Depicting an event that is political is itself political. Are you depicting it critically or uncritically? Does the narrative favor one side of the conflict, or is every side depicted evenly and fairly? Does the story make assumptions like “War can be justified” which are themselves political.

I never picked up a PS4 (or an XBone) and I would like another console just for like streaming and playing Blu-Rays on top of whatever games, and right now buying the older generation one seems pretty silly. So I would like to be able to find a PS5 (or whatever they’re calling the new Xbox) someday.

If I could find a seeded watermelon at the local store, I might try my hand at making some.  Remember when watermelons had seeds?

It’s pretty funny when restaurants (generally big national chains) pitch “come here and eat a bunch of stuff in a pile that we assemble in a bowl” since “eat a foodpile from a bowl” is what I, and I assume many of us, do at home.

I mean Gloomhaven was initially based on Pathfinder, and in the second edition release of that game they also dropped the “race” nomenclature- being an elf or a dwarf or whatever is now your ancestry (as in - your parents were dwarves, their parents were also dwarves, you grew up around dwarves.)

Help me understand why “it’s like [identifiable product] but it gets you high” products need to look almost exactly like the identifiable product in question.

Just seeing someone say “I want you to take something good, and then ruin it” is a real red flag.  It’s possible that the person is just ignorant about meat (e.g. the “well” in “well done” refers to “do a good job”), so it’s not an immediate deal breaker but it if you’re ordering your steak overcooked, you would…

Most of the identity of the Addams were codified by the 1960s TV series, which established that Gomez was Castilian (ergo Spanish).

Many Stripes!

I have pretty severe shellfish allergies, so I avoid even imitation crab. Would it be safe to eat for me or do they sometimes sneak *some* crab in there?

In the film version the namesake of the Canoe Restaurant is taken down from the rafters for a daring rescue before she goes over the waterfall.

I was always under the impression that oats+maple syrup were a key component of switchel.

I come back to this again and again but “just sweet” or “just sweet and salty” is not a combination I can really abide.  You need some acid or some heat or something.

I dislike sweet relishes.

You can really keep things cold for several days with like coolers and (dry) ice packs.  My brother signed me up for the “Cheese of the Month” subscription once and now I have no need to buy any ice packs perhaps every again.

Hopefully some of the money is going to a chest freezer since most people are not going to have space for 900 popsicles if they are surprised by 900 popsicles.  Plus, these are like $3 per, so they’re some premium popsicles and you do not want spongebob to end up as undifferentiated beige soup.

This is why I don’t approve of apps- if you’re going to ask a barista to fit five bananas in a cup you should have to look another person in the eye and say “put five bananas in my cup.”

My recommendation would be to make shrubs or drinking vinegars, which are basically just fruit+vinegar+sugar, then strained once the fruit falls apart. Add it to fizzy water and there you are.

“Uh, the medium roast... black.”

Coca-Cola doesn’t ruin meat! If you ever find yourself in possession of a fresh ham (i.e. one that is not already fully cooked) try brining it in 6L of coca-cola, with 1.5c of table salt, 2 heads of garlic crushed, a bunch (~10) of bay leaves, and 1/2 crushed black peppercorns.