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Charlie is very fortunate! You’re a great dad!

@SLB Thanks for the info. Which flavor(s) did you try. I’m curious how spicy the “spicy” ones are.

I agree their Orange chicken is not great. I think it’s two servings? It’s been a while but a lot of the chicken is full of gristle which was disappointing. It was a two tries and done for me.

I’ve wavered off and on for years about trying Spam. I bought some during the pandemic and it was via an Instacart delivered and hit its expiration within like 6 months. Which I noticed a year later. While I want to try it, I’ve decided not to. If it’s on a menu while dining or ordering out, I will definitely get it. But I already love breakfast sausage, bacon, ham and Taylor ham. I don’t need another salty meat in my life!

As a kid I loved liverwurst. I had odd tastes as a child, loved raw clams, lobster, I’d drink soy sauce! and love olives —yet wouldn’t eat any pasta dish that had a sprinkle of parsley. I tried boarshead livetwurst a few days ago. It wasn’t great. Any recommendations?

@Kim Shook I actually have that same George Foreman grill, still in the box. I got it recently so I can “grill” at my apartment this summer. Good to know you found it to be efficient.

It’s my understanding that they can also be heated in the oven.

As a single person I can see the benefits of Factor. Very little effort or thought, the meals are easy. I’m doubtful if they are rewarding for the price, if the taste is there.

I’ve only made “drunk quesadillas” in college aka putting cheese and whatever protein we had between two tortillas and cooking them on a panini press. Dry fried mushrooms sound excellent in a quesadilla or even a taco! I had an excellent burger dining out at a pub that was almost 100 years old today— perfectly dry fried mushrooms blanketed with a thick and well melted slice of Munster.

My mom wants to sleep in and not leave the house. it will be doordash or UberEats on me. My parents dine out so often that they love when I order something from the local diner via delivery. They can get anything and it’s always good. NJ has a ton of fantastic diners.

Kings maybe?

I’ll loo k to that. I want a creamy, easy to make Mac and cheese without having to make a roux, and without buying 6 different kinds of cheeses. I also don’t grow up eating it so my taste for it finds Kraft acceptable for what it is (aka something you’d happily eat after midnight). Any other recommendations?

Thank you for this explanation. I do like anchovies and most with foods with a burst of Unami or salt, so I will try this at my local restaurant first before cooking with Chinese black beans.

I have a feeling this is a very ignorant question, but I have to ask. I really dislike most legumes. I can at best, take or leave chickpeas. So what is the flavor of Chinese black beans? Is it a soy flavor? I’ve always shied from anything with a black bean sauce, thinking it would be a typical legume taste.

Can you explain more about the sea bass collars? Is all of it edible? I had very poorly shucked oysters last week and was seriously bummed out. Your choices look a lot better! Does the percentage for the staff bother you on bills? I didn’t know Maine did that— I’ve rarely traveled since Covid but expected and accepted it in San Francisco.

Yes thank you! I also dry fry mushrooms. They release a lot of water!

I’m a heathen so when I get those “cocktail” knives as gifts, I just always thought they were sloppy cheese knives. No one has ever said anything but then again I don’t love to socialize 🫣🤣

Can you tell me more about how you think the sherry mushrooms were done? I love that combination. I live about 20 miles from Manhattan and haven’t been since November 2019 for my anniversary (ugh not anymore). That said Manhatta was good then, they’ve made a lot of changes since and my ass isn’t getting on a NJ Transit train any time soon!

I bet. White Castle really being a “thing” in NJ is mostly urban legend. I’ve had White Castle once. i hope you were able to enjoy some of our better offerings!

My gut reaction was “because it tastes like shit”. But I learned a lot reading the responses!

I remember those ducks! My previous comment wasn’t fully truthful; I have asked to take home steak bones (I know!) for my dog. But I still don’t think I said doggy bag. 🤣

I can’t stop looking at this picture and drooling!

I’ve always brought home my leftovers. Even when I was young about 5 years old. American serving sizes are generally obscenely oversized and dining out gave my mom two days to have a break. I have never, ever asked for a “doggy bag”. I’m 43. I’ve always just asked for the rest of my meal to be packed up or could I pack it up. I think that term is antiquated.

I will say when I worked at an establishment that had two restaurants and two ballrooms for banquets, that every night whatever couldn’t be easily repurposed was donated to the local soup kitchens. This was 20 years ago. There is a law in NJ absolving restaurants, caterers, etc from being liable for food borne illnesses once the donations were tested to be at the correct temperature before leaving the donor establishment. I worked for a very well known family of restaurants and banquet halls after the first one and they always refused to donate. It’s always bothered me.

This type of steaming of burgers has an almost cult like following in northern NJ— google White Manna. They’re like White Castle but 500x better. They aren’t a grilled burger and don’t pretend to be. They’re excellent. They fill a niche and are great, just as a perfectly grilled burger is great. Definitely worth a try IMO.