The one on the left looks like what I might make at home, shopping here in NEPA where I have to make do with what’s available. No poppyseeds, best wiener available (maybe Alpine brand), pickled yellow chili peppers (Mezzetta brand), regular sweet relish instead of bright green, etc. So it will be good enough, but not…

I love your work. But did this need an article?

Huh? Where is Gilda Radner with the Harvey’s Bristol Cream? I got all the way to the end and expected it to be #1, but got a dick in a box instead.

The McRib sucks. The only reason people like it is because it is different. Otherwise, it is a worse pork sandwich compared to a good pork sandwich than a Big Mac or Quarter Pounder is burger compared to a good burger.

Way too much money for a really nice car.

For this car, I’d take it somewhere and have a high end double DIN with GPS, Android Auto/Apple Car Play, better amps, headrest speakers if they aren’t already there, time delay for spatial optimization, etc.

It needs about $5000 in sound system/GPS. After that… well, I’m Old. 

I wrote a sentence or two earlier. I’d written this up when it happened so I wouldn’t forget the details, but it took a while to find it.

I got pulled over and held at gunpoint for 2 hours on Rt 80 by the Ohio State Police for having a tag that was erroneously reported as stolen, with my wife and daughter in the car, after we had just passed a bathroom stop agreeing that we could make it another 20 miles. 

It was never all that good, people just finally figured it out. What probably happened is that they started making more stuff at home, either because of budget crunch, or got used to staying in more due to the pandemic and making their own Mexican food, and when they went back to Chipotle they realized, “What the…

Knock two zeroes off. $135.

Did I miss “Casino” somewhere?

Re: geography, western South America (ie, Chile) is actually two time zones ahead of the Eastern US right now.

For me, the convenience of fast food no longer outweighs the cost. All my other arguments for and against, while valid, are moot once that is true.

I made colcannon just last week, it was delicious! I put bacon in mine.

North and South Lehigh Gorge Drive, to Middleburg Road, on the edge of The Poconos. South Lehigh Gorge Drive is obvious: it’s used by the SCCA for the Weatherly Hill Climb. But continue to North Lehigh Gorge Drive, and then cross to Middleburg Road in White Haven, and you’ll be rewarded with a series of esses and…

We boomers (1954, right in the middle) don’t care if you insult us, we embrace our stereotypes. It’s one of the most infuriating things about us, in fact.

Shrug. No need for that. It was just a question. I know they are different ingredients, I’m here asking questions about mushroom garum for goodness’ sake. You mentioned Worcestershire in the article. It’s a somewhat intensive process, I was just wondering if the payoff was worth it in product, or just the satisfaction…

So how different is this from actual Worcestershire, or from mushroom ketchup? The food scientist in me wants to try it, but for that much process (plus buying or making shio koji) the payoff needs to be there at the end.

Tasted good, but it didn’t really hold together properly because the cheese frico’d before the potatoes were done in the center. But it would work in a pan, with the mashed potatoes in a disc and with cheddar or Jack cheese.