I have a strong aversion to bitter things, and like the question asker really dislike hoppy beers. Even the juicy IPAs Kate mentioned only move from undrinkable to “I guess this is tolerable” for me. Despite all that, I drink quite a bit of beer and have a lot I really love, and can pretty much always find something…

I’ve had two bars in my life where I (semi)regularly got free drinks, the one in my college town that I spent approximately 62% of my waking hours during my senior year, and the coffee shop near my house that just recently got a liquor license. The trick seems to be 1) be nice to the servers and 2) spend an absurd…

is it the cheddar being orange or that there’s cheese at all that’s off putting? Because the former is a feature of American produced cheese in general, not a Cincinnati thing, and the latter is personal preference, but I will say it’s basically just your standard issue chili dog toppings. It being on spaghetti is…

It’s totally fine if people have different tastes (though I will say I think it often grows on people over time), but it really bugs me when people pile on or compare it to [insert gross bodily fluid here] as though, objectively speaking, all chili doesn’t look kind of disgusting. 

Cincinnati chili is delicious. People too close-minded or too eager to jump on the hater bandwagon to give it a real try are missing out, and I wish they’d be quiet and let people enjoy the things they enjoy for once. 

a vast majority of red states take more money in than they give back in taxes, yes. Maybe they should stop grifting off of california and new york and start pulling themselves up by their bootstraps for once. That’s supposedly their favorite activity, right?

I’m often (well... let’s go with “occasionally”) down for waiting in a line for good food as long as I know in advance that’s what’s happening and don’t have any other pressing engagements or a desperate need for food quickly. Optional lines for fun things can have their own sort of camaraderie and a nice buzz of…

I haven’t tried any fake chicken that isn’t mean to replicate the processed nugget/patty variety, but that version of fake chicken is good as hell and I’ll often choose it over the meat version despite being a dedicated meat eater. I’m ready and willing to try whatever KFC comes out with to replicate unprocessed…

This tracks for me. In any given month I typically will do Whole Foods (mostly for milk/meat/sometimes produce), Target for cheap brand name stuff and toiletries, Aldi for cheap dry goods/frozen foods, Costco for bulk purchases and gas, Trader Joes for a few specific items and wine, the local asian grocery for frozen…

The more parking you have, the more people will buy and drive cars, and the worse traffic will get. It’s already faster to take the subway or walk to most parts of new york city than it is to drive. Why would they want to make the traffic *worse* by adding more parking? 

I’d be interested in seeing the nutrients and and cholesterol counts also compared here. I sometimes pick fake meat over real for nutrition reasons, but it’s because I have a family history of high cholesterol but love hamburgers, and the vegan versions by their very nature don’t have any cholesterol.

I remain undecided. Miso and matzo ball are pushing Kevin towards the top, but gazpacho would be somewhere in the 20-30 range on my list of preferred soups, and is really dragging the team down here, especially in the face of Kate’s broccoli cheddar and creamy tomato picks. I’m going to have to think deeply about my…

Functionally, bisexual and pansexual mean the same thing, though they have different histories to them so people will often use whichever one feels better to them. Many people in the bisexual community can and have fiercely defended the term as one inclusive of trans or non-binary people. More specifically, “bisexual”…

Hardneck garlic is so great. Easier to peel, stronger flavor, you don’t end up with a bunch of dinky cloves in the middle that are impossible to peel and chop, and it doesn’t sprout as quickly in my experience. Tragically it’s always a complete tossup which one the grocery store will have, and I’ve yet to find a place…

Kate wins it for the HNC/Cinnamon toast crunch one-two punch, but I cannot believe not a single member of the captain crunch family of cereals made it in here. I think the regular and oops all berries might both end up in my top five.

I pick sausage for the same reason Kevin picks bacon here: I think mediocre sausage is way better than mediocre bacon. When I’m very honest with myself, the only part of bacon I actually love is the perfectly cooked bits of crispy fat. If you over (or wildly under) cook bacon, or if you use super cheap meat that…

On the contrary, just sausage or hash browns on their lonesome would have secured my vote, but both plus a top three breakfast egg option really took things to another level.

Kevin, I want you to know I voted for you not for the bacon, but for the sausage/hash browns/scrambled egg triple crown, AKA the perfect diner breakfast. Thank you and thank you breakfast food.

I’m extremely here for something that tastes like a fast food hamburger but doesn’t have any cholesterol. Looks like I’m going to need to try the impossible burger sometime soon.  

There’s more to nutrition than just fat or calories. I’m a meat lover with a family history of high cholesterol, so a burger that tastes meaty, has a lot of protein, but has no cholesterol at all is absolutely something I’d eat for nutritional reasons.