I stand by my oft-repeated, rarely acknowledged statement that a hot dog ticks all the boxes to be classified as a sandwich, but that no fluent English speaker would describe one that way thanks to the level of granularity in the language.

Understood. I really don’t have enough information to discuss this, other than one example where things went crazily off the rails:

You’re probably right. I’m aware of one (1) exception to that, which was the renovation of my high school, which was an extremely controversial $27 million project (namely because the median age of the city skewed older than normal, and the taxpayers thought a school should be a box of classrooms and a football team,…

This is less “scams to watch out for” and more “how does this keep happening?”:

I don't see why not. You should definitely try it though. For science.

Can confirm: mayonnaise works brilliantly for chicken (or Quorn-based faux chicken, as the case may be). I am not going back.

Someone once consoled me about my mealy, tasteless tomatoes by saying, “it’s okay, it happens to a lot of guys, and I thought it tasted good anyway.”

“Advertise” was the wrong word. They don’t go out of their way to point it out, it’s just in there if you look at ingredients, and it always stands out to me because I think of pizza cheese as being primarily mozzarella with a little Parmesan. When you buy a bag of pizza cheese at the store though, it usually also…

Most of the pizza places around here (including the major chains) advertise that they use a mix of mozzarella and Gouda, which I have never tried at home. I assume it’s a texture thing, since Gouda melts so well? I don’t know.

...but if you do sip it, pinkies out, please.

I have to admit I am not the best cook. I have lit spatulas on fire.

Apologies for taking all day. It’s the Presto 07047 Cool Touch Electric Griddle: http://amazon.com/dp/B0051XSIO6/

Uh... a cheap one. I’m not at home and can’t recall which brand it was, but a cursory search on Google and Amazon shows a lot of models by Black and Decker and Presto that look like mine.  It was definitely on the lower end of the price range.

Wut. I’ve heard this “first pancake is always ugly” thing, but that has never been my experience. My pancakes always look more uniform than any of the ones pictured above, but I don’t think this has anything to do with skill on my part. Based on the first couple of paragraphs above, I chalk it up to the fact that I…

I was skeptical when I clicked the headline, but after reading those suggestions I’ma have to put a box of toaster hash browns on my grocery list.

What I’m getting from this—and forgive me for oversimplifying—is “if you can pile it on a chip or a cracker, try putting it on endive instead.”

Alternatively, break out the miracle fruit tablets and sample a little of everything in the fridge.

Hey, I’m not advocating adding more salt, just pointing out why your food doesn’t taste like restaurant food.

Some time ago somebody here on Kinja said something along the lines of “the main difference between your cooking and the meal you’re getting at a restaurant is that you’re not adding enough salt and pepper.” By god, they were right.

Wait, so President Vernon’s real name was President Washington?