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Look Who's Talkin': Comments, Quips, and Tips We Have Known and Loved

Posted by Adam Kuban, January 29, 2010

There's so much going on in Talk week to week that we almost can't keep up. If you're in the same boat, here's a small selection of topics and responses that have piqued our interest this week.

Kicking my Coke (Diet) Habit

"I had a wicked TAB habit (yech!) even for breakfast. 6+ cans a day - like an addict knew every Deli in every neighborhood that stocked it. I tried the cigarette approach to quit - I switched brands first to cut down (I went to Diet Dr. Pepper), and drank coffee in the AM to ease the caffiene, then found a couple of flavored seltzers that I liked (Schwepps) then went off all sacharine and aspartame. Took about 6 weeks but I am artificial sweetener free and a coffee addict now." —bauwau2u

What's Your Go-To Cheese?

"What do you mean, one or two??? Right now, I have Parm., Irish blue, Cabot extra sharp cheddar, Pont l'Evique, imported smoked Gouda, gruyere and lowly American." —duncan1205

What Are Your Food Pet Peeves?

"People who add thing to food that someone has prepared for them without tasting first. hot sauce, cheese, wasabi, onions, whatever crazy thing they pull out of the fridge. please taste first, there was thought and intent behind the preparation!" —VerasTastyFreeze

My Mom's Meatloaf Is Better Than Yours

"One of the very few Hints From Heloise that I have remembered over the years is to bake the meatloaf not in a loaf pan but on a baking sheet or in a pie plate with a couple of slices of bread underneath the meat. The bread soaks up the grease and the suety 'trencher' makes the neighborhood birds very happy." —rhubarb

Are Oranges Freezable? The Interweb Is at Odds—Please Weigh In!

"If you're going to freeze, peel, and separate into segments. Freeze and enjoy slightly frozen as a cool snack. If thawed, all citrus gets mushy because the freezing causes the cell walls to burst. While it tastes ok, the texture is just heinous." —AnnieNT

"Oh No... I Did NOT Just Bite Into That..."

"Once I was trying to play golf (never could get the hang of it) with some friends and got a soda from the soda machine outside the clubhouse (a Pepsi). I popped it open and drank some, and got a live bee in my mouth! It wasn't alive by much, but it was still on this side of the mortal plane. It was colored all dark from living in a can of Pepsi." —

Does Anyone Else...

"It's the same with waffles, kids and wives." —NWCajun

Foodies: Who or What Is Responsible?

"When I was seven or eight, I started sneaking into the kitchen before my parents were awake to recreate the meals characters were eating in my favorite books. I started with Laura Ingalls Wilder—I've always been kind of obsessed with her descriptions of slaughtering pigs, making head cheese, playing with balloons made out of bladders, etc. – and baked cornbread. My parents were shocked to find breakfast waiting for them when they woke up, but that was probably one of my first food successes." —eatup

I Can't Buy Bottled Water Anymore. Just Can't

"My family is from The Old Country. We have never been able to pay hard-earned cash for something we can get for free. Besides, we don't seem to be as thirsty as native-born Americans. What's up with taking water everywhere? I will venture to say that we seem to stay rather hearty and healthy and hydrated with our occasional throughout-the-day sips (from a stainless steel bottle) and a glass or two of water in the evening." —Onepot

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