Great interview!  I love the Bammer and have already asked my local comic book shop to order the book.  I had to repeat the title a few times.. “Lazer.  With a Z”

I love the date shake. Certainly something to look for in the Coachella Valley, but make sure you grab a spoon along with a straw! Another place to find one is at the Dateland Travel Center off of I-8 between Yuma and Gila Bend.

Charles Band was a guest of honor at Joe Bob Briggs’ 3rd Annual Drive-In Jamboree in Las Vegas earlier this year, and he took the opportunity to shoot footage for a new movie Barbie & Kendra Save the Drive-In. When I read this article, I had to take an internet dive to find out if the two movies were related.

It turns…

John Ratzenberger is a member of a rock band that gets planted in the ground to become some of Farmer Vincent’s fritters in “Motel Hell”, which was released in fall of 1980, before he became Cliff in “Cheers” in 1982. He had been doing a bunch of small roles, so this wasn’t exactly a breakout, but it’s fun to see him…

Nah, Paper Boi clearly said he wanted a ‘Nando’s’ on set, and Earn messed up again.

“What in the heck..” I never knew Arlen was about Richardson. I grew up in Richardson from 80 til 88. I would say Arlen was closer to Garland, or even Rockwall. Richardson was much more suburban, but Mike Judge had the pulse of the surrounding communities.

Dave’s Hot Chicken is good stuff! The wide scale for spiciness is nice, and I’ll also go in at medium or hot depending on how I’m feeling. It’s a lot of food, though. One slider and fries may sound like a light meal, but it’s over 1000 calories. Luckily, this food is ideal for re-heating in an air fryer, so when I…

It’s kind of crazy walking around the Singapore airport and seeing like every tenth person with that black and yellow tote bag. It is definitely a thing of, “Oh, are you changing planes in Singapore? Pick me up some Irvins chips!” I have a Filipino friend who had me fill any empty space in my suitcase with bags of…

And they need to live up to the “... and Brews” part of their slogan while they are fixing the burgers.  It’s been a few years since I was in a Red Robin, but they didn’t have a lot of beer options and the ones they did have were pretty standard.  Put in a few more tap handles and add some more interesting beers.

I got to try Nando’s for the first time last week. It was darn good! I like that they have the sauce bottles there on the table to add fresh peri-peri to whatever is cooked onto the chicken, and you can really customize the heat levels that way.

Although the article says they disappeared in 2003, I was sure I had been to a Chi-Chi’s just outside of Dayton a few years ago. It wouldn’t have been impossible, as there was a franchise Bennigan’s here in San Diego that lumbered on well after the chain had declared bankruptcy. But after consulting Google Maps, I see…

More confusion: Rubio’s faced a lawsuit in 2005 for using langostino lobster in what they called “lobster burritos”. Link:
Testing a ‘Lobster Impostor’ Charge https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4728361

Technology makes everything better and worse. If you stayed in a hotel in Orlando in the era before smart phones, you were likely to get a flyer slipped under your door advertising fresh hot pizza delivery, which must have seemed like an attractive option to families coming home exhausted and hungry from the theme…

In San Diego, a rolled taco from a taqueria is a deep fried corn tortilla with a meat-only filling, usually shredded beef or chicken. The same as a taquito described above.

And then we have Whataburger muddying the waters with its breakfast taquito, which is a flour tortilla and not deep-fried, but full of delicious…

So, like “Action” except 2020s superheroes instead of 90s action movies?  I’m in.

Pat Bertoletti finished fifth with 34 hot dogs eaten (unofficial results), for those who are curious. Great result, especially after a long layoff!

I checked my Jif jar and it has a 13-digit lot code. But even the FDA announcement only mentions the 7-digit code. It seems like other recall announcements also mention the “Best by” date, so maybe that corresponds to the first 6 digits.

I like this car. But I will always think of Todd in Achewood when I see it...

Makes sense.  I’m more familiar with tofu, and I’ve had delicious preparations (braised tua kwa extra-firm tofu) and slimy flavorless preparations, so I shouldn’t write seitan off entirely.

Yeah, jackfruit as pulled pork is good, but I wouldn’t confuse it for the real thing, either. The rich fat just isn’t there, but a good tangy barbeque sauce helps out.

I’ve had seitan as a substitute for a Philly cheesesteak before, and it was not good. The seitan was very slimy and soft and didn’t have the sort of…