Because my father judged gravy on color, rather than flavor, my mother used something called “Gravy Master”. I don’t know if it added flavor, but it made chicken gravy dark enough to please my father. Maggi, mentioned here, also does a great job.

They are simply another method of eating butter. How can anyone not want that? No matter how they are prepared with ham, or wine, or mushrooms or tomatoes or celery or whatever, you have to add a few pats of butter at the end, and they become perfection.

I roll my dough out inside a gallon freezer bag. It’s easier for me to control and I get it down to an even thickness and there is no flour on the ceiling, the walls, my shirt or the floor. It’s also easier to pop into the freezer for a few minutes to cool down. Then I open the bag by slicing along two sides and…

Cool-Whip was introduced in 1966, which is still well before the birthdates of many of the commenters. Prior to that, all really decent people made Jell-o and as it thickened, they took out their Waring stand mixers or hand egg-beaters and whipped the Jell-o into a foamy mass which was then returned to the…

Thanks.  Maybe they’ll catch that we hate slideshows.  That goes with “Click to Continue....”

Pratt also has a son with ex-wife Anna Faris who was born prematurely and has had subsequent health problems.  Anna was born prematurely?  She looks great.

Going to a regular doctor and  taking regular medicines diminishes their “special" standing.  These are some really fragile people.

Once I went over to spatchcocking, I gave up stuffing and started making dressing, which I like much better than turkey. Turkey tastes like turkey, but you can really work with dressing by adding any of: oysters, apples, pecans, cranberry sauce, apricots, figs, etc. I miss digging in the bird carcass with a teaspoon…

Salty and gray.  The perfect accompaniment to Thanksgiving.  It should have been banned when some drunk made it in Indiana in 1934.

Her mother should have told her not to play with food.  This is just silly.

As we age, there comes a time when you gotta stop caring so much about what other people think.  It’s not a matter of being rude or anti-social, but you’ve heard enough nonsense over the years to not want to spend any more of your precious days hearing more.

Advice for people who are unable to function independently in society. You left off soap, toothpaste, towels, sheets. You understand that the people reading your articles are capable of turning on and using a computer, right?

See this little spot on my lower back?  It itches.  Is that anything?

I mix cranberry sauce into the stuffing.

“...Functions as air-tight as a breadbox...” should have been phrased to indicate limited air circulation.  Bread boxes were never constructed to be air-tight; they were to limit access by flies and mildew.

Because I am older than red clay, I remember barbecue sauces that had just a taste (hint) of sugar. It was considered kinda daring. Where some sauces used a tablespoon of brown sugar, people in places like Texas figured if a little is good, a lot would be great, so they started adding 1/4 and 1/2 cups.   SWB is a…

So does Costco.

One of the many reasons we come here. Claire has tried something and saved me from having to risk~15 cents worth of raw material (that, and the fact that this would never have occurred to me). Of course I’m going to do this, because I want to make a fried egg sandwich and now I’ll mayo the bread before frying it in…

Dubious study, but presented without hesitation.

These were showing up in better houses about 40 years ago, but people complained that they look cluttered.