I loved having White Bear as my intro episode. Hit all the right notes for me to get into what they were doing with the series.

See now I’m thinking about booze infused butter on pancakes. Like maybe a brandy or rum based butter with fruit compote.

OK, lets see if we can play “Guess The Twist”.

Give me a moment, it’s not often I get to do this... ahem...

I suppose the challenge with the “Cheap/Free” Indulgence is what you’ve already invested in. If you live in a big enough city and have hobby board game shops check to see if they have an open board game night. The majority of these I have encountered are free and open to anyone either with an existing collection or…

I’m also someone that prefers Civ VI to V. There are a lot of aspects to VI that run counter to what people learned in V that I think throws off a lot of the long time players. I know that’s how it’s been in my regular online game group. Civ V improved a great deal from it’s initial release (as many have said) and was…

Google Doc is always good for Friendsgiving Planning. If you do a menu listing for your doc consider writing in some dish ideas for anyone invited that has decision making problems. Saved a few of my guests this year from making last minute panic calls.

Friendsgiving has some slightly different timetable adjustments since in my experience the furthest someone drives for that is 20 miles. Drinking starts with whatever breakfast is gathered by the early arrivals around 9 or 10 (as well as the start of the themed movie marathon: this year, originals & remakes). Lunch,…

For anyone with a CostCo membership: consider getting their frozen samosas for pre-meal appetizer. They are unique enough to get people interested, but not so exotic in ingredients that it will scare off anyone at your meal that is extremely focused on what is and is not acceptable.

Frankly this is one of the major reasons I do Friendsgiving. Not because I’m one of the people that complains when I am with family, but because everyone that comes to the social get-together is doing so by choice and all legitimately are happy to be sharing the meal with each other.

I have. In the dead of night with ranch dressing and tortillas while I watch old slasher movies. It’s the kind of meal you love when it’s happening but hate a few hours later.

Timeline & pre-planning: Since I do Friendsgiving exclusively these days I set up a Google Doc to plan out the day.

Mmmmmmm. Ginger. Yes, I have a similar problem. Ever since I started cooking with fresh ginger I have been seeking more ways to incorporate it into my dishes.

I personally have always preferred the taste of skin-on smashed red potatoes. I’ll often roast whole in the oven on low-ish heat (300 - 325) with a generous helping of butter and garlic cloves in my cast iron skillet, rotating every once in a while until the potatoes look like the outer skin is cracking and I can push…

I’m prepping a Pork Wellington for my friends-only Thanksgiving this year. I got the idea to try stuffing the tenderloin with the kind of filling you would get in spanakopita (feta, spinach, onion, add in some basil) before wrapping in the puff pastry. I have only agreed to cooking turkey at my thanksgiving dinners on…

• How strongly attached to turkey are you? Frankly, thanks to too many dry thanksgiving turkeys, I doubt I will enjoy turkey ever again. I have negotiated a middle ground in the past by cooking nothing but turkey legs but this year I am making a stuffed Pork Wellington for the main dish.

Maybe this is too pedestrian... but what about cranberry sauce? I often make spiced red wine cranberry sauce of the holidays and it seems like the kind of thing that could greatly benefit from sous vide because of the preservation for things like delicate flavors of certain ingredients that you might want to have play…

I’ve had great success with a breakfast casserole/strata that is essentially leftover pizza, eggs, and frozen tater tots. That said, consider the salty savory of corned beef in a Reuben Casserole or perhaps a Saint Patrick’s Day casserole.

Very few values and ideals are based on logic. I’m not saying what they believe is logical, just stating the reasoning I have had discussed with me when I sit and talk to people that are gun owners.

There are a large number of people in the US that want gun reform. However we have a number of economic and cultural hurdles in front of it: