Visual Description: Two non-Kosher friends.
TULEF = FLUTE, VAEEW = WEAVE, HEPNYH = HYPHEN, TECEDT = DETECT — Giving us: FTEWAEHHEDTC
Clue/Question: They sat together with a bowl of pork rinds and – – –
Answer: CHEWED THE FAT
(Crunchy fat that is! I don’t eat them regularly, but I do like me some pork rinds! Especially the barbecue flavored ones. Or, the spicy hot ones. Plain are okay too, but I prefer them with a little zing to them. They go great with beer! Just like potato chips, pretzels, peanuts, corn chips, and of course Cheesy Poofs! Yeah, I can’t imagine pork rinds – deep fried pork fat – being too good for the old ticker.
We have seen all of today’s clue words in previous Jumbles, and they’re all on the ralis95 clue word database. All four of the jumbles appear to be new though. I saw them all immediately. The answer letter layout was a terrific twelve letter jumble. Deliciously cryptic! But I got the final answer quickly.
I have no idea who the guys are in this cartoon. Famous ex somebodies from the Midwest, I guess. I know it’s not, but the balding guy reminds me of Teller, of Penn and Teller. So, that’s why I’m giving you the picture of him. I’m sure the all knowing Jumble Historian will chime in with who Jeff was drawing, and the connection to barbecuing and pork rinds. Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Unclerave's Wordy Weblog 
It is Teller, Uncle.
Do you really think so, Wes? The other guy doesn’t appear to be Penn. And, I don’t get the barbecue reference!
— YUR
What I know is I don’t like being in a car for several hours with someone eating pork rinds! OMG, the smell merits a face mask!!!!
I guess we all have our pet peeves, LindaLee! Although, I can’t say I’ve ever been in that particular situation. I would definitely feel the same way about someone eating sardines, oysters, or anchovies in a car! — YUR
LindaLee,
You can smell pork rinds ?
I don’t smell them even when the bag is in my hand !
I recall reading an article decades ago that said women have a more sensitive power of smell than men, but I’ve not seen it mentioned since then. If it’s true I wondered if it had some historic connection with children/birth/maternity.
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Well LWC, I don’t have any children, so, that would not be the case for me!!!
The “x” was an error. I deleted it !
??? — YUR
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