I’ve never been a fan of trying to recreate my favorite childhood snack foods in my own kitchen. If I’m in the mood for Twinkies and Oreos, I’m just going to buy myself some Twinkies and Oreos.

but given my backlog, maybe I should. if i had posting privileges.

reminds me of

my bandwidth has been ok, but 4 times in the last week and a half my connection has just gone out because my ISP decided it was prudent to do “maintenance” in the middle of the workday when a hell of a lot of us are forced to work from home. 

hit too close to home?

also, try not using a phone/tablet as a digital pacifier. 

Did it ever occur to anybody at Kellogg’s that maybe the name Peeps Marshmallow Flavored Cereal With Marshmallows was a bit of overkill?

I don’t keep olives, because I hate them.

I’m not completely innocent myself, since I tend to go for the hotter peppers/hot sauces available. But at least those won’t kill me, just make me regret living for a day.

yep. otherwise what’s next, raise polar bears so their livers won’t kill you?

or maybe, you know, just eat something else? I mean, do you* really have to find a way to try to eat every last living organism on the planet?

Bottom line: artichokes, olives, cans of San Marzanos—these aren’t things I always have in my pantry for “pantry pasta.”

The mystery foil pack. It’s been in there for months, yet it’s hot.

they’re pareve but not necessarily kosher for Passover.  

it’s not my best work.  besides, it’s a plastic model. 

I’ll get it out of the way:

we can use any calm, factual voice we can get. 

I do indeed.  there’s even a new Indian mega-market about a half hour away. 

This is easy for me to find (Meijer carries it.) Never bought any yet, so this might be reason to try it.