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I am lucky enough to live in a vibrant, oyster producing community and wrapping oysters in a slice of bacon, broiing them, and dipping them in butter is a weekly indulgence in my house. These, with my oyster stew and enjoying a few community oyster roast keeps us in oyster heaven.

Cookbooks taught me how, but my upbringing was a great influence. When you had parents and older sisters who could cook from scratch , and a husband with a great palate, you figure it out quickly.

I know people who grew up with instant mash potatoes and are still making them into their 40's. They appreciate good food, just have no talent or motivation to do better for themselves.

Confirmation bias? Wow, you must be really smart to use phrase like that.

Female, 49, Coastal South Carolina

I did Washington,. DC and Miami for a while. I love where I am now. People are definitely different when you get out of those urban bubbles.

We installed a garbage disposal in our island sick after moving in...single most used piece of machinery in our house.. and also have a garbage bin built in under or close to your sink(s).

Worse thing about my kitchen...the stovetop is not level. All liquids in pan slide towards the front of the pan...make sure installer uses a level!!!

Funny timing, I was just thinking this week I am ready to buy one. I love my Lodge Dutch oven, but wine and iron just doesn't mix and I've had 3 recipes w/wine that have turned out very mediocre. Ready to step it up...thanks for the suggestions!

bread and butter sandwich. Could not even stand the smell of anything else.

Sounds great. Looking for low carb recipe ideas...thank you.

Thank you! Definitely going to try it.

Hey, you can be from a red state and still enjoy quality food. I have never been interested in watching Rachel or Sandra, but I appreciate what they do for people who don't have a lot of time to cook or don't have the skills to cook anything complicated. All this hatin' on FN sounds like a bunch of elitist snobbism.

Le Tub can be hit or miss. Sometimes the burger is worth the wait and other times you wonder why you waited. We have have been there many times as we lived down the street. The last time we had a negative experience and will never go back. Our burgers were overcooked...they took over an hour to get to our table, which is something we know to expect, but it was dark and the back tables have no lighting. My husband and I were hungry and anxious to eat, but something didn't taste right and we confirmed they were overcooked by the light of a cell phone. Told the waitress about it, but evidently management decided we had eaten almost half of the sandwich, and therefore had to live with it. Treated us like a couple of tourists that just stumbled in and wanted to scam a meal. Jerks.