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I sampled some cheddar cheese at a local store one day. The cheese was quite good but that night I spent in varying degrees of gastro-intestinal upset. Now I will not sample anything in the store unless it comes wrapped by manufacturer.

Overflowing grease trap, I once worked in a resturant where the grease trap was overflowing in the kitchen and the owner wouldn't close the place. Not only did it smell horendous but it was like being on roller skates in the kitchen. One other smell is a waiter or waitress that smells like a dirty ashtray.

I love Steak and Shake. My thing is to sit at the counter and watch them prepare the burgers. I love the double steakburger with cheese,but will also enjoy the patty melt. If the fries are hot there is nothing better. The Steak and Shake in Quincy Illinois is the best.

I had one as a kid. I remember putting it up in the box and forgeting about it. At least until the stink of the rotten potato was able to overcome the confines of the box. I think the whole thing got thrown away.

I remember the commercial "open wide for Chunky". They were on tv in the early 60's when I was growing up in Illinois. I don't remember ever having one as a kid, my mom did not spend a lot of money on candy. Couldn't afford it with 7 kids.

I didn't eat it but when I worked as a cook in the mid-eighties in a resturaunt in Dallas TX, one night during a busy time I noticed their was something sticking my leg down by my knee. I finally pulled up my pant leg and found that I was carrying around a huge coakroach.

I have found that at least the grocery store fried chicken in my area is way better than the stuff that they sell at KFC. The problem sometimes is that it sits under the heat lamps way too long either place.

That has to be ham salad. Ground up lefttover ham with miracle whip and pickle relish. I just can't get past the taste.

Try it on fresh strawberries. Add vanilla extract to the condensed milk.

Eggs fried in bacon grease, that is a favorite from childhood. It comes from when people fried bacon in the skillet and when it was finished fired the eggs in it. It is not an everyday thing but once in a great while. Bacon grease can be used to cook any number of vegetables especiall green beans.