As much as the issues concern me, if the pilot gets on the plane, then I’m okay with it. The pilot knows a hell of a lot more than I do, after all. 

Nice car, ugly decals, too much money. 

20-30 years ago I preferred Boeing to Airbus, and was happy to get one while planning a flight. Now I actively search against Boeing, and only take one when I have to. (Got one upcoming next month, in fact. I’m not expecting problems, but I’m not happy about it, either.)

Make almost anything for dinner. The next day, make a pot of ramen noodles and add the leftovers. It works for almost anything. 

Too late (I’m an old guy now) I learned about estate sales. Not garage sales or yard sales; folks still think their stuff is worth more than I want to pay. But estate sales are where you’ll find $400 All Clad pots for $15. Where you’ll find a complete set of Cuisinart pots and pans (the good stuff, not the Target…

This is a very informative primer. May I add a slide? Rooibos, a South African bush tea, is delightful. And it will qualify for many who haven’t tried it as a new flavor, pleasant and not really like anything else.

One other choice: for bbq and outdoor cooking, you can get very large, heavy cardboard cutting boards that have fold-up edges. They come in handy especially for things like ribs and briskets, that don’t fit on many small boards. 

Wright’s bacon at Sam’s Club. 4lbs/$15.99, and it’s the best commodity bacon out there. 

Yep. I saw the picture before I read any of it and thought, “What the hell would I do with THAT?” And it turns out I would do the same things that I do with stuff I already have.

Daily driver has to be safe, utilitarian, get good gas mileage, and be reasonably easy to maintain. Fun to drive doesn’t hurt.

Allison is a goddess. 

As best I could ever tell, this was “the world of food” and Lifehacker/Food & Drinks was for cooking etc. Now Lifehacker has been split off, and then separated from Kinja, and it looks like Allie Chanthorn Reinmann is keeping it afloat all by herself. But yeah, this is welcome. 

Agreed. I might do either, depending on how the timing of my day is going.

One thing that kept me from using dried beans was the notion that they had to be soaked first; that meant making beans had to be planned rather than spontaneous, and I usually decide what’s for dinner that afternoon. But you can bring the beans to a hard boil for 10 minutes, then turn them down to a bare simmer and…

My favorite part is that nobody has come back and checked, or read the comments, and fixed it. “Hey, we got paid. Fuck you.”

Hellenikon is 3x the area of MONACO, not MOROCCO. Morocco itself is 3x the area of Greece. 

I don’t want it, but it is definitely worth $5000. That truck has at least 5 more years in it.

I’ve taken to sneaking Velveeta onto my charcuterie boards. It passes reasonably well, actually. It’s a very pleasant mild, soft, inoffensive offering.

Eggplant. I’m inbetween on this one. Yeah, it’s tasteless and spongy. But yeah, it is pretty good fried, and with garlic. I’ll gladly eat it if served it, but I won’t make it, or search it out, or order it off the menu.

If you build it right, it maintains hot dog integrity to the last bite. As many people have written here, the order of ingredients is important!