Eh, some of us still have our gall bladders.

The first car I ever bought new was an ‘85 Escort. Mine was a 2-door, and until I saw this picture, I didn’t even realize that they made a 4-door Escort!

So not a lot of people agreed with me that the AMC Pacer was ahead of its time, but can we at least say it was a good idea executed poorly?

I just looked up Crisco, which is probably the most well-known shortening in the U.S. at least, and it has no trans fat. It just seems like it would be so much easier to make pastry with vegetable shortening than going to all that trouble with coconut oil. It looks like coconut oil also has more calories and 4 times…

Last Christmas I made beef Wellington, so I bought a whole filet from the local butcher shop. I think it was $90. It was probably about 10 nice thick servings worth. I used about 2/3 of it in the Wellington, and cut the rest into steaks and cooked them a few days later. It was all delicious and absolutely worth it.

I thought it had something to do with a mommy cake and a daddy cake sharing a special hug? Is that not it?? You mean cake pops are made of amputated parts of cake!?!?

For me it’s my ad blocker. If I turn off the ad blocker, it shows up. Along with a bunch of ads, of course.

Why not just use vegetable shortening?

I bought my 2016 used in 2018 in amazingly good condition. It says it’s an SE, but it seems to have essentially all the Titanium options, from the EcoBoost on up.

Trim level makes a big difference, too. I have a 2016 Fusion that has almost every option that was available, and it is downright luxurious compared to my young co-worker’s 2014 base model. His car looks almost identical to mine on the outside, but it feels very base-model on the inside. You almost wouldn’t think they…

Jasmine is the thing on that list I wonder about. I’m in Illinois in zone 6a, and our ground cover jasmine does just fine here through the winter, even though it sometimes gets down to below-zero F temperatures.

Halloween Wars doesn’t exist this year, unfortunately. Without the pumpkin carvers, it’s essentially just another episode of Halloween Baking Championship.

There are an almost infinite variety of those available already.

Ooh, yeah, Sichuan peppercorns. Pink peppercorns, too, have such a nice floral note. I can see using either one of those to make an interesting baked dish or dessert.

Could have warmed it up and made hot ham water!

My wife has been focusing on reading lately. She said a couple of weeks ago that she just finished her 36th (I think) book for the year. She’s read quite a few different types of things, but lately has been reading a mystery series, I guess you would call it (from her description; I’m not familiar with it).

At 55, my wife and I are well past ever having to order a Shirley Temple, but we don’t drink much. About the only alcoholic thing my wife likes is an amaretto sour, which is almost what you describe. Shot of amaretto, shot of grenadine, and a shot of sours into a glass of ice, and topped off with Sprite. It’s really…

The freshness factor is probably the most important with any pizza. It’s always best immediately after it comes out of the oven. Even the pizza from my favorite local place is easily twice as good when you’re eating it there, fresh out of the oven, than it is just 5-10 minutes later if you take it home as carry-out or…

I also nominate cardamom and nutmeg.

It’s, like, 10 times better than Pizza Hut, though.