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As a Chicago native, I've never heard ANYONE order any hot dog EVER and use the phrase "dragged through the garden". Where the hell did that even come from? No one local says that!

Oh man I have such a weakness for jibaritos. Borinquen on California has a great jibarito, but this one looks awesome. And that deep fried pork, I AM SO GLAD I'M MOVING BACK TO THE CITY.

My husband loves food now, but when we first started dating he was very inexperienced when it came to food. Our first date was at a Thai restaurant that I picked, but if he had suggested a chain, I wouldn't have been offended knowing his background. Luckily for me, he discovered that he loves trying new foods and eats everything with me! You shouldn't shun someone for liking chain restaurants, you should see if you can get them to eat what you eat. If they refuse to eat anything except for cheeseburgers, that's the real problem.

My beloved great grandmother wasn't much of a cook, even for a cuddly, grey-haired grandmother, but I would give anything to eat her food now. My favorite memory of her cooking is actually a mish mash of many mornings, all spent the same way. I would spend weekends with her and wake up early, excited to help out with breakfast. She made two staples: Eggs, bacon, and toast, or french toast. If she made eggs, it was my job to toast and butter all the bread. She liked her bacon soft, unlike me, so she would make all the bacon soft, almost raw, and then I would have to eat it. HA! Maybe not my favorite thing to eat, but the memory makes me laugh. My absolute favorite, however, was her french toast. It was just Wonder Bread, but it was so delicious. She used whole milk, cream, eggs, vanilla, and lots of sugar in the batter. I used to smother grape jelly on the slices and I swear I could go through half a loaf of bread. I've had french toast all over, but I've never had french toast that was as good as hers. I miss eating breakfast with her in her yellow kitchen with violets on the windowsills, and I'm sad that my daughter will never experience it.

Isn't Milwaukee style pizza similar to Chicago thin crust? It's basically the same, right? I'm just curious.

Everyone needs a large tube of KY Jelly.

Makes me want a motherfuckin' McDonald's cheeseburger. Pregnancy cravings are the BEST/WORST.

Wow she looks amazing for being approximately 100 years old.

I actually made a 6 or 7 course White Castle recipe book meal. It was what nightmares are made of, I'm sure of this. The stuffing was the least offensive out of all the rest of what we made. White Castle mincemeat pie? HORROR.

I'm a big fan of breakfast. On weekdays I either have eggs and toast or pumpkin oatmeal and on weekends I prefer to pig out on something more unhealthy like eggs florentine or stratta. I get very grumpy when I'm stuck with nothing but oatmeal on a Saturday!

I last trick or treated for myself when I was 15. I knew I was too old for it and I didn't give a damn, I was at a party and we all decided it would be a brilliant idea to run around the neighborhood for one last hurrah. We got denied at a few homes for being too old though, heh.

Honestly, after 8th grade you're too old. If you really want to trick or treat, take your younger siblings out or something (that's what I did!).

I really wouldn't be surprised if they were using ice cream trucks to sell drugs in that area. I don't think banning them is going to end the sale of drugs though, that's a little ridiculous.