I definitely make sure my son writes and mails (no texts!) thank you notes for EVERY present, including from peer-group parties. He’s 12 and still doesn’t really love doing it, but he doesn’t resist either.

Does anyone else that we know do this? I don’t think so. Norms are changing and I’m okay with that, but I think…

Crazy how we seem to have gone backwards, isn’t it? I too was a smart kid and had a sixth grade social studies teacher who recommended the “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold” to me. I’m sure he’d get fired for it today.

Speaking of libraries and jail, here’s another piece of infuriating news: https://www.newsweek.com/west-virginia-charges-prisoners-3-cents-minute-read-e-books-free-library-despite-earning-less-1474050

But we can and do square cut our pizza depending on the situation. I really don’t know why anyone thinks this is a regional thing.

I told my SO if we ever have kids and do this, ima make that elf creepy af.

Cast iron skillets are the best! I got one for my cousin this year when she graduated college. It’s great for cooking, and it can function as a weapon in a pinch.

Tipping 20% on the scotch is stupid. Enough said.

I turn 50 this month and like scotch. I found a place nearby that has a special 40-year-old VERY rare bottle that’s $248 a pour.

You can mix dijon mustard (smooth, whole grain, or both) into home made cranberry sauce for cranberry moutarde which makes an excellent sandwich spread or addition to a charcuterie or cheese plate. It’s also really good on a plain ol’ grilled pork chop.

I agree with you about using cranberry sauce (more, or less) all year long. Now can you somehow merge cranberry sauce with those (totally tasteless) sweet potatoes into something with a bit-O’bite that’s tasty?

Most of the responses prove my theory that liberals will eat their young every time. You can never be pure enough in liberal dogma, so you are always doomed to failure, as humans are inherently flawed.

Please take your bad-faith whataboutism and cram it into the nearest orifice.

Here’s the thing though, for myself, I was a very heavy smoker. I had tried switching to vapes in the past, but it just didn't work for me. It wasn't until I tried the nicotine salts (which is what is in the juul that allows for higher nicotine content), that I was able to actually kick cigs. I use a refillable device…

implement the ban of an extraordinarily profitable consumer product simply because it addicts and potentially causes great harm to American users?

Yup, biscuits are my Waterloo. My Platonic Ideal. My Never Never land.

Biscuits are tough. They take a lot to perfect.  However, I have two hints:  Freeze the butter and don’t overwork so the butter doesn’t overheat.  The key to biscuits is that the chunks of butter stay whole until they’re in the oven.

RICE it’s so good in rice!!

I think Marcella Hazan has convinced a shit ton of people (Italian & otherwise) that butter in tomato sauce is goddamn delicious.