Right?! Medium rare is such a revelation when you’ve only been exposed to overcooked dried out meat. I love pork and beef medium at most, usually beef at medium rare or rare. Growing up, my mom’s pork chops were always the most unappetizing shade of grey with no sear/browning... oh god. Just thinking of it makes me…

Makes sense. I’ll allow it. 

Exactly this. Thank you. Plus, I love how “she played his ass” by standing by him this whole time, trying to get him help several times (that we know of, there may be more) following bipolar manic episodes, while he either refused to (or was unable to) remain compliant with his meds. She appeared to be very…

Dammit. I just noticed you’d beaten me to this.

Possibly. I heard Groban likes his ladies to pop.

I get it! Although I fell in love with some awesome medium raw NY strip steaks as an older kid, I became a strict vegetarian (vegan much of that time) for many years because of my discomfort and disgust with factory farming practices. I started trying to eat meat again— at first on an occasional basis, and it’s been…

We must be siblings! Oh gawd... I’m gagging, just remembering that.

My mother was like this. Remember that dinner scene from Christmas Vacation, with everyone gnawing at their servings of that dry overcooked (half exploded) turkey, dipping bites into their water glasses, just trying to choke it down? Well, that was every dinner at my house. Mom wasn’t convinced that meat was safe to…

The best part of this story was hearing that many of their food vendors either stopped doing business with the restaurant once Trump was elected, or started delivering only sub-par meats, seafood and veggies.

Eat it! I make my own yogurt all the time, so perhaps this is why I feel so confident that you’ll be ok. Barring having no sense of sight, taste or smell, you would instantly know in the first bite if something’s not quite right— in which case, just toss it out. Those sell by dates are not exactly meaningless, but…

Kinda funny you mention this, because earlier this week I stumbled upon an article recommending using the use of sour milk... TO WATER HOUSEPLANTS! Agghhhhhhhh!

Ok Claire, next challenge: try to make tamales or polenta from boiled tortilla chips or Fritos. Ready... go!

Maybe? I’m not convinced that crumbling them would make much difference. But I’m also not willing to waste perfectly good chips to try this.

Agreed. And this video hearts my heart.

Same! I *really* wish I could believe in hell, too. If anyone deserves to go there, Rush would make the list.

I’m so sorry about your grandmother. Thank you for sharing this. And FWIW, I absolutely believe that she opened her eyes just before she died. This reply is long, but will hopefully explain why I believe this to be true—

Well, I hope you win that fight if it comes down to it! I firmly believe those kinds of things should go to the family members who can appreciate them the most... so I hope it doesn’t come down to a battle.

Exactly this! Every word! As hard as it is sometimes to bite your tongue and just listen, it’s worth it in the end if they end up softening their position. It’s interesting how getting someone to take a deep dive into the “why” of their beliefs— how just getting them to just say something out loud— can often be enough…

Well, I’m hardly a Good Samaritan, but thank you for your kind words. I think some people are just so far gone that there’s not much anyone could ever do. And frankly, many of these folks don’t deserve much effort on our part, especially not if they’ve been actively hurting others. But there are still some otherwise…

Yeah, that’s where I keep the BIG bottles. But I keep smaller bottles of oils and vinegars within reach of the stove. I’m disabled, so I need to keep more frequently used things closer to me while cooking. I don’t have an enormous kitchen or anything, but it makes a difference when I don’t have to exhaust myself more…