One of my cooking goals this year is losing my fear of dried beans. And to use more varieties than the standard great northern or pintos. I have made them before, twice in a Dutch oven, and once in the slow cooker. The slow cooker ones tuned out much better, so I wonder if I should start looking at Instant Pots now.

Is that only for brandy/cognac, or does any hard liquor make it that? Because I’ve got some bourbon and an urge to tell people “I’m drinkin’ Dirty Shirleys!” :)

It does look kind of weird - hyphenated maybe? Bacon-egg-and-cheese? Also, how do you make a Hennesey Shirley Temple? Doesn’t adding the Hennesey make it no longer a Shirley Temple?

The lemon cake. Oh, the lemon cake is NOT a lie :)

I’m lucky enough to have a Portillo’s in my town, and it’s a toss-up whether that or a local shawarma place is eaten more in our house in a given month. I’m weird and don’t like either pickles or mustard, and so I usually go with the chili-cheese dog (don’t forget the onions!).

Trader Joe’s, maybe? I think Amy’s has broth in the “nutritional”/organic aisle at most supermarkets too. Finally, we use the “Better Than Bouillon” brand for chicken and beef broths, and it looks like they do have a vegetable stock version as well.

There’s an “IlLouMalnati’s Conspiracy Theory” pun in here somewhere, but all I can think is that I want that hat...

Yup, the Chicago teams should have gone with the hot dog. That pizza graphic just looks bad. The dog with the multi-colored toppings would have been so much more visually interesting.

Price is very right, but the quality is always a crap-shoot. I know at which McD’s I can get a biscuit that is soft and buttery and perfect, and I also know where I might get a biscuit made yesterday - dry, almost crunchy, and just sad. I’d also love to have seen them develop some kind of honey-butter spread/sauce for…

So much YES to the corndogs from Little Red Wagon! Those might be my favorite food. Like, on the planet. And those skewers at Bengal BBQ were a boon on our last trip there.

Wait, now I’m confused - are we talking about fried chicken at the Plaza Inn’s buffet, or the whole meal at Carnation Cafe? They are right next to each other, and Carnation’s fried chicken is on my “wish-list” for our trip this summer (along with a lobster roll from Harbor Galley).

EDIT: I just looked up the Plaza Inn…

I will stump for CarsLand at any opportunity. It actually makes the movies better...

The Pineapple Lanai at the Polynesian has my favorite variation (at least so far - I haven’t been to the Tropical Hideaway yet): the vanilla swirl. The vanilla actually cuts the sweetness of the pineapple in a really great way.

And at Disneyland Resort, the original and rum-soaked variations are now sold at Trader…

Flo’s V-8 Diner in CarsLand (in DCA) has the fried chicken meal too. Get an outside table, and you can enjoy your meal by literally watching the Cars go by.

In the most perfect example of irony I know, Farenheit 451 is indeed on a number of banned books lists every year.

Seriously, how many families in Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, etc... have a family legend about such-and-such great-grandparent who was part or full Native American? I’ve been told of at least three in my family tree, but without a shred of actual documentation. And no way am I sending a private company my…

The now-defunct GameTap service had the sequels to that game. They were released episodically, with all of them telling one really funny story. If memory serves, they saved the world from a demon by ceding the US to Canada...

A lot of it probably was. I’ve fortunately never been in that position, but the salt water is supposed to allow for better buoyancy, so if you spread your arms and legs out, and let yourself float, that 11 hours is completely possible (if terrifying and exhausting). I’d be curious to know what kind of PFD the guy was…

You didn’t waste ANY money. You aren’t actually buying cookies, you are donating to a Troop. Your cash translates into funds those girls can use for things like STEM courses, and trips to cool places.