What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Back in the mid 90's, a friend and I wrote to Keebler, asking them why they discontinued their delicious Pizzaria chips. We begged for a Pizzaria reinstatement on the snack aisle, but to no avail.
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Do you tip for take out that you pick-up yourself?
Wookie hit it on the head. If you're getting takeout from a fairly nice restaurant where a server or bartender is putting together your order--and thus spending valuable time away from their sit-down customers--you will be loathed if you don't tip.
10% is sufficient (though no one would complain if it were more). If your miserly claws can't part with that, fine, but just know that you are being referred to in the most unsavory of terms as you leave that restaurant. And if you leave a zero tip before your order is put together and that bartender/server sees it...well, let's just say you're a more adventurous eater than me.
What are some good hot wintertime alcoholic drinks?
Hot cider with spiced rum, caramel syrup, and a cinnamon stick.
Coffee with Bailey's, Frangelico, and Kahlua. A splash of Grand Marnier if you please.
On the Road Again: Zingerman's
Some friends and I ate there a couple months ago and had a fantastic meal. Raw oysters, a cheese tray, macaroni and cheese, corn dogs, hanger steak, brisket, watermelon lemonade (which was one of the best non-alcoholic beverages I've had to date)--we feasted!
Service was impeccable, too.
Question of the Day: What weird things did you like as a child?
Peanut butter and mustard on pumpernickel bread. I notice that this peanut butter + atypical condiment thing is a common theme.
Are Carry Out Tips Optional?
I am a bartender at a fairly nice restaurant. In many restaurants, we bartenders are the ones on whom takeout responsibility falls. On takeout orders, a 10% tip is nice, but after being stiffed so many times on them, I'm happy with just about anything.
See, you know those neat bags filled with your food and dressings and everything? Those don't just magically appear behind the bar. We put them together, and doing so is a royal and time-consuming pain in the ass. If you order $180 worth of steaks, appetizers, and salads, with 10 different condiment requests, then leave the tip line on your credit card receipt blank, I will seriously pray that you break your leg on the way out.
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What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Let's see here, KFC's barbeque chicken, Hollywood candy bars, Mounds candy bars,and Cherry Cooler cookies.
Lex in CA
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Beemans chewing gum - this is still made, you can buy it at Economy Candy on the Lower East Side of NYC
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Aspen Apple Soda and the bacon flavored chips shaped like a piece of bacon? I think it might have been a Frito-lay product. Anyone?
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
What I miss most:
Saturday morning watching cartoons and heating up a frozen Sarah Lee Rasberry Strudel coffee cake or the cheese danishes.
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
"THEY" do still make Muncho chips. I love those too. I found them at a local chain grocery and the quick mart in the office building where I work.
You can still get Charelston Chews too. The original big size AND you can find boxes of small, bite-size Chews too. So good. They even make Chocolate Charelston Chews, but I don't care for those as much. No childhood memories with those, I guess. By the way, who is Charelston?
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Remember 1,2,3 Jello? It was 3 layers of different textured jelloy stuff; jello, then fluffy jello, then a whip on the top layer. I loved that goodness. It came in orange, cherry or blueberry flavors, as I recall. You HAD to make it in clear glasses so you could see the fun layers. I begged my mom to buy that so I could "cook" it and enjoy it after the dinner she made.
Ah...Good times.
What childhood food do you wish they still made?
Oh yes I miss Planter's cheese balls, Keebler Tater skins and the Pizzarias. I also miss Monterey Jack cheese flavored Doritos. Chicken Little's from KFC were also great.
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