Very informative! I’ve never had aguachile. I’ve also never had raw shrimp. I love sushi and ceviche, but I feel a little squicky about raw shrimp (probably because I’ve cleaned a million of them, since we live on the Gulf Coast). 

I buy Genova yellowfin in olive oil. It tastes like...tuna, the fish. The texture is flakey, not mushy at all, and there are some larger pieces. It has the right amount of salt, and it’s affordable and widely available.

In lots of stewy dishes I replace meat with mushrooms anyway. Mushrooms are a great base for a moc shepherd’s pie, for example. I make jackfruit “pulled pork” but that takes a lot of work, so sometimes I just fry up mushrooms and onions with some tomato paste and bbq sauce and serve that on a bun with some cole slaw. 

Like most of them aren’t on an SSRI. Frankly, I know very few people who aren’t.

Yeah, the rule in our house is you can have the burger OR the fries but not both in a drive thru. My husband still eats meat but he absolutely will not break that rule, and he never orders a soft drink. If we eat at a sit down restaurant we look at the menu and decide items that we can share across plates. If we are…

If you’ve fried enough you just KNOW. I just KNOW. I never use a thermometer. But if you aren’t in the know, I agree with everyone else to just get a thermometer.

At least Mississippi is pretty. Mississippi has all the natural beauty and resources to be a lovely state. What happened to y’all?

I tried them too. “Decent” is a good word. I just don’t think “decent” is enough for me to want to eat them again. 

I’m giving plant-based seafood a hard pass. I also don’t want a substitute for anything trying to be “bone-in.” 

On Anne Frank’s birthday - June 12 - I would declare it Anne Frank Day and serve up Jewish delicacies - matzah ball soup, latkes, rugelach and other recipes. (We are not Jewish, so these foods were novel to us.) I thought it was an important way to let our children know that children can be heroic figures, not just…

I love that movie!

No. It’s that fucking bad. (Although I must admit Persuasion is my least favorite of the Jane Austen books.) My favorite is actually Mansfield Park, which gets little attention.

Yes! I got pregnant at 18. My (now husband) and I talked about abortion. We CHOSE to carry the pregnancy and have our son. Must say if I had gotten pregnant from any of my prior loser boyfriends, I would have burned rubber for the abortion clinic!

What? I’d never serve ANYONE a lunchable. They’re terrible, terribly unhealthy and very wasteful. I agree not to overthink it, but that’s going too far. I’ve made or ordered pizza and then made a fruit pizza for dessert. Juice boxes. Some simple appetizers in the kitchen for the adults. Super easy and far cheaper and…

Yeah, doesn’t he live near Montrose? I love that area of Houston (and pretty much only that area of Houston). My mom and I stayed there a lot when she was getting her cancer treatments at the Andy. She loved all the thrift stores there and several of the Montrose restaurants we visited many times. I bet he’s afraid to…

I have no claim to any of the heritage mentioned, but I guess I love hunky food as described here. I have to eat it when my husband isn’t home because he isn’t a big fan of such dishes. We both grew up with moms who weren’t the best or most inventive cooks, which led me to become a very accomplished pescatarian cook -…

The only “odd” request I make at any build-your-own sandwich place is that they use the salad lettuce rather than the shredded lettuce, because once that shredded lettuce gets the least bit wet it gets soggy and slimy. 

Yes here in Florida it can sometimes feel like breathing in water! As to the article, I’m menopausal so I turn the thermostat down to 69. I’d like to go lower but my husband was freezing so we compromised on that temp. During the day I crank it up to 76 0r 78. We have tall ceilings and a wide front porch so the house…

I’ve written a number for 5 star reviews for local restaurants that we visit consistently. I always point out the reasons for the high markings and don’t concern myself with any of the other reviews - everyone’s experience varies, of course.

Anything potato...I’m down for it. I have a packet in my pantry for those emergencies when you need mashed potatoes, like, NOW.  I wouldn’t serve them to friends or family, but the belly wants what the belly wants and sometimes a packet of potato flakes does me right.