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What’s Your Favorite Weird Snack Combo?

One of my best friends in high school would eat little powdered donuts with salsa. (It had to be Pace)

Cooking an American meal in Italy

This is no time for health,

Chicken fried steak with pepper gravy and mashed potatoes
I don't know if you can get good greens, but maybe some collards braised in stock seasoned with a pig foot
chili pinto beans

I concur with the apple pie

nowonder at 9:10AM on 04/17/09

From Serious Eats: New York

A Beginner's Guide to Passover Coke

@smokedmeat: Like the article says, grains are normally kosher, but during Passover extra rules apply. In this case, that Jews may not eat anything that can leaven (i.e. cereal, of which corn is one). This is to commemerate that the Jews had to leave Egypt in a hurry, and could not wait for their bread to rise.

In serious observant households, there is no grain allowed in the house during passover - which includes grain based spirits. My uncle actually sells all his liquor to the neighbor before Passover and then buys it back afterwords.

nowonder at 5:44PM on 04/02/09

From Serious Eats

Serious Heat: Taming the Chile Fire

even washing your hands with soap and water will not remove the offending oil from your hands. Try rubbing your hands with veg oil and THEN washing your hands - takes it right off.

nowonder at 5:13PM on 03/12/09

From Serious Eats

Birds Stealing Ice Cream Cones

guy at the top probably should be thanking the bird. he needs no more ice cream.

nowonder at 12:21PM on 03/06/09

From Recipes

Healthy & Delicious: White Chicken Chili

all the water in the world will not get the chile oil off of your hands. It's basic chemistry - oil is not soluble in water so it cannot wash it away. Soap will get rid of some, but it is not a strong enough surfactant.

If you rub your hands with a generous amount of cooking oil, it will get rid of the chile oil on your hands, and you won't have this problem anymore.

nowonder at 12:06PM on 02/16/09

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