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Poll: Pizza Rolls, Way or No Way?

They were okay. If I wanted frozen pizza inspired snacks, I'd much prefer Bagel Bites or Pizza Pockets!

cycorider at 5:52PM on 11/28/11

So, easy, fun, or take out? Your menu, the night before T-Day?

I go home for the holiday. So that means dinner Wednesday is my mom's stuffing, covertly slipped out of the fridge when she's not looking. It's mostly ready the night before, and just needs to be finished in the oven Thanksgiving morning. Thursday morning, my mom takes it out of the fridge and as she slides it into the oven, she'll no doubt eye me suspiciously and tell me about how it always seems to shrink overnight.

And I'll blame my dad.

cycorider at 8:51PM on 11/22/11

Poll: Thanksgiving Toppings

That picture looks nasty (I think it's the color of the green beans), but I bet it's delicious. The only problem is after all the cooking that goes on for Thanksgiving, I wouldn't want to cook anymore the next day. That's part of the appeal of the leftover sandwich. But would I eat if it someone else made it for me? Hellll yeah, and i'd enjoy it too!

cycorider at 12:33PM on 11/21/11

Hot Dog of the Week: Texas Footlong at Jim Neely's Interstate Barbecue in Memphis

That last picture looks like the delicious version of Spaghetti-Os.

cycorider at 4:45PM on 11/18/11

Taste Test: Storebought Stuffing

I think I sort of like Stovetop stuffing...not on Thanksgiving, when I'm hoping for homemade stuffing, but as a "I'm kind of in the mood for stuffing but it's not Thanksgving" kind of stuffing. But honestly, I really couldn't focus after you asked if it was weird to use bagels. Please get that article up soon, before my mom buys bread (my mom traditionally makes the stuffing in our family). Because it kind of sounds like if it works, it would be awesome.

cycorider at 4:37PM on 11/17/11

Gift Sets of Spices

+1 to everyone who said Savory. Great selection, and everything is fresh! Although I might be a little biased because it's the first time I realized that McCormick isn't all that flavorful (I still admit to buying it sometimes though).

cycorider at 10:56PM on 11/15/11

My All-Pie Thanksgiving Fantasy

Holy crap. I just gained 30 lbs looking at that.

Now, how many more pounds do you think I'll gain if I make the turkey pot pie but substitute stuffing for the cranberries?

cycorider at 7:32PM on 11/15/11

Poll: BBQ Sauce on Pizza, Way or No Way?

@imwalkin, it's the attitude, not the preference. Going back to the analogy I used in my previous post, if I claim that any woman who can't run a 5K in under 19:00 and any guy who can't go sub-17:00 is too slow to be called a runner, that's elitist snobbery. If I say that I prefer to train hard for improvement rather than just go out and run to have fun, that's my preference. Same with food. It's fine to say you don't like it, but when you look down on people who do or tell them it's "not even pizza," that's snobbery.

cycorider at 6:53PM on 11/14/11

Poll: BBQ Sauce on Pizza, Way or No Way?

I don't see what the obsession with labels is. I frequent a running message board, and most people there aren't saying that if you can't run a sub-3:00 marathon, you're not a runner (and the ones who are saying it are mostly sarcastic). I also frequent a bike message board, and no one there is saying that unless you're on an actual mountain, it's not mountain biking. If whoever makes it wants to call it a pizza, because it's made pretty much the same way and it's the easiest way to describe it, as far as I'm concerned, it's a pizza. It's not like they made a hamburger and called it a pizza. It's pizza dough with sauce and cheese...it's just that the sauce in barbeque sauce instead of tomato sauce.

Anyway, I'll eat it. I've had some good barbeque pizza before.

cycorider at 11:51AM on 11/14/11

Cereal Eats: Cereals Inspired by Baked Goods

Too bad Peanut Butter Cookie Crisp seems to be discontinued. Not that it tasted like peanut butter cookies, but it still had an awesome peanut butter cereal taste and kicked the crap out of the two Cookie Crisps you reviewed!

cycorider at 11:47AM on 11/14/11

Mock Bread, Mock Cheese, Mock Food?

@Shelby, thanks for the suggestion! I made a pizza today for dinner with parmesan (since I don't need as much for flavor), but maybe I'll give the Daiya mozza style a try next time!

cycorider at 8:56PM on 11/08/11

Mock Bread, Mock Cheese, Mock Food?

Never had mock bread, but if I were celiac (which I'm not, thank God), I'd probably have to live off the stuff.

I wish I could find good mock cheese, and if someone invents mock cheese that tastes like real cheese (or even if it tasted like processed American cheese, I don't care), I'd be all over that. I love cheese, but too much of makes me sick. The whole idea of "just eat less of it" only works if you...aren't eating as many calories per day as I am. I've come to prefer my pizzas to be light on cheese, but if I want two Reubens and can only have cheese on one...that's disappointing.

