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best national brand peanut butter?
Reese’s peanut butter ice cream? Peace dudes.
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what is it about eating out?
I love to cook. When I cook I get that feeling that I’m in charge of the world that must have lured so many dictators, except that my kingdom is one of peace. But for some reason I find myself craving meals...
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Whole Foods in Park Slope/Gowanus
I wouldn’t be too woried about WF. They look real good on paper. (stock market). Besides they have a mission in mind: "Imagine all the people leave in organic peace" My only wish is that they eliminate stinking key food out of...
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Two Chowhounds’ Road Trip (now in Austin)
Breakfast, 4-20: Yum, more Mexican food. Forget the healthy bran cereal with skim milk. Tacos! You could even call them “breakfast tacos” though none of ours had egg in them. Rosita’s Al Pastor is the place. It’s in a small strip...
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how diligent are you about reading labels?
I’m pretty good about it. But, then again, I rarely buy products that require labels. I don’t eat cereals, etc. I would say condiments (ketchup, hoisin sauce, XO sauce, fish sauce, etc.) are generally the things in my...
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Your favorite oldie but goodie appetizer
at family gatherings. This way here, the adults could eat the expensive apps (jumbo tail shrimp, scallops in bacon, marinated artichoke hearts, prosciutto and melon) in peace. Also for the kids of course, Ruffles and Lipton onion...
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Really Crappy Unhealthy Disgusting Toe-curling Junkfood!
One of my favorites comes from the now-defunct truck stop in my old town. Rest in peace, truck stop! I don’t think the place even had a name, just The Truck Stop. Deep fried frozen burritos smothered in chili and topped...
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Food you eat in the privacy of your own home? (WARNING: Potentially disgusting, feel free to not open if you are squeamish)
pissed that I couldn’t eat my stone crab claws in peace. I left so much freakin' meat on it. DH makes fun of me saying I’m like a messy child because when I’m through eating there will sometimes be bits of food...
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"Apple Fries" rant
. I can understand your point, but I feel that if this helps children eat healthier foods such as carrots and apples instead of Twinkies, it’s a great marketing ploy. Children don’t live in a bubble and are inundated...
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What's the most exotic thing you ate?
Packaged breakfast cereal, Starbucks fancy coffee based whatever, US cereal based hotdogs, Wonder Bread, a Taco Bell taco... And I’ve enjoyed deep fried sparrow and rice-field rats in Burma, steamed 18-day duck egg embryo in...
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I hate private labels.
Years ago, as an object lesson, my dad bought a box of Raisin Bran ™ and the house brand of the same cereal. Back then, Raisin Bran was advertised on TV as having “two scoops of raisins in every box!” as if that...
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Which foods taste better organic?
i haven’t found a consistent taste difference. sometimes conventional tastes better, sometimes organic does. i find that i can tell mostly for processed foods – ie, peanut butter, cereal, bread, etc.- if only because...
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Strange Pairings that Taste Uncommenly Good
Chocolate covered donuts in a bowl,broken up with buttermilk poured over them, eat like cereal...delicious!
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Good ice cream in Chicago?
married a man just like my father (cereal in the a.m., ice cream at night) and I argued vehemently that it was not true, but now that I think of it, all the men in my life have been ice cream freaks. After over 20 years with...
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Little white worms in my morels
Bugs, or bug parts, are very common in many foods, ranging form fresh fruits and vegetables, to most mass packaged foods. The FDA actually has limits on the number of various insect parts which are allowed in various food...
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