I mean that still uses a pot that then has to be cleaned and takes up a burner. I can totally see taking a shortcut if it’s a low priority item (people don’t generally care as much about it as the stuffing etc.) and you have a ton of other items you need to make from scratch for the same meal.

I can see going all out and bringing some of the stuff Bon Appetit recommends for a driving vacation because why not? Obviously a blender isn’t practical to bring on a plane. But even with a big suitcase per adult, most people will have some extra room in the trunk of their car on a road trip.

Am I the only one who sometimes just buys clothes a bit bigger to account for shrinkage? If I were doing all my laundry myself I would obviously just use a lower heat setting. But I often use the wash-and-fold service at the local laundromat, and to get everything done faster they often blast the heat. Which is not…

A bit misleading to say that the “original price” of these is $549. The price may have shot up to nearly double due to pandemic reasons, but the normal (as in 2019/early 2020) price of these should be closer to what they are going for in this deal. I paid $300 for Powerblock dumbbells in March 2020 right before…

A bit misleading to say that the “original price” of these is $549. The price may have shot up to nearly double due…

Aah honestly I don’t remember temp/time. This was at a friend’s house (I don’t own an air fryer). But as for prep and seasoning we just used the pre-cubed butternut squash from the produce section tossed with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Super simple.

I like mashed potatoes well enough in general but I am ok with eliminating them for Thanksgiving. The moist starchy side you use to eat in the same bite as the turkey is stuffing, or can even be mashed sweet potato. Mashed white potatoes don’t need to be at Thanksgiving when I already regularly eat them on a random…

Stuffing and sweet potato casserole for me. Also maybe not quite the same tier as these but I really like Brussels sprouts on Thanksgiving. Nice to have something green and fresh.

My payslip doesn’t include the employer match to the 401k? It only says the part that I contribute.

The problem is my 401k contributions are done by percent salary rather than a set dollar amount, and can only be done in integer amounts. In my case X% of my salary leaves me contributing a bit less than I’d like in total, while (X + 1)% leaves me in my current situation.

Does this still apply if the employer matching is way less than what I am contributing? My employer matches up to 5% of our salary in contributions, while I am contributing almost 20% of my salary to my 401k. My assumption was that this means that my employer stops contributing around 3 months into each year, though…

The top 10% of American households make around $200k on average (https://dqydj.com/average-median-top-household-income-percentiles/). Granted a “household” can include multiple earners. But it still doesn’t seem crazy to me that someone making that much would contribute $20k to their 401k. And that also doesn’t…

Obviously this doesn’t apply for a lot of people (if self-employed, for example). But my employer automatically stops taking 401k contributions out of my paycheck once I reach the maximum. Still better to contribute roughly even amounts per paycheck over the year, which I do. But this system usually results in me…

I mean I agree it’s probably overblown, but it’s annoying (however mildly) with no real benefit. I think it’s good to question things like this that may be worth changing, but that no one ever questioned enough before because we’ve “always done it this way”.

Thanksgiving is all about the sides for me, so even if somehow I couldn’t have turkey it really wouldn’t be the end of the world for me personally. And most sides have a lot of flexibility. Unlike turkey where the obvious substitute (chicken) is not the same, and anyway may even be also hard to get in its own right if…

IMO the biggest threat to kids on Halloween is probably cars. I was a very responsible and well-behaved child and otherwise could have been sent out trick-or-treating on the young side, but really bad about paying attention when crossing the street. This would be exacerbated by being more focused on the fun of…

I like to add MSG (in the form of Accent in the shaker bottle) to healthy foods like vegetables to make them taste better.

If you see it as a health emergency fund, aren’t most investments too risky, though? I can see investing it if you see it more as a retirement account where you’ll have decades for it to recover if the stock market goes down. But if you think there’s any reasonable chance of needing to use it for health expenses in…

Besides what MechE31 said, it’s basically another way to make tax-advantaged retirement contributions for high earners who may already be maxing out their 401k. Max 401k contribution is $20,500 in 2022, not crazy for someone making $100k with low expenses to max that out.

“And a recent report by the research firm Devenir corroborates these findings, as they found the average HSA balance as of June 30 was $17,954 for accounts with both cash deposits and investments—6.6 times the average balance for accounts without investments.”

I really wish I liked eggplant. I like vegetables in general, and most vegetarian dishes, and eggplant generally seems like something I should like. I’ve also had it from a bunch of different places, a bunch of different ways, and it still hasn’t changed my mind. I mean if someone is making eggplant parm for a dinner…