The problem with only saving a pitcher for high leverage situations is that high leverage situations often crop up very quickly (especially in a very close game), resulting in a pitcher having relatively little time to get fully warmed up. The only way to ensure this doesn’t happen is to preemptively warm up the high…

The only homemade crackers I’ve ever eaten were unbaked “raw” crackers that a buddy of mine made in a dehydrator. I remember eating a bunch of them after smoking some bud and at the time, they weren’t too bad. Once the raging munchies died down the crackers went back down to the “well, I’d eat these if I were…

Why ruin a perfectly good ghost pepper with candy corn? Also, since candy corn is essentially flavorless wax, the trick would be to coat the mouth with a handful of candy corn right before eating the ghost pepper, thereby sealing out the harmful effects of the capsaicin. 

I’ve been really happy with the Rave apples from the local store. They’re a little more inconsistent than Honeycrisps (which they share lineage with), but a good Rave apple is just as good as a Honeycrisp. Raves are also less expensive as well.

Altuve did miss some time last season, but his absence didn’t prevent them from winning a then-franchise record 103 games. They just happened to run into a 108 win Red Sox team that was fully immersed in a season of destiny.

So you’re saying it’s gonna take a little extra time and effort? That’s fine with me.

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.