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Never liked it. When it would be gifted during the holidays I’d interoffice it to coworkers from Santa.

I have never thought of using instant potato flakes but that makes so much sense! I wonder if test trying this with a canned Progresso soup would be worth a cheap test run. I have TMJ and some days the pain is randomly horrible so this would help a lot in bad days when I just need to eat kn order to stomach taking Advil.

I definitely take it for granted. I was using a microwave at age 5 or 6 (I’m 43) a computer at age 2, I have never not used indoor plumbing or not had central AC. But I live in a suburb close to Manhattan. This historical living farm in my home town has offered a lot of different experiences, from cooking to butter churning: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosterfields

I have the basket style air fryer. I haven’t started looking yet but tonight I realized how cleaning much cleaning the basket is a pain with a small kitchen sink! Do you recommend a different or specific style?

Wine in cans have been available to me for at least 5 years. They’re also common at professional sporting events and concerts. I remember taking car service to see Billy Joel at MSG in 2018 with my best friend and both our moms. We pre-gamed with some canned wine. They were acceptable for the circumstances but I’d never seek them out. That was a while ago so I’m sure the market has improved. My dinner tonight was a pint of really good chicken pastina soup from a local “Chop’t” like salad chain and pretzels made by my neighbor’s mother on his last trip home to India. The spices are so complex that it’s worth the burning tongue.

Thank you, @Kerry Beal for sharing this sad news and sharing your memories of Anna with all of us. Anna’s (and often with Kerry) contributions to this site have been my favorites. I was actually currently Re-reading their last blog while on Manitoulin when Kerry posted this. The honest and genuine writing about her experiences cooking and traveling and traveling while cooking that Anna shared with us has been such a wonderful resource for all of us. My favorite posts have to be the Manitoulin ones, along with the Lunch Ladies posts. I also abhor beans of any kind! I have saved a lot of posts to go back to! The ingenuity of tempura using a fondue pot immediately comes to my mind, as Anna seemed to always find a way to make something happen or, to borrow her phrase, she would “make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear”. My thoughts are with Kerry and all of Anna’s friends, which I am sure there are a plethora of, and her family. She will continue to live with those of us who re-read her posts. May her memory be a blessing.

I’m considering the source here. People doesn’t put out stories that are controversial or leave out context. 95% of their articles are given with an agreement between publishers and publicists and veer from controversy. I think, as a woman who was sexually assaulted in my workplace, which was a restaurant, that she should have acknowledged the victims as a woman and unknowing co-conspirator. I acknowledge my view is biased due to my history and my experience. Even from a PR standpoint, the article could have been better handled. I worked for Y&R for years and this type of quote wouldn’t have been so shallow. The over all issue with Batali wasn’t a one off. When there’s smoke, there’s fire. I think there’s room for taking ownership of the circumstances. They chose their partner. They made that choice. It wasn’t a good one. And it hurt a lot of women. To me? It’s important to have that acknowledged. As @weinoo mentioned Joe, I have also met him a few times. Personally I was never impressed.

https://people.com/lidia-bastianich-says-mario-batali-scandal-was-very-hard-for-her-family-8347291 this comes off as self centered and unsympathetic to Batali’s victims to me. Disappointing.

I think @Kim Shook ‘s daughter has a popular recipe for a pineapple side dish. Not sure if it’s savory.

I’m pretty stupid— I thought the apartatus was to help make sun tea. Thanks for taking us with you on your trip! Gorgeous as always! @liamsaunt

Wow! The amazing meals posted just in this page alone make me realize that while I live close to some of the “best restaurants” and all types of cuisines, I’d rather dine as a guest in all your homes!

I had the same experience Kim had during a hospital stay 4 years ago. The food was honestly really good. ETA— the food at my local hospital has always been good from what I know. My mom was given a bottle of champagne and offered surf and turf when I was born (1980). I volunteered there for a long time and the cafeteria was great then. The options are great to have, and the food is cooked in house. The hospital center has a lot of national recognition which my parents have flat out said that’s why they want to stay in their home (they live about 2 miles away). This photo, of a husband whose wife was in Morristown Medical Center during Covid went viral, and still gives me chills:

@Margaret Pilgrim I have those in a cart already! 🤣

Thanks this is great to know. I did try these today, they’re pretty addictive and I should eat them sparingly! :

C’est beaucoup d’argent! $50 USD for cordon bleu but with that view and how much it impressed you, it looks and sounds well worth it!

Thanks! Let me know how they are. I found them online at umamicart.com and keep adding items to my cart!

No beans. At all. Hummus and chickpeas are occasional exceptions. I don’t like the texture, the appearance or the consistency.

@pastameshugana that all looks so amazing! Are you hiring? 😉I want bacon candy!

Had to react by saying “thanks” to this post. I, like @Anna N cannot abide by beans.

I do the same, unless I’m feeling lazy I will use the microwave in the husk method. I only do that with just picked corn, there’s a farm about .3 miles from me and sometimes I don’t want the heat the stove gives off or I’m impatient. Fresh Jersey corn is one of my favorites

And to make this even more awful, I would hoard boxes of cake mix and mix them with a little water and eat it. I was a very skinny kid. The cake/ water mix came from failed attempts with kids baking “machine”.

I was an extremely picky eater and my father has a chicken/ white fish allergy so more often than not my mom was already cooking two meals. But when my brother and I were made to sit at the table? Forget it. We’d throw food at each other and laugh and the pup would eat it all.

Was it beef carpaccio? So many other proteins and even vegetables have been touted as “carpaccio’ now which I also enjoy.

I think it’s also a more subtle symbol of affluence in the US as well. My local (.3 miles away and I live in a suburb close to farms) Starbucks always has an extremely long drive thru line. It seems like everyone has a Starbucks coffee in hand even with the plethora of Dunkin around here. It’s a weird little bit of suburban culture along with host of other things OT. That said, when I travel domestically and get off a flight I still beeline to any Starbucks kiosk for a Venti Green Tea/ Lemonade unsweetened with two Splendas. I feel like once you go to Starbucks regularly for even a few weeks you know your preferred order and stick to it.

I don’t drink coffee; I never really did. That said; I think, in my experience, Starbucks became a legit excuse to get out of the office for a break. I found this to be true when I worked in the suburbs (but since I don’t drink coffee I never participated) and even more factual when I worked in Manhattan. I lived off Venti Green tea and lemonade unsweetened ice teas. The Starbucks across from my office was usually filled with people from my office or the parent company I worked for (think advertising) and it was totally acceptable to out your phone on DND and mutter “Starbucks” and walk away. Starbucks, in my experience, was the modern day “water cooler”. We all eventually gravitated there; it wasn’t particularly good, but their iced tea is decent. Dunkin doesn’t have remotely decent iced tea.