Mock meat is even worse. I remember for a while, a lot of my vegetarian and vegan friends were trying to convince me to at least consider giving up meat. My vegetarian phase lasted until I hate that first bite of Tofurkey. I can eat veggie burgers sometimes if they're not pretending to be a burger, and remember that they're supposed to taste like beans (though even then, they pale in comparison to a regular beef burger...or a bison or salmon burger too for that matter). But the fake meat that pretends to be meat is terrible.

cycorider at 11:07AM on 11/08/11

What's your favorite type of bread?

I love the really hearty whole grain bread that's studded with seeds and has a really thick crackly crust. I also love a chewy Italian bread fresh out of the oven. And I'd never turn down a Kalamata olive bread or jalapeno cheese bread. And fresh bagels are pure heaven. Don't make me choose...it's like choosing your favorite kid. Cornbread is...I don't know, not the red-headed stepchild, but maybe just the weird kid of the family. I love that too...but not quite as much as the others.

cycorider at 11:12PM on 11/06/11

From Drinks

Hangover Helper: Waffle House Hash Browns

"I want you smothered want you covered like my Waffle House hashbrowns"

I can't go to Waffle House without wanting to sing that song. Which means I can't bring my 10 year old cousin to Waffle House.

cycorider at 12:51PM on 11/05/11

Meals for hungry, athletic teens!

Seeing as it's for a tournament, I'd go with lots of simple, easily digestable carbs. Best fuel for filling your muscle and liver glycogen stores. Pasta is great, but don't go with whole wheat pasta (lots of fiber before an event, particularly for those people who don't normally eat a lot of fiber, can have some nasty results), and I'd stay away from anything overly cheesy or creamy, since dairy can have weird results on people's stomachs during athletic competition. Allen Lim will tell you to stay away from gluten too, which makes pasta tough, but honestly, unless you have people on your team who are actually celiac or otherwise gluten sensitive, I don't personally think it's an issue. I'd go with pasta with a killer marinara sauce. If you make meatballs, put them on the side. Not only better for the vegetarians that way, but some people like protein before an event, and others really don't.

cycorider at 11:02AM on 11/04/11

Cereal Eats: Reese's Puffs, the Closest Thing to Candy in a Cereal Box

This is probably my favorite cereal ever. Actually I like most peanut butter cereals, though these last longer than PB Puffins (there's not nearly enough Puffins in a box), and taste slightly better than PB Bumpers or PB Captain Crunch. I really miss the short-lived PB Cookie Crisp though.

cycorider at 11:02AM on 11/01/11

SE Staff Picks: Least Favorite Halloween Candy

I'm with everyone who said Almond Joy and Mounds were terrible. Bit O Honey was bad too. I also wasn't a fan of anything where caramel was the predominant flavor. Stuff like Snickers was good because there were enough other flavors in there, but Milk Duds and Caramels Creams got traded for Neccos, candy corn, Good 'N Plenty, or some other candy that no one but me liked. I'm assuming I wouldn't have liked Cow Tales either, but my mom loved them so much that she ate them before I'd have a chance to try them anyway.

cycorider at 11:00AM on 11/01/11

What food smell do you hate?

Cabbage. I don't even like the way the crop smells. I love eating sauerkraut though, even if I don't like that smell either, go figure.

cycorider at 11:37AM on 10/18/11

Serious Eats website load time

I've been having the same issues as everyone who said it doesn't work with Firefox. It's been completely unusable since the site redesign. Every other website continues to work fine with Firefox. It's fine with Chrome.

cycorider at 2:20PM on 10/15/11

How do you like your eggs?

Sunny side up with a runny yolk and smothered in Sriracha. For some reason, I suck at cracking eggs, and once in a while manage to burst the yolk. Then the yolk gets cooked, and I cooked yolks sketch me out, and I end up eating around it and leaving a little yellow disc on my plate.

Alternately, in an egg white omelet. But it has to be egg whites (again with the cooked yolk weirdness...I can only handle them if they're like...in pancakes or something where I can't taste them). I can usually pawn off the yolks on one of my roommates who always seem to be looking for them for cake or cookies.

cycorider at 7:11PM on 10/12/11

SE Staff Picks: What's Your Favorite Food Smell?

I second Kenji's sauteed onions. Fresh baked Italian bread is up there too. Brownies right out of the oven. Steaks on a grill. A meat sauce that's been simmering on the stove for a couple hours. I can't decide.

And to add to @Adam's weirdness, I like the smell of Long John Silver's. The restaurant has a unique smell if you walk by it. You don't even have to go inside (which I don't...tasting ruins the amazing smell for me). It's not even nostalgia because I don't think I ever liked Long John Silver's. It's just weirdly intoxicating.

cycorider at 7:01PM on 10/12/11

Do You Have A Weird Pizza Eating Habit?

I always leave the best bite for last. And while that makes eating Lucky Charms really difficult, eating pizza is easy, since the pizza bones are the best part!

cycorider at 11:56AM on 10/11/11