I have a friend who drinks warm/room temp decarbonated Dr. Pepper. They say they like the taste better. I tried it once at their place and found it to be quite unpleasant and far too sweet.

Sometimes you go to grab the bag of Bonito Flakes and accidentally grab the bag of tapeworms. It happens.

For those that can’t plan ahead or don’t want to deal with cooking and ricing potatoes, you can use instant potatoes. For instance, Lefse Time has such a recipe which comes from a Norwegian grandmother.

Don’t feel like submitting to the contest, but would like to share a recipe of mine with the class. One day I was wanting a crispy cookie. I already had some Indian food on the stove and decided to make a biscuit with a flavor profile reminiscent of gulab jamun.

Some simple tips:

Pomegranate Dusted Struva was the first thing that popped to mind. You need a special iron and the it works best if you use a pomegranate powder that was made via spray drying using maltodextrin. Luckily you can order the powder but have to look carefully are the ingredients to make sure it isn’t just freeze dried…

Yup, NZ. Gotta go to the usual sites or use a vpn.

The Kiwi one is better than the Aussie one and the US one has been improving, but is still not up to snuff.

Paul Hollywood is the British Guy Fieri

If you enjoy the Canadian version, you might like The Great Kiwi Bake Off, New Zealand’s version. Hayley and Madeleine are fairly entertaining as hosts and it is one of the more delightful spin-offs.

Points to what’s-his-name with Andes Mints and Jr. Mints.

Lillian: Okay, is there any merit to that rumor that Keebler uses the exact same formula in their year-round cookies?

I don’t need the duck vomiting all over the yard. It is bad enough they poop all over the place and leave a whirlwind of feathers in their wake (they are molting) as they scamper about.

Truck stops like The Flying J are usually where I would stop pre-plague. Big, clean, lots of food and drink options, and some pretty good pizza for cheap. I also like the smaller no-name places that serve the best fried chicken and chicken livers; the places are just dirty enough you know the chicken is gonna be good…

I assume these recipes should only require tools and ingredients people are likely to have on hand or are able to acquire cheaply and easily?

The best, most awkward part was when she thought he was coming over to tell her a joke (for those that don’t watch Extra Slice, there are some jokes and humerus bits throughout).

The bakers were given all the challenges before they headed into bubble. Laura even started practicing before they went in and was still Laura. The bakers had the opportunity to bring in any special tools and ingredients they needed. Inside the bubble, there was a separate tent set up for the bakers to practice. It…

Typically, if you are buying spices where white people shop, then your spices are not seeing the turnover required to keep fresher ones in stock and/or are super expensive.

Generally, in the fridge you want to give it 6 hours of thaw time per pound. This assumes a normal fridge temp of 35-40F. So a 20lb bird in an average fridge will take about 120hours or 5 full days to thaw. Then you may want another 1-2 days to brine/dry the bird.

These things are not meant to inform, they are meant to engage. Hot takes and bad data drive more clicks and shares. They put put these things so people will share it and tell people how wrong it is.