I recall sitting with my dad in front of the radio during Alan Shepard’s first sub-orbital flight.. was 1961. Also recall a magazine cover (either “Look” or “Life” magazine) I think all it said was “WAR?” during the Cuban Missile Crisis...

To paraphrase the joke: “what do University of Texas and Louisiana State students have in common?” “They both applied to the University of Texas.”

My son is active duty Coast Guard and, after 4 years of him being stationed on the opposite coast he is home for Thanksgiving this year. A Coastie friend of his is unable to be with his family this holiday so our son asked if he could bring him along. We said “of course” and they are currently playing video games in…

thanks for that. I remember it now: “For the mouth part of your face.”

and.. to the point of the article; I tend to keep my expectations in life, and of other people pretty low. That seems to work in avoiding disappointment and I am occasionally somewhat pleasantly surprised when things go well...

Cherry Garcia fan here...

I would totally go to McDonalds and get a Happy Meal if I was guaranteed my minion toy would say “what the fuck!”

Pee-kahn

yeah, good try but there aren’t nearly enough consonants for this to be a Welsh word..

Henry Mancini?

I used to go for a South Philly but I’m not crazy about the change over to the cafeteria style service...

I salt my ketchup and dip my fries into that.. got me some strange looks from the in-laws but, you know, fuckem... what is the reference to WMB? Not familiar with it....

What. The. Fuck. Is THAT?

I've been thinking about getting the silicon sheets but have been concerned they might impart a negative taste to what I'm baking. I suppose I should just get over myself and give it a try...

Thanks for the rice flour roux tip. I will give that a try. And I ALWAYS save the bacon grease!

yup. I cut the onion in half before slicing as well. I like having the flat bottom to keep it stable while I slice.

Not really a hack but I have recently discovered the joys of baking with parchment paper. Oh My! I bake my cookies and breads on a paper-lined sheet and everything comes right off and no cleanup. It would be hard going back to greasing the cookie sheet..

When making a dish that uses measured amounts of balsamic vinegar and olive oil: pour just enough olive oil in the measuring cup to coat the bottom of the cup, then measure out the balsamic. The oil will stay along the sides of the measuring cup forming a friction-less (ish) surface so when you pour out the balsamic…

I generally grocery shop for two weeks. Butter goes in the freezer. Put one box in the fridge. Take one stick for the butter dish and keep that out. Update as needed.

No. Just..NO. Never never never EVER cut into something you are holding in the other hand. That is just not safe. My method for cutting avocados is to halve them and remove the pit as shown. I then cut the halves in half length-wise and simply peel the skin back. This works best with a ripe avocado at room temperature.