Totally agree. I can’t afford to have a Van Gogh hanging in my home but I can still enjoy a visit the Louvre, and I’m glad there are people who can afford it supporting the ecosystem that allows me to make that visit.

The statements on learning curve are true given the graph in the accompanying image.

True, but I’m on radiant with full coverage of the burner so the heat shouldn’t get much above boiling temp of the pot contents.

When I’ve got a giant stock pot on it occurs to me that I’m losing a lot of energy from the pot (and adding it to my air conditioned house) out the sides of the pot and it wouldn’t take much, like a silicone skin, to cut the energy loss drastically. Anyone know if any such thing exists?

IMO nailing the basics comes down to one thing more than most: getting the fat right. Good quality fat, don’t burn it, use the right fat for the food being cooked, cooking it at the right temp, make sure the right amount makes it to the plate (fries should be drained completely, eggs don’t mind a drizzle of browned…

The yummy MPGs.

“It was our standard package, which we send as a thank you,”

I find your logic both unassailable and profoundly unsatisfying.

This sort of shenanigans is pretty standard across all apps, you just have to do some exploring of the menu. In the McD app my local store has a $4.44 deal that has a McDouble, 4pc McNugget, sm fry, md drink. I add lettuce to the burger for free and add tomatoes for $0.20. However, I found that when I do this I end up…

Looks like my ‘13 Dart and a Civic Type R had a love child.

1999 Buick Regal Custom

Ah. The article didn’t metion ad blocking, just tracking, so I didn’t realize it was a direct replacement. Unless that was part of the “and much more” or “and annoynaces”, but ad blocking seems like an odd thing to just gloss over instead of specifically mention.

Don’t use any of these, don’t feel the need. This is my list of essentials:

Meh. I’ve gotten to the age where flying in the class I can afford means a lot of pain and breathing problems. I’ll spare you the details. The extra day of travel time trains impose on my typical trip is a fair exchange for avoiding the physical toll flying comes with in my case, especially factoring in the perks of…

And while this is going on with me my wife has been pulled over into a pat-down station “randomly” and while we’re doing this our 5yr old has been ushered through with nary a pause and is headed toward the flashy blinky gadgets at the Sharper Image kiosk 1/4mi down the concourse and all this is happening while our…

In my admittedly limited experience (half dozen CA-MO round trips and handful of short regional trips) if you aren’t getting sleeping accommodations Amtrak is on par with flying for cost. Some cheaper, some more expensive. Decidedly cheaper on short regional if you catch sales. However, riding coach for a day and a…

I’ve never been, but I’ve been tempted. After seeing prices, both here and elsewhere, I have to ask: Really, objectively, is it worth it? Other than “the experience” is there any reason to pay that much when it isn’t that hard to find an outstanding and filling ribeye dinner for $30?

If this challenges his idea of what food is then I’d really, really like to know what Mike Sington defines “food” to be.

Yeah, those people at the deli are those people everywhere, not just the deli. We have another word for those people besides “vultures”.

Ah, there it is. That’s the bit I missed.