It sucks that people started doing that, though not entirely surprising. But when it comes to dining and dashing, does it really matter how the pay system is set up? Even with the most traditional system, where the server drops off the bill and comes to collect it later, it was very easy to walk out without actually…

Yup. And the “mess” people are complaining about? That’s liquid gold, pure flavor! Let them sit for a couple minutes before you bite in and it won’t leak out as much. Plus, if you angle your bite right, it gets sopped right up by the bun!

Alternatively, sous vide is also great. Overkill for only one or two, but if you’re making a whole mess of them for a party? Get those bad boys to temp in the water while you work on other prep (bonus, you can get them out of the kitchen) then you’re just searing them off when it’s go time.

No, at TOPH you have to bring it up if you’re paying there, but I was using that as a generality, since that’s the norm at almost every other restaurant.

I was at The Original Pancake House for breakfast the other day, and when the server handed me my bill, it had the option to scan a QR code and pay online. It was lovely. No one hovering, no waiting for her to go swipe it and come back, no standing in line at the register (also still an option). I just paid online…

Seems that’s what they’re doing at the one by my work. Drive thru is about 5 cars deep at the speaker box, but when you pull up to it and can see around the corner, there’s only one car in front of you when you can easily have one at either window, one in between, and at least 2 more between the speakerbox and the…

I’ll settle for the Wendy’s conveniently located by me to not be terrible. The one by my work is a 5+ minute wait no matter what, and the one’s near my house aren’t much better... plus the actual restaurants are pretty poorly situated.

I mean, I said “if you can’t find butter but you can get your hands on some cream”. That would imply the possibility exists that you are unable to get either.

I’ve actually only made it once myself, and it was because I had just baked some bread and had a couple ounces of cream I had no real use for—I don’t put any in my coffee, and it wasn’t enough to make (more) ice cream—so I just said fuck it, whip it up! It was delightful!

Also—if you can’t find butter but you can get your hands on some cream, make your own butter. It’s really simple (especially if you have a stand or electric hand mixer), and bonus: free buttermilk!

Is the restaurant taking the money from the fee and discounting the bills of neighboring tables? If they’re not, they’re just being assholes creating another opportunity to try and rip people off.

Yeah, but if you like the fries, the mozzarella sticks, sorry, Monsterella Stix, are amazing. I’m fairly certain they’re just McCain’s frozen mozzarella sticks, just like at White Castle, but they’re also coated in Rally’s fry seasoning. So good!

However, if you grew up with one of these Americana joints in your area, you might not even know that it goes by a different name elsewhere.

The linked article says the “Parisi method” calls for bringing the water to a boil before adding your pasta, putting the lid on, then kill the heat after two minutes.

There was a former NHL player David Desharnais, and another, Eric Desjardins (and probably more with similar names) that played for the Montreal Canadians at one point or another. Every time I heard their name, I would start singing their names to the Dijonnaise theme song. Occasionally, I would just start singing one…

But it can also make for some incredibly awkward conversations at the proctologist’s office. Million to one shot, doc, million to one.

“In the United States and Canada you can definitely get shitty poutine, but only America has the audacity to melt mozzarella on it,” Tania says. “The curds are crucial, and they have to be fresh so that they squeak when you eat them.”

They really need to go out and follow Sons of Anarchy’s lead and start selling Jameson juice boxes.

Ha, I had no idea. Then again, considering he probably never buys his own, and if he does, it’s from some high end boutique shop, he likely doesn’t know that either.

PA is a liquor control state and you can only buy liquor for consumption on premises (i.e. bar or restaurant), or from a state owned and operated liquor store.