When I first read the title, I thought it read Pretzel-fry, and even though it doesn’t, I’m still intrigued. The real shame is that I have neither a pretzel or any kind of pierogi sitting in front of me as I type. I sacrificed my last pretzel bun for the good of meatloaf breadcrumbs. 

About five years ago, I got a tortilla press as a Christmas gift. Excitedly, I went out and bought a bag of masa and got right to making homemade tortillas. Fast forward to present day and that same bag of masa is still in my cupboard. Don’t get me wrong, the homemade corn tortillas were fine - good, even - but not…

My mom made guacamole with sour cream and I’ve always been able to detect some kind of rank rancidity in sour cream that makes it unappealing to me. I could never bring myself to try any guacamole if there was even a small chance of mayo or sour cream being in it. Even to this day, if I’m using an avocado, I use…

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I figure that the “hom” in hominy would make it pronounced much more like the “Tom” in Tom Brady. Blunted R’s and exaggerated O’s are two unique, but separate features in the Boston accent.

I can understand the appeal of a fruit pie’s filling being better when it’s warm. If I’m dehydrating something like apricots or plums, I’ll sneak in a slice or two when they’re only about 60% of the way through the drying process and the result is a warm, gooey, concentrated burst of flavor. Halfway dried apricots are…

When I was growing up, our little town had one diner, and I remember as I aged into a young teen, my parents finally started allowing me to order the cheaper steaks they had on the menu. I got french fries instead of a baked potato, never even thought about touching the side salad, and the broccoli always died on the…

I suggest using a chocolate stout. I saw a recipe for chocolate stout bread that used plain stout beer, chocolate chips, and cocoa powder but I feel like actual chocolate stout could work just about as well. I’ve been meaning to make this but I’m not quite ready to give in to autumnal eating habits just yet.

It’s been said that Sandy Koufax tipped his pitches and it just didn’t matter. The hitters still couldn’t hit them. 

Since I’m assuming that the tubs of fresh salsa that need to be refrigerated don’t count, my personal favorite is Herdez’s salsa verde, but their medium salsa roja is also better than pretty much every other jarred salsa option out here. I’m not sure how widely available Herdez products are, but I’ve seen them in most…

Say what you want about the ‘Skins, but they managed to knock Brady out of the game in the 4th quarter.

The big soft pretzel and mustard are a natural pairing, so that’s a good combo. Unfortunately, that combo pairs better with deli meats like pastrami/corned beef/roast beef than it does with a hamburger patty. On occasion, I’ll make roast beef sandwiches with store-bought pretzel buns and I always include sauerkraut…

Huy Fong sells both a sambal oelek and a chili garlic sauce but I have no idea what makes either sauce different from the other. The flavors of both are interchangeable and a quick reading of the back label indicates the exact ingredients and nutritional content. I mainly use the sambal oelek on takeout teriyaki and…

The walk to Rendon was essentially an “unintentional” intentional walk. Once he got behind in the count, there was no way Hader was gonna do anything other than nibble the edges and hope for Rendon to go chasing.

This is only the third time I’ve seen this message today and I’ve only read this one article. Either I’ve entered a Robotussin-induced space/time loop or you have some sort of dementia that causes you to repeatedly post the same thing. People with genuine opinions tend to express them in ways that are designed to…

I typically make Sicilian-style pies in cast iron and I make the dough in the evening, put it in the fridge before I go to bed, and bring it back out when I get home the next afternoon in order to give it time to proof inside the skillet. I always assumed fermentation was part of the rising process and that a chilled…

For me, It’d be the Twix to go. I honestly never thought of Twix as a candy bar to begin with. My parents made a point to not stock the house with candy bars but there were always Costco-sized boxes of Twix around and I figured it was because my parents had mistaken their relative lack of flavor as a sign that they…

I gotta say the Hazan sauce seems more like butter and oil sauce with tomato than tomato sauce, but it’s still worth a try. I’ve tried Kenji’s New York-style pizza sauce (the one with butter, EVOO, tomato, and discarded onion) and while it was decent, the butter flavor in the sauce was very forward and I guess I’m…

I’m not a huge raisin person, but I swear that the raisins in Costco’s store-brand trail mix have an added salt to them that just pleasantly enhances the whole raisin eating experience. The salted raisins pair up nicely with the M&M’s and mixed nuts. 

Tim’s used to make a cajun-flavored chip that rivaled the jalapeno chips in spiciness but had a way better overall flavor. For some reason they were discontinued and it’s a damn shame.