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Taste Test: Salt and Vinegar Chips

My favorite was always Troyer Farm's Salt and Vinegar potato chips. I haven't had them in a long time.

The Zapp's are pretty good. They sell them in the single serving bags at the sub shops in Wegman's.

BTW = by single serving I mean I need to buy 2 or 3 bags to go with lunch.

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Wiener Roast!

I've got 2 packages of Zweigle's Natural Casing Texas Hots

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Put your shopping carts back where they belong, Please!

At my local supermarket they only have cart corrals very close to the store. It doesn't make sense to me. You almost have to walk all the way to the store to return your cart. On the side lot they have 3 corrals right next to each other in the first row by the store and none in the next 6 rows. I think they are encouraging people to not return their carts.

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Taste Test: Salt and Vinegar Chips

My favorite was always Troyer Farm's Salt and Vinegar potato chips. I haven't had them in a long time.

The Zapp's are pretty good. They sell them in the single serving bags at the sub shops in Wegman's.

BTW = by single serving I mean I need to buy 2 or 3 bags to go with lunch.

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Wiener Roast!

I've got 2 packages of Zweigle's Natural Casing Texas Hots

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Put your shopping carts back where they belong, Please!

At my local supermarket they only have cart corrals very close to the store. It doesn't make sense to me. You almost have to walk all the way to the store to return your cart. On the side lot they have 3 corrals right next to each other in the first row by the store and none in the next 6 rows. I think they are encouraging people to not return their carts.

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Tapatio Doritos; Crack.

I never saw the Wasabi Doritos. I would have bought those. I loved the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Degree Burn Doritos but they were only around here for a very short time.

Doritos often comes out with some good flavors but they never stick around

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My Latest Obsessions: Wasabi Peas

Every time we buy the big can of Hapi Snacks Wasabi Peas they are gone within the day.

Weve also tried there Sriracha Peas. They are pretty good but prefer the Wasabi.

I like to use them as a crunchy salad topping.

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Taste Test: Barbecue Sauce

Sweet Baby Ray's is my sauce of choice if I need to buy at the store. I usually get the original but sometimes go for the Hot n' Spicy

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Oxford English Dictionary Recognizes 'nom nom,' 'sammich' as Words

I hate to hear "Sammie" or "Sammich" They really grate on me. However, I get the same feeling when I hear "Veggie" and that seems to have made it into accepted English so I assume these "words" will also.

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Regional Chain Restaurants

There's a Dinosaur BBQ here in Rochester also.

I forgot to mention my favorite regional chain before. Mighty Taco in Buffