Bananas, at least at our nearby supermarkets, are just on a big display island with very little variety.

The average red delicious sold in a megamart is grown to mature fast, store for a long time, travel a long way, and look nice. They taste terrible.

Nothing says sophisticated like making booze for college kids:

Speaking of single pancakes, when I was in grad school I used the inter-departmental mail system to send a friend of mine a single pancake in a large manila envelope. I remember hearing from the grad lounge which was just one door over from my office, “Who mailed me a pancake?!”

I see we have a mixed reaction to your article about the NYT article. But I agree that far too many times, the entire NYT mindset should be responded to with a hefty

“Jack Daniel’s has invested substantial resources into an image of sophistication”

I must be a screaming Socialist - I have three shelves of Penzey’s spices and herbs. And blends... 

Better?

I think a lot of the problem is that a lot of progressive minded people don’t pay for the newspaper, and you get what you pay for.

Is there any food that will make stress magically go away?

Liquid Bread

Two of my favorites!

Money is somewhat low on that chart as a Halloween treat, but my parents’ and my own experiences are that children LOVE the novelity of being given a treat other than candy. There is also the advantage that trick-or-treaters’ parents do *not* need to check coins for any possible danger due to malicious tampering.

totally awesome.  It would be great to get some more feel good stories like that of finding true love at fast food places during the pandemic.

An old-fashioned love story.

“This is because I peed on the carpet, isn’t it?”

Don’t forget the durian option.

The wine-and-cheese shot looks like a drunkard’s version of the cookie shot.

You don’t have a cat, I see.

it probably is, but branded as a pumpkin knife and so it costs $4+ more