We had a little hooplah down in Texas a few years ago. The San Antonio police pulled over a semi and other vehicles that had been rigged up to look like something from “The Road Warrior.” Apparently they were a driving up to San Antonio from Boerne to watch a “Mad Max” marathon at the Alamo Drafthouse, and decided to…

It’s like Cilantro for me: A little goes a LOOOONG way.

Love me some Nuoc Mam. I have an Asian market by the house, and have to convince them to put a little tub of the stuff in when I buy Cha Gio (Egg rolls).

If you have a Sprouts nearby, you can get Daiya frozen pizza. It’s dairy free “cheeze” and isn’t bad. (It’s also Gluten Free)

I have 3 of the 5.

Other go-to’s:
Sun Dried tomato paste in a toothpaste-like tube
Anchovy Paste
Real bacon bits, or just bacon to be cooked on demand
Dried shitake mushrooms (Re-constitute, use mushrooms AND water)

All of these are great to add a little umami to the meal.

Don’t buy anything IoT. Until the manufacturers shore up their security in a major way. As it stands, it’s the Internet of Things... to be hacked.

Don’t buy anything IoT. Until the manufacturers shore up their security in a major way. As it stands, it’s the…

Ever had Vietnamese coffee? Cafe Su Da? Talk about sweet!

Why not? You are.

Oh, and you being a douche? Not an assumption. That’s fact as pure as the driven snow.

Yeah, but it was for my sister’s momentary happiness. :D

Yes, because no one ever gets frustrated, right?

Nice try? Don’t be a douche. I put out a possibility, but apparently you feel the need to be smugly superior for no real reason, except that you’re being a douche.

We have a 100 yen store here in Texas (Yeah, a Japanese “dollar store, essentially) called Daiso. They have something similar to smarties, but they’re more powdery. Pretty good, though!

Kinder eggs are a thing my sister likes. More out of sentimentality than taste. She spent 4 of her childhood years in Germany, and remembers them fondly. We took some back to her from our last Canadian trip, but they didn’t fare too well on the plane. (They were more like Kinder blobs than eggs by the time we got home)

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Well in all fairness, you guys are the master of the queue. In fact, you’ll queue up even when you don’t need to!

Never move to Texas. We’d simply kill you with our outgoing friendliness. :D

My wife came from Indiana, and was troubled with the fact that Texans would simply start talking to her out of the blue. We’re a state of extroverts, and try our best to live up to our motto. (The Friendly State. Tejas means friend, by the…

I had something similar happen one Black Friday. I was in the electronics store (Frys) and it was a madhouse. I was looking over my ad paper when an attractive Vietnamese lady came up beside me, took my arm like I was her boyfriend, read the paper with me for about 3 minutes, then finished and said “Thank you,” and…

Or maybe the American believes that the French person actually knows more English than is let on. It happens.

Yeah, I did a double-take when I saw them in Kroger.

We have Whataburger in Texas, so it’s a wash. (Not sweet, but still...)

I’ve seen ketchup chips here & there in Texas.

Oh, and kinder eggs can’t be easily gotten in the States either. :p

I’m fortunate that our local Korean market sells ‘em at about market.