I don’t know where you got those definitions, but everyone I know uses the terms interchangeably, every hot chocolate/hot cocoa powdered mix I’ve seen that says to use water is made with powdered milk, and even the pretentious foodie sites I found with a few seconds of Googling that say there is a difference say it’s…

Auuugh, no! Not a blender! You want to leave chunks of avocado in there. If you need anything more than a fork and spoon and maybe 3 seconds of mashing per avocado, your avocados aren’t ripe.

...You do know the powder usually contains powdered milk, right?

Our hot chocolate is so expensive because we make hot chocolate with steamed milk and chocolate syrup. In comparison, Timmies makes their hot chocolate with super sweet chocolate powder and scalding hot water. Not to brag or anything, but our hot chocolate is objectively better than Timmies’.

That whole story was amazing, but this:

That is fascinating and also shitty. Do condoms provide adequate protection? How long after eating Brazil nuts does a man's semen remain contaminated?

Daiya is one of the vegan cheeses, so I guess we can’t rule out casein on that basis. But if he can handle cottage cheese, it’s probably the rennet, and it’s both animal and microbial rennet that give him problems. If he’s up for an experiment, he might try paneer, ricotta, queso fresco, and other acid cheeses made…

For the grill issue, one thing you can do is “grill” meats etc. in a pan placed directly on the grill. It’s not quite the same as having those delicious char marks, but it’s close enough and very safe, as long as you remember to change out your spatula too.

Oh man, that stuff is EVERYWHERE. My sympathies.

As a former server who takes every opportunity to bitch at people who label their preferences “allergies,” I’m behind you 100% on your chosen shorthand. All they really need to know is whether it’s just a “hold the clams” situation or a “change all utensils, cutting boards, and gloves” situation. Since yours is the…

Which soy cheese did you use that time he was fine? Some soy cheeses still use milk-derived casein; if the one you used didn’t advertise itself as vegan, it was probably one of those. If that’s the case—if it’s a non-vegan cheese containing casein (it’ll be listed in the ingredients)—then that’s probably not the…

Congrats! I agree; full disclosure is the right thing to do, legally and morally. That goes for customers, too. Some people bristle at having to share information they regard as personal or embarrassing with their server. You don’t have to tell your server exactly what your issue is; we don’t need to know whether…

Ugh, fuck our healthcare system for making people weigh the cost of annually replacing a never-used $100 epipen versus possibly dying because they didn’t have one the one time they needed it.

It’s truly remarkable how many people in this thread have no sense of humor. It couldn’t possibly be that you are not as witty as you think you are.

It’s not unique to tomatoes. A friend of mine is allergic to all stone fruits, but only if they’re raw—and interestingly, for allergy purposes, canned counts as cooked. So he can eat canned peaches just fine.

I bet you anything they don’t keep the guac overnight. I’ve worked in several restaurants not especially known for their guacamole or even for Mexican food (including a well-known burger chain and a well-known pizza chain), and in all of them, guacamole was either a daily or even a shiftly (made and thrown out twice…

NO. You do not insult good avocados by burying them under a fuckton of anything. DO YOU NOT RESPECT AVOCADOS???

I’m happy for you and I know you’re probably saying that tongue-in-cheek, but seriously brides: don’t have a destination wedding just to save on venue costs. It’s not fair to essentially just pass those costs on to your guests (while increasing them collectively.) I know someone who’s considering getting married in…

HOW DOES THIS NOT HAVE ALL THE STARS.

I was gonna do that too but my Christian beliefs prevented me.