The first time I had shawarma was in Dubai, where they put french fries in it. Really good! Now I always put fries in when I make shawarma myself.

Sounds great. Shortbread cookies are probably my favorite. I like that it seems that they wouldn’t be too sweet, with only 1/2 c of sugar. Makes me think of Keebler Pecan Sandies. I just made a batch of my favorite peanut butter cookies from the old Joy of Cooking recipe. They’re really a peanut butter shortbread…

I’d call it a draw. They’re different, but about equally good depending on your taste.

And here I thought my local McDonald’s was the worst one! The one closest to where I work is fine, good even, but the one closest to my house is terrible. It’s veeery slow, dirty, and you have about a 10% chance of getting your correct order.

Ironically, I did that and also the exact the opposite on Thanksgiving. We were heading to my parents’ for lunch at noon, and I did almost all the cooking because they’re getting to old to do it these days. We were still at home, 9 am, and I suddenly asked my wife was I supposed to make green bean casserole? (We’re in…

I’m from Illinois and live here again now, but I lived in Dallas for 13 years. The roads in Dallas are like glass compared to roads up north.

I’ve got mine in the oven. Almost done with the first baking phase!

Yep, I did this last year. Stuffing on the bottom, mashed potatoes on the top, and the other things somewhere in between. It was good. I did have to make more gravy to go over the top, because I had so much leftover stuffing that it was a little dry otherwise.

I caught myself saying that the other day, and almost kicked myself. I think it’s a Midwest thing. I don’t have *much* of a Midwest accent, but I do tend to say “you guys” and drop the g in ing a lot.

We’ve gotten gas station pizza on Christmas before. It was kinda fun, actually. We’d been at my parents earlier, and everybody was sick of holiday food at that point. (I think our girls were teens and son was in elementary school at the time.)

Hey, I think that’s the one Alton Brown used on the Good Eats turkey show the other day.

Hey, I think that’s the one Alton Brown used on the Good Eats turkey show the other day.

Nice! I’ve been kind of a P-body fan ever since I first bought one in 1988.

No, it doesn’t really work that way. We use Discover for almost everything, and probably charge over $30,000 a year to it. But we pay it off every month, and so don’t pay any interest at all. In fact, Discover pays *us* $300 a year or more in cash back. Our credit score is 841 as of just now when I checked. It’s the…

We have 3 (Discover, MC from Capital One, and VISA from our bank), but we use Discover for everything possible. These days it’s accepted almost everywhere (in the U.S.; I’ve used the Capital One card elsewhere), and for a long time it had the best benefits for us. It’s still not bad. Since we pay it off every month we…

Glad you mentioned this! These were the first production cars to use a plastic composite wheel, and also the first production car to use a variable turbine geometry turbocharger, similar to what Porsche uses now.

These look delicious. I may put them on the list to make this year.

Yeah, they have a nice rotating menu of sandwiches and soups. They try to carry some local drinks, chips, and cheeses, too (well, within 100 miles or so—there’s not much that’s really *local* here). Oh, and their pastries are made in-house and very good.

Fair point. If you’re ever in the middle of rural Southern Illinois and need breakfast, try https://www.facebook.com/railcoffeeroom/.

I feel you. My 75-year-old dad just traded his perfectly good, fairly loaded F-150 V6 Ecoboost for another one, but with no options. No power windows, no power locks, no cruise, nothing! Why???

Holy cow, that’s heavy! The 17" forged aluminum wheels on my Neon SRT-4 weigh exactly 15lbs each. I noted on another post yesterday that I just downsized from 18" to 17" on our Fusion to improve the ride quality (which was already pretty good, actually).