I should point out that unacceptably late food is a zero tip situation. To leave anything would be to reward incompetence...

You could be ultra passive aggressive- when the late dish finally comes out, everyone else start complaining that their food is cold...

If you eat the food you should not expect it to be comped- the two sides of the contract have been met- they have supplied food (albeit late) and you have eaten it. You were within your rights to refuse it.

The standard etiquette is that you can start eating once at least 3 people have received their food.

Doesn’t this already have a name? Sauce Mary Rose?

I don’t remember many farms in Reading (I lived down the road in Bracknell- also FYI, it’s pronounced “redding”).

I’m guessing it doesn’t work if you have LLI.

For what it’s worth, a diary processing plant here in Ireland has been producing whey alcohol for a while now and it’s in a few of our new gins- the Blackwater Distillery range and Bertha’s Revenge to name a few.

Chipotle mayo

...and get shoe leather when you attempt this outside of the US...

Rare to medium rare depending on the cut. Bleu when in Paris...

Sipping from your drink is okay, it’s generally quiet. It’s the idiots that keep repeatedly sucking on the straw long after the cup is empty that should be hunted down by blind, audio sensitive extraterrestrials...

I loved the bit where Bjorn, just about to serve, looks McEnroe straight in the eye and says ‘you will be assimilated; resistance is futile’

I’ve been disagreeing with AVClub for years- No wrath. Or maybe I’m Wrath-Blind...

I think the episode where Homer works at the Kwik-E-Mart to pay for Lisa’s pony indicates that Apu is the owner of the shop- Much Apu About Nothing takes that idea further and indicates that he’s a franchisee...

Knobs? My stove has touch sense buttons on the surface (which you can lock out if you don’t want anyone messing with them).

The current variant of this is the Greg Wallace/Chicken Rendang kerfuffle...

I think that the likes of Uncle Bens and Dolmios have to take most of the blame as they are the ones convincing people that simple tasks are difficult and you need to pay them (heavily) for their convenience.

It was okay, but it really didn’t go anywhere in the end.

I think he’s just pissed off because he hasn’t been in the press recently. I’m looking forward to him drugging and kidnapping Stephanie McMahon next (before forcing her to marry him).