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Fortune Cookies: Made in Japan? Like Pizza? Your Weirdest Fortune?

Favorite fortune "that wasn't chicken".

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks

porterhouse, two steaks in one

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Southside Market Sausage

Hog Wild in the chicago suburbs

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks

porterhouse, two steaks in one.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Food Giveaway: Russ & Daughters

bagels with cream cheese

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: D'Artagnan Heritage Smoked Ham

ham, swiss cheese, good mustard

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Dinner Tonight: Onion Soup

I've tried this recipe and it is fantastic. I made a couple of slight changes though. I didn't count the number of times I deglazed(it was more than 3) but I deglazed a couple of times with apple cider, and once with white wine. I find these additions enhance the flavor of the soup greatly.

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Southside Market Sausage

hog wild in the chicago suburbs

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Seriously Delicious Giveaway: Zingerman's Gift Certificate

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks

Porterhouse, two steaks in one.

Responses to Comments by logicalmind

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Fortune Cookies: Made in Japan? Like Pizza? Your Weirdest Fortune?

My mom got a fortune that read, "Promote literacy, eat more fortune cookies." And the sad thing is that she is an English teacher.

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Fortune Cookies: Made in Japan? Like Pizza? Your Weirdest Fortune?

maered: IMHO, you are the winner! Nobody would dare say it, but what perfect advice for any new bride.

LoCo: We do something similar - our phrase is, "That's what the girl said to the sailor." Can get darn funny with a group, especially with a little alcohol thrown in. In any casual situation. Yours definitely works best with fortunes, though. I'm laughing.

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Fortune Cookies: Made in Japan? Like Pizza? Your Weirdest Fortune?

We had our wedding dinner at a Chinese restaurant (we were broke) and my fortune cookie read: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

17 years later ... I still have the husband and the fortune too.

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Fortune Cookies: Made in Japan? Like Pizza? Your Weirdest Fortune?

I got one that said: "The number three."

I keep every one of my fortune cookie slips. The early ones were in this tiny 1 inch diameter decorative clay pot. When that got full, I started putting them in the large pink plastic see-through piggy bank that I got as a holiday party gift. That hasn't gotten full yet.

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Fortune Cookies: Made in Japan? Like Pizza? Your Weirdest Fortune?

When I was in high school, a friend of mine was deployed during Desert Storm. I made him homemade fortune cookies and put fortunes like "Don't look a gift camel in the mouth," and "If you lay down with camels, you'll get up with sand fleas." They were great comic relief and I had a blast making them.

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Fortune Cookies: Made in Japan? Like Pizza? Your Weirdest Fortune?

Best I ever got was "You like to eat Chinese food"

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Fortune Cookies: Made in Japan? Like Pizza? Your Weirdest Fortune?

A recent one that's still sitting on my desk:

Avoid the opposite sex today.
Yeah, right!

And then just for emphasis, the 'Learn Chinese' word on the back:
Still single-mae yao jeh huan

Can't make these up!!

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Fortune Cookies: Made in Japan? Like Pizza? Your Weirdest Fortune?

most nonsensical: "here we go. moo shu cereal for breakfast. with duck sauce."
favorite: "a nice cake is waiting for you."
i should eat chinese food more often!

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Seriously Delicious Holiday Giveaway: Two Peter Luger Steaks

We have a winner!

And it's ... PATTYCHO. Someone from Serious Eats will be contacting you shortly for shipping info.

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Alton Brown on 'The Next Iron Chef'

^^^Wow, a tad judgmental aren't we? Please come back and add a comment when you climb down from your high horse.

Great interview, love Alton.