I guess I just don't understand why she feels the need to write an emotional op-ed EVERY TIME she makes a medical decision. Like congrats, Ang, but I think literally not one of us would notice you'd had your ovaries removed. It just feels like pure attention seeking and "oh look at me, I asked EASTERN and WESTERN…

Going through such drastic bodily changes has to be such an enormous challenge.

Uh, there is clearly more than one way to skin this cat.

I dated a guy who felt this way. He said he didn't want to wash my dishes because I wasn't efficient enough. But he was unemployed and living at my house rent free and refused to eat left overs so I had to cook every night. When I tried to compromise saying he should at least wash the dishes and utensils he used he…

Ugh, exactly. My cousins are like this—we always have to have the EXACT SAME THING at family get togethers because they refuse to eat anything new. If a new side dish or something manages to sneak its way in, my cousins will ask my aunt if they'll like it. How old are they? Four or five perhaps? Nope, try…

We used to go on camping trips where everyone would be responsible for one meal. One guy would always be quick to volunteer for lunch because it involved no cooking, just sandwiches. He always brought white bread. Always. Doughy white bread.

Try heritage turkey. Seriously I always hated the turkey at Thanksgiving and now it's my favorite part. The broad-breasted white turkeys used in commercial turkey production have been bred purely for rapid growth and size, not flavor. We started buying heritage breeds from our local farmer a couple years ago and it is…

I had an uncle who pulled something like that on my mom one Easter many many years ago. She put out a tremendous spread and invite her side of the family up for Easter, all manner of fine culinary delights and he came in and announced that he and his family had stopped at a Big Boy on the way up.

So, to comment on that first story, there is no sandwich more misunderstood than the Rueben. Only in California have I had problems ordering a Reuben. It's listed on a menu at a deli and you're asked questions like:

Yeah...it might be a joke, but some people are dumb about this stuff. I ran into someone when I worked at a restaurant where we had a kosher menu, who thought kosher was the same as organic. So they were interrogating me about the farms and certification and shit that I just didn't know, and it turns out it was…

Sounds like my uncle and his family. Their idea of dinner was frozen tv dinners and hot dogs. They ate at chain restaurants most days as neither he nor his wife cooked. Think they used the kitchen mostly for storage.

This is basically my aunt's family. They came to visit us once and my parents wanted to take everyone out to dinner and suggested Chinese. My aunt's husband said they didn't like it. Turns out, they ate at a Panda Express kind of place like, once and decided that they hated Chinese food. My entire family was like,…

Working at a pizza joint as a waitress, I would get this type of question at least monthly. Our pizzas were sized by inches. A small was a 12", a medium was a 14", a large was was 16".

And it actually goes further than that. The complete refusal to try anything new. These people don't travel, won't try new pastimes, new genre's of movies or anything! And further than that, new opinions, or political parties! They just refuse to see further then their teensy tiny world.

Kosher hams!

"AUGHH I JUST REALIZED WE ARE ALL HURTLING THROUGH AND EMPTY UNCARING UNIVERSE ON A SPECK OF DUST ORBITING A TINY SPARK ORBITING THE CENTER OF ONE OF 10 BILLION GALAXIES AT MILLIONS OF MILES PER HOUR UNTIL THE ENVELOPING FROZEN BLACKNESS TAKES US ALL."

Is it really that hard for people to clean while they're cooking? I hate leaving mess behind when I cook/bake and most of the meals I make have multi-stage preparation, so I use the boring stages to clean up the mess I leave behind.

I clean as I go. My boyfriend doesnt so when I have to clean up after him it's a nightmare. I have been teaching him how to cook things though so I have been integrating the "clean the bowl when you are done with it"

Aurora Borealis, at this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely in your kitchen?!