[this is where I make a snarky observation that tomatoes are fruit.]

Forget chip clips. Wooden spring clothespins are 50 for $2.

Forget about reheating Alfredo. A good Alfredo sauce has butter emulsified in the milk, so when it’s reheated the butter “breaks” (solids separate from the fat), which means you end up with a bowl of greasy noodles covered in clumps of milk solids and cheese...

“If you won’t be able to catch the Super Bowl live or just don’t care for highlight reels of Super Bowls before you were born, you probably want to skip the four hours of pregame activity.”

“Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!”

Wasn’t “Big Cranberry” the least-feared gangster of all time?

Thank you! I was thinking the same thing!!!

And here we go, off topic...

• Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Hearts Games that come pre-installed on Windows 7 will be removed as part of installing the Windows 10 upgrade. Microsoft has released our version of Solitaire and Minesweeper called the “Microsoft Solitaire Collection” and “Microsoft Minesweeper.”

Nazi Summer Camp is a great band name!

Your route appears to take you through Omaha. If that’s the case, you’ll want to enjoy a burger at Stella’s in Bellevue, NE. It’s on many foodies’ bucket list.

I’ll let my hawks subscribe!

A list of grievances will also make your Festivus dinner that much more fulfilling.

If you need to whip egg whites, but don't feel like dragging out the hand mixer, I use a blender bottle. It's quick and because my son weight trains, we have a half dozen around the house.

Unless you're doing it to your mother-in-law's toilet and the pipes in her walls had oxidized and weakened and the pipe burst and floods her back bedroom and you do it Christmas Eve afternoon so the plumber costs a lot extra so your wife doesn't speak to you for the rest of your Christmas vacation even though the…

Buttermilk is a killer marinade for poultry. Next time you need a small amount of buttermilk, pour the rest into a gallon storage bag filled with chicken parts, and plan on a great chicken dinner after about eight hours in the marinade.

The fat and the flour are equal amounts by weight, not volume, For a butter-based roux, it usually comes to 2 Tbs butter (1 oz) to about 3 Tbs flour. I always measure by weight.

My two cents on communication. My employer put our department through a communication workshop from Franklin Covey. The instructor gave us a pile of suggestions on communicating effectively, with a template that helps you write a memo, etc. I got three takeaways from it that I found the most useful:

Here's an old Mock Hollandaise sauce from Better Homes & Gardens that I've used for years (anyone else here able to make Eggs Benedict from scratch in under 10 minutes??)