munchymom

Is that the one in the Bellagio in Las Vegas? I've eaten some killer pastries while looking at that fountain.

I tried them. I went at 11:30 am so they needed to make them fresh. On their own, they were not bad as fast food fries go. A little thicker than McDonalds. The "nacho spice" they were sprinkled with tasted salty and sweet but not really spicy. Sort of like Lawry's Seasoned Salt. The "cheez" dipping sauce is precisely the sauce that goes on their nachos. I also tried a tray of the "supreme" fries, covered with cheez, taco meat, sour cream and tomatoes. The fries are less robust than a tortilla chip when it comes to supporting all that stuff - I was able to pick one or two off the top, but the whole thing subsided fairly quickly into an undifferentiated goo that needed to be eaten with a spork. For my preference, the best was the plain fries dipped in Fire sauce.

Or like the ads that say "Made with 100 percent natural ingredients!" That's right folks, no ghostly, angelic, undead, or otherwise supernatural ingredients were used in making this product.

Re: the list of medicines - I wonder what happens if you take "Epson Salt" - does it refill your paper tray?

"We've secretly replaced the new product team at KFC with the editorial staff of High Times magazine. Let's see if our customers can tell the difference."

We're just about 2 weeks away from the first Wawa opening in Palm Beach County. Hoagie-deprived northerners are drooling in anticipation. (Seriously, the local paper has been updating us for at least a year.) I'll have to go just to see if it lives up to the hype.

I have a huge avocado tree in my back yard, so I have lots of experience with this. My avocados are the big green Florida kind, not Haas. They are a little more watery/less fatty, and also sweeter than Haas avocados. As such, they're great for cooking, less great for guacamole or sandwiches. I like to grill slices and then cut them up in chunks for salad. Grilled avocado with grilled pineapple, dressed with lime juice and cilantro, salt and spices. Also really good as a vegetable in green curry.

No, there's no identifying information, so I'm not bothered by it. (Honestly, even if they were tracking me personally I wouldn't be too concerned about the Coca-Cola folks knowing that I like diet ginger ale.)

The "tots" are certainly not gluten free, they list wheat gluten in the ingredients. The broccoli ones have a good amount of vitamin C. All of them have a good amount of fiber. I wouldn't eat them believing I was getting especially good nutrition, but I might try them anyway. They sound tasty to me.

If they did have Amazon in 1899, they wouldn't have been able to order those pepper strips anyway since that company didn't exist then. I'm not disputing the larger point that green bell peppers are a profoundly weird thing to put on a sandwich - but I guess when you get used to something, after a while it starts to seem normal.

Well, who knew. It is a regional thing. I grew up in northern New Hampshire, but what I grew up eating is apparently known as a "Maine Italian Sandwich" Italian Sandwiches: Portland, Maine's unsung contribution to the world Note the green peppers prominently shown in the graphic.

Green bell peppers are an abomination... except for on a cold Italian sub. Something about the richness of all the meats and cheese demands green peppers in with the lettuce, tomato, and onions. It just doesn't taste exactly right without them. Cooked green peppers, however, can take a flying leap.

In South Florida, the request is common enough that some places print on the menu "Sharing Charge $x.00" usually 3 or 4 dollars.

I like the giant white beans. The tomato sauce is tangy and not very sweet, and the beans are cooked but still firm - so not at all similar to American-style canned baked beans. I usually serve them at room temperature with other middle-eastern foods - stuffed grape leaves (TJ's are not bad), hummus, pita, olives, salads, etc.

I usually have to wistfully imagine what all the Lunch Ladies' wonderful lunches taste like, but I have a Cheddars here right outside my subdivision in Wellington, FL! It is our go-to place when we're too tired to cook. I know and love that broccoli casserole. I usually get the chicken pot pie, or the vegetable plate (soup or salad plus FOUR vegetable sides for $7.99!) Gotta love it!

Dean and Deluca also has ridiculous Thanksgiving side dishes - like 2 pounds of frozen mac and cheese for $35.

I like ice cream but I can only eat a little bit at a time - it's too rich for me. I like sorbet better.

Roll it with stuffing! Maybe a cranberry glaze for the outside?

It's a good policy with any peppers (well, maybe not bell peppers) to taste a little bit before use. I've had banana peppers that blew the top of my head off, and jalapenos that tasted like green bell peppers.

I remember reading a piece by Calvin Trillin in which he talked about being taken to a restaurant where only the host's menu had prices- this would have been in New York in the seventies. He wrote that it was the custom of the person who hosted him to announce the price of any menu item the guests mentioned, saying that it was only fair to give the guests an idea of how warmly they should thank him.

And here I opened this thread thinking that it was going to be about the amazing health-enhancing properties of Rocky Mountain Oysters.

I think this discussion assumes that restaurant diners know/care a lot more about the ethnicity of the restaurant staff than they really do. Especially in the United States, lots of people who work in kitchens are Latino, whether the restaurant is Chinese, French or Italian.

Amazon Prime Day got me too! I'll be watching this thread closely...

If this is a toaster like the one my parents have, where the bread slowly descends into the toaster when you drop it in and then slowly arises when toasted, the "one slice" side is the side with the mechanism that starts the bread's descent. If you put only one slice into the other side, the toaster won't start.

This is amazing! The quail, the pig, the produce.... drool. Maybe we need to all get together, buy some property in Ecuador, and establish an eG Retirement Community and Home for Wayward Foodies.