Yeah, my daughter told me this lie. If I only tried them cooked properly I would change my mind!

But..... but..... she was just doing what Mean Mr. Mushroom told her to do!

Hmmm. We have four cats and it’s been a while since I checked under there.

Nothing anyone does to brussels sprouts will make them edible. Ew.

I see you’ve worked for Fry’s.  :)

I used to work at Fry’s. You’re correct, you are under no obligation to let the door nazi look at your receipt. There is nothing they can do if you just walk out.

What a great idea! Can’t believe in all these years I never thought of that. Thank you!

I like Starbucks cold brew. It does NOT taste burnt. I also like Stok Chocolate.

OMG that looks good. On my list. My mom was not a casserole person in general and the number of classic dishes my brothers and I never heard of is distressingly long.

I should mention that we live in Los Angeles where the winters don’t actually get cold (especially not for someone who spent 6 years in northern Wisconsin). Since warm air rises, having the fan push it down makes it feel warmer in the room.

We never reverse the fan blades. Tried it and found that it didn’t help. We will be dusting them off, though, and buying some new smoke detectors since the ones we’ve got are at best estimate 15 year old and way past their prime. Costco here we come.

Tamales are a Christmas tradition, too. Last year we got a big bag of plain (unfilled) tamales from Hugo’s Tacos in LA for our holiday dinner, with several possible fillings on the side. Worked perfectly for both the vegetarians and the carnivores in the family. (No, they don’t use lard.)

OK, that does it, I’m getting lunch delivered from Kopan Ramen.

I have a gravy boat but can’t remember the last time we used it. Nice bowl + small ladle works fine.

Maybe we just got lucky all those years.

I did not know how necessary turkey lifters were until I tried to lever a turkey out of a roasting pan with spatulas. You will only use the lifters once or maybe twice a year but you will be glad you bought them.

We put gravy in bowls and use a small ladle to serve it.

I will keep that in mind, thanks!

Our kids are just about exactly three years apart, by design. And their birthdays are in the first half of the year so they wouldn’t get caught by school cutoff dates (as I and my oldest brother were).

We have four cats. Their dishes are all in a line in the kitchen. Four for canned food and three for dry food. Don’t have space or inclination to do fancy feeding plans.