided to be magnanimous and give the young couple a healthy price break. After all the dealing was done, he asked where they were going on their honeymoon, thinking 3 days in Branson. The bride piped up and said New York, London, Paris, and Rome. Boy was owner’s wife steamed, as they watched the love birds drive off in their Mercedes.

I ran across several file folders of old cartoons from the days when I was active as a cartoonist (circa 1970s). These have, for whatever reason, never been published, and quite possibly never even been submitted. If you like them, I’ll keep them coming … as long as they last.

Your comments are always welcome and encouraged.

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