Pickling can improve the flavor of vegetables in certain ways, it’s true. But if you’re already at the table and it’s too late to pickle, you can always try doing what my dad used to say: “You can eat anything if you put enough pepper on it.” :-)
Elly must’ve stopped reading before she reached the end of the sentence, which should go like this: “. . . . in language the dog can understand.” Dog language does not consist of explaining or commanding in a non-dog foreign language—for instance, in English words that the dog has not been trained to understand. Of course, if all that were in the strip, nothing would be funny!
She’s gotcha there, Joe.