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Firstly, I don't HATE anything, I wasn't raised that way..I have grown to HATE the Eagles, and I have absolutely no truck with Cauliflour..what a foul foul thing to put anywhere near a plate, let alone Felafel. If you aren't going to make it yourself, I highly recommend Southernmost Felafel out of Key West, I know, it's far away from the bouroughs, but Louie has been on Grateful Dead Tour since 1989 selling his Balls, "Felafel Today, Feel Better Tomorrow!!", and he ain't lyin. He's on Festie tour now, and for $7 a pop, which I Understand is PRICEY, it cannot be beat. Admittedly I'm a bit of a snob, and I make my own when I can't go on tour, but it is tedious to make, the results though are fabulous. An Egyptian man taught me many moons ago how to make it, and really...chick peas, (lima beans if you hail from Jordan area), garlic, coriander...not too difficult..and YUM. Reading about "baked" balls, and carrots, and Cauliflour kinda makes me wonder WTF? is going on up there...Pita, Hummus, Teziki (sp?) and some SRIRACHA...to complement the Balls..it just doesn't get any better or simpler. Freakin cauliflour. For @#$!% sake.

I read everyone of these and i agree with some of them, but I sense a serious case of laziness running deep in this thread ;)
Nobody said Pâte à choux, or Crème Anglaise, which are more tedious than difficult, I remember making 200 Eclairs for a family gathering, and spending hours whipping by hand and stressing the final result was a labour of real love only to have my favorite aunt say "you could have just used vanilla pudding, nobody would have known any different", I was crushed..I would have known, but made from scratch is worth it almost 97% of the time IMO.. happy HoliDaze Everyone, Love to ya SE!!

Those of you with children are forgetting or haven't gotten that far along yet, but being able to send your children out, while you sit at home handing out candy, and then inspecting/confiscating their bags for all your favorites, while they twitch the night away in their beds for eating God-Only-Knows how much candy before they came home, even though you told them a thousand times not to eat ANYTHING because "until I inspect it, it's all possibly been poisoned!!", but as a consumate Halloween/Christmas/Easter candy Pirate from waaay back. it's been my experience that ALMOST all candy is pretty good candy especially FREE candy, and having rolled pennies to pay the bills before, and being a SERVER for a living? Tip me for coming to the door? Shoot. I think I just realized my new line of work. Pavlov gets it, :) Kudos Serious Eats. ~Chef John.