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Lucky Break Wishbones

My daughter and I saw these in the store a few weeks ago and shared a perfect WTF moment.

Pure, unrefined garbage.

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

No. No no no. No.

Sick and wrong. Nanaimo bars are pure and holy. They should never be defiled. The mint and the espresso cream versions that started popping up at the corner StarPeetTulley's coffee-shop-o-rama were bad enough... but this? Hideous. There ought'a be a law...

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

I'll eat there if I have to, but local shops/restaurants always seem to do better for less money. I'd much rather have a kofta sandwich dressed with fresh hummus and Turkish salad, or a sub made with Boar's Head meats than Subway's cookie-cutter stuff.

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Dinner Tonight: Lamb Burgers

50/50 lamb and ground beef, seasoned only with salt and pepper are our standard burgers nowadays. Toss in a good dose of Hungarian paprika and onion for most excellent cevapi burgers that beg to be topped with homemade tzatziki... mmmmmmm......

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Lucky Break Wishbones

My daughter and I saw these in the store a few weeks ago and shared a perfect WTF moment.

Pure, unrefined garbage.

From Recipes

Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

No. No no no. No.

Sick and wrong. Nanaimo bars are pure and holy. They should never be defiled. The mint and the espresso cream versions that started popping up at the corner StarPeetTulley's coffee-shop-o-rama were bad enough... but this? Hideous. There ought'a be a law...

From Talk

The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

I'll eat there if I have to, but local shops/restaurants always seem to do better for less money. I'd much rather have a kofta sandwich dressed with fresh hummus and Turkish salad, or a sub made with Boar's Head meats than Subway's cookie-cutter stuff.

From Recipes

Dinner Tonight: Lamb Burgers

50/50 lamb and ground beef, seasoned only with salt and pepper are our standard burgers nowadays. Toss in a good dose of Hungarian paprika and onion for most excellent cevapi burgers that beg to be topped with homemade tzatziki... mmmmmmm......

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Grilling: Chinese-Style Spare Ribs

These are delicious, the recipe really captures the essence of strip-mall Cantonese but they taste soooo much better. Next time, I'll add a bit of fresh ginger to the marinade -- then, they'll be perfect!

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Cook the Book: ''Wichcraft'

Open-faced croque monsieur... crusty bread, mornay sauce, black forest ham, local tomato, artisan gruyere melted and toasted nicely.

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Don't Burn Gordon Ramsay

Call my cynical if you must, but I suspect that the "executive chef" position at Ramsey's new restaurant will be more of the "Executive Deputy Vice Chef in Charge of Plate Stacking" variety than the "Executive Chef" variety.

Oh yeah, and Ramsey's "serious burns" didn't seem to affect his enthusiastic hand clapping at the end of the episode. This show, while entertaining, is complete theater.

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'Top Chef': A New Kind of War

Is Gail Simmons pregnant? Looked to me like she's... how to say this... filling out a bit but my wife figures she got a bun in the oven.

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Casey Thompson: Life After 'Top Chef'

Well, I imagine in her mind it's something like this:

A "blog" would criticize what a chef does, while "people who have created food websites where they share experiences, like pictures from the latest restaurants they've been to" would gush about how great a chef's food is.

Rather telling...

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Childhood, Part II. What did you hate then that you love now?

Asparagus. I couldn't stand the stuff as a kid, but now I can't get enough.

Poach it, sauté it, grill it, whatever... Add a bit of olive oil and sea salt, consume. Repeat.

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Do you have weekly food traditions?

Wednesday is (Prince) Spaghetti Night for us. Last night, we were out of dried spaghetti so we broke out the pasta machine and cranked out fresh. Seriously good spaghetti...

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

looks good to me. Funny I was in Nova Scotia a year or so ago and I tried to find a Nanaimo bar somewhere and didn't see one anywhere! I heard so much about them on the internet and found none. We traveled in the car throughout all of Nova Scotia, except for Louisburg, and saw none. I did find Strawberry Kit Kat bars, and Banana Kit Kat bars but no Nainamo bars.

I adore candy corn though. They look overly sweet but delicious.

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

I'm from Nanaimo & I remember my Nana teaching me how to make Nanaimo Bars wayyy back when I was a tyke. It's a rare day when I make these, they're just too sweet for me but a nice reminder of home.

This version just cracks me up. I never even tasted candy corn until I moved to the US a few years ago. Yuck!

