Absolutely cannot stress it enough: Cast Iron is the best skillet and works for almost everything! Low maintenance, great flavor, and indestructible.

Don’t forget cornbread. Use the recipe that comes on the side of the bag of cornmeal. Put the oil inside a cold cast-iron pan and let it heat up with the oven. Add the batter and watch the sizzle.

The Mayo Clinic says that sunscreen should be good for three years.

I’ve been a night owl since infancy, according to my mother. The sun goes down, and I feel more refreshed and alert than at any point during the day.

Maybe just me, but that is butt ugly.

WAIT. That’s a hip thing now???

or get an Oreo dunking wand

Just learn to use chopsticks. I hating getting my keyboard dirty so I eat everything with chopsticks. Nuts, chips, cookies, even wings. They are like extensions of fingers.

Clothespins. Really useful for chip bags, bags for the freezer, any bag just about. I have them everywhere including the shop.

Because it’s a common phenomenon: people who think that people in the service sector are “below them”. They are often polite to people they deem are on the same social level and are prone to sucking up to those they think are “above them”. Very unpleasant people, stay away from them

Besides what Gillian mentioned, I’m also thinking it can have something to do with the fact that dates usually happen in restaurants/other public places where interaction with strangers mostly comes in the form of talking to waiters, so it’s a red flag that’s easy to notice.

I’m guessing because there’s a certain group of people who are generally respectful to their “equals” but love bossing around or degrading people they see as their servants - waitstaff, cashiers, people in a customer service position. Waiters get the brunt of it because they know they can’t mouth off to them and that…

For the lazy among us: place eggs in water when it is already boiling. No other tricks needed. In my experience this works even with fresh eggs.

Don’t badmouth your current city, talk up the one you’re interviewing for. It’s the same concept as when they ask why you’re leaving the old job. It’s not because of how shitty that job was, it’s because of how awesome the new job looks! Don’t paint either of those too thick, but that’s the jist of it.

I think our ideas of perfect pancakes are quite different.

You’ve learned an important life lesson. When people tell you verbally they value something (e.g., honesty) sometimes they don’t.

Here’s a better idea: If your present job is so complex you can’t explain it in a couple sentences, take a few minutes today to develop a brief, cogent job description. Consult colleagues, your HR records, the Internet and your mom if you need to.

This is decided science. After thousands of test eggs, Serious Eats has the definitive answer:

Also consider that if you are interviewing at a large company you will probably change bosses frequently. During the 11 years I’ve been at my current company I’ve had 11 different bosses. Reorganization is quite normal here, plus I've changed jobs 3 times for better opportunities myself. Worrying too much about the…

Microwave in conjunction with a toaster over is the perfect way to reheat any sort of crispy food. Microwave until hot, then pop into the toaster oven to get nice crispy outsides!