Okra is easy to fuck up. But it never needs to be slimy; fried, it is godly perfection.

Is it not just an age thing? I wasn’t great at cooking when I was in my early/mid twenties, either. You cook, you screw up, you learn. Eventually you buy a meat thermometer and a good knife/sharpener, but probably not straight out of college.

Good lord that’s expensive vodka!

Only paper plates? Never ketchup? Sausage tyranny is what happens when the existing sausage powers get to choose the sausage authorities. If you don’t think it can happen in a sausage democracy, look up sausage capture. It’s already happening, and this video is proof.

A few years ago Cooks Illustrated had a feature on attempting to make canned tomatoes taste like fresh, ripe tomatoes in tomato sauce, and they came up with sugar + red wine vinegar. I’ve used that trick with some success, but I find that a little balsamic vinegar by itself solves several of these problems all at once.

I know I’m missing the point, but I was happiest to see the mention of suicide. I haven’t thought about suicide since fourth grade! We used to play it every day at school in Philly. And there was a gentler version called homicide (throw at the wall instead of the kid), but anyone who called for homicide instead of…

Dude very clearly does not know how to handle his business on a bicycle.

Have you never had Duke’s?

I grew up eating sliced bananas + mayonnaise on whole wheat. It’s such a primal combination to me I can’t tell if it’s gross or not.

“Fun” isn’t the impression I got from that Consumer Reports review.

Bad wings are real, and they are disgusting. Scrawny and undercooked, with thick, rubbery skin, flabby meat, and big gobs of chicken fat. Anything is better than bad wings.

Fuck yes. I always try to be the last in line. Every second not on an airplane is superior to every second on an airplane. This take may change if I have kids.

I’d add a few more tips: first, bookmark wowhead.com. I have no idea how anyone can play without their amazing database. What’s this item for? Where do I go for this quest? What’s the strategy for this boss? It’s all on wowhead.

This isn’t really a good point for a beginners’ guide, but you can pay for game time with in-game gold. So if you play long enough, and focus on making gold a bit, the game can eventually become free. Realistically this wouldn’t happen in your first year, but I haven’t paid a cent since 2015. And I promise you, that’s…

Ha! That’s awesome. I hope he changed the station and landed on some Bob Wills next.

Ah, I meant “south-eastern.” Texas is another world entirely.

My grandmother lived in Rock Hill and taught at Winthrop, so at least one reader cares, if for no other reason than the weirdness of seeing Winthrop mentioned on Deadspin.

Tomato pie is a Southern classic. Not to be confused with green tomato pie, which tastes like extra-sharp apple pie.

“Meats.”

Eh, people will see whatever fits the narrative they expect. And when the dominant narrative about Philadelphia is written in NYC, people will see a bunch of low-class criminals instead of normal, happy sports fans.