I’ve actually had a fully convincing vegan bacon on a BLT. It was made from tempeh, marinated and smoked, etc. It had the same texture as the real thing. It reminds me of that vegan italian sausage I had on a pizza, all the flavor was there the only difference was that as it wasn’t animal fat the flavor lacked the…

Their fear amuses me.

It must be exhausting, being pissing their pants afraid all of the time.

But what does one do about the, well, feedback loop?

I’m embarrassed about how long it took me to get the pun in “Alice B. Toklas brownies". 

By “quick thinking neighbors” you mean Gertrude’s and Alice’s friend Bernard Fay, The Vichy official who shielded them and Gertrude’s art collection from the Nazis? 

I used to buy jars of minced garlic at the dollar store. They quit carrying it. Now I'm sad. 

I keep a jar of already minced garlic in the fridge. Works especially well when you need to use some pomadoro sauce out of a jar for pasta. A big tablespoon of garlic and some red pepper to add some zing. Instant arrabbiata sauce. 

Carefully reread what I wrote. And the inside of the bag is no less sanitary than the inside of the cardboard thing that they put the fries in.

Use the minimum amount of water necessary to boil the noodles, and put the flavor packet in straight away.r