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

Never mind those naysayers!!! Candy corn is fabulous (I am addicted!!!) and your photos are adorable!!!!! I am going to try your recipe and I bet everyone will love it! Thank you for being so clever!!

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

I've been longing for a proper Nanaimo Bar for years since I left Canada - I'm not actually from Nanaimo, but close enough for people to take the institution very seriously.

I brought these in to work today and they disappeared instantly. Even the people who were grossed out by the idea (melted candy corn? a what bar?) had to admit that they were fantastically tasty.

This is the only variation I will accept on the holy Nanaimo, but it's one I will defend to the death.

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

wow enough with the candy corn already - gross!

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

On a business trip to Ottawa, I happened to be in the office on a someone's birthday, and the sales manager made Nanaimo bars for the crew. I totally want that tradition!

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

Um excuse me? Canada's crowning achievement in the field of culinary excellence is obviously Poutine. Not trying to take anything away from the Nanaimo bar here, but c'mon fresh cheese curds on hand cut fries smothered in rich, beefy ( or veggie) gravy. Glorious...that is all :)

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

I have resisted getting a bag of mellowcreme pumpkins this year so far. I mean, I used to eat a whole bag at some point around Halloween every year.

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

I'm Canadian and my mom has been making mint nanaimo bars since the late 70's, so they're not new. I've never seen candy corn for sale around here either.

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

I'm Canadian and I don't care for Nanaimo bars. I like Nanaimo though, nice place.

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

Can't say I'm running out to buy ingredients for this recipe...but love the use of the Fiesta plate in the photo.

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

Don't you be blaming Canucks for that - I can barely FIND candy corn up north here and THAT is no nanaimo bar!

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Cakespy: Candy Corn Nanaimo Bars

I worked at a bakery a few summers ago that had nanaimos with caramel tops....so why not candy corn? I only recently discovered that I liked it (hated it as a kid) so if I can find enough friends to feed these to, I'm gonna make some!

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

It's shameful but I love the tuna salad sandwiches at Subway/Quiznos... pretty much any place where it was prepared in a vat. It's the only way I like it, actually, I don't care for the fancy version with recognizable tuna in it.

My most guilty fast food pleasure is Taco Bell. It's just so... melty and mind boggling cheap. Two bean burritos, nachos (the ones where you just get a little cup of "cheese"), and a caramel apple empanada. I believe it comes in at under $3. Would have starved to death in grad school without Taco Bell.

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

Fast food or not, I adore Subway's $5 footlongs. I make about 3 meals out of it and enjoy every minute. The BLT is best for me - just enough bacon to be there but not so much junky deli meat to give me heartburn. And I pile it high with veggies. Vegetables people!! What other fast food gives you that??

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

OK, I admit to liking Chick-Fil-A. I even like their ads, but only when I am in the mall with my daughter can I eat there. And these days, she likes the salad place--can't recall the name, but for a ton of $$ they make you a salad with whatever you want on it. If you're there anyway...
Finally, even though I am a southerner, I just can't do chicken for breakfast. Ham and bacon, yes. Chicken, no. Do I get penalized three "ya'lls?"

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

I have never tasted a breakfast sandwich that can hold a candle to the magnificence of Chick-Fil-A's Chicken, egg, and cheese on a multigrain bagel sandwich.

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

Oh dear, next thing you know someone will mention dipping pizza crust in ranch dip, and then all hell will break loose.

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

@Jfitz, Waffle House huh? wow, the only time I ever set foot in one of those, the cook had many many prison tattoos and my waitress had more facial hair than me!

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

As far as I'm concerned,there's no need to be embarassed about what you eat.It's no ones business what you like,but I happen to think Subway is the modern version of shit on a shingle.....just sayin ,

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

I have yet to a see a Subway in my area serve breakfast. This must be a regional thing. Doubt I would partake as well.

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

@joylissa - Word up.

SOME PEOPLE EAT SUBWAY AND ENJOY IT AND ALSO MAKE GREAT FOOD AT THEIR HOMES AND ENJOY THAT TOO.

Good lord there are some elitist dou--...never mind.

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

Any breakfast at any Waffle House on any Interstate off-ramp is a guilty pleasure . The food is good , the staff well trained but as some comedian put it " it is kinda like eating in a bus station restroom "

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The Simplicity of a Subway Breakfast

some people i swear take things too damn serious......

Subway is obviously a healthier option than the "other" fast food chains. Call it what you want to call it-fast food, not fast food- or how bout just calling it SUBWAY. yum. I'll be having breakfast there in the A.M.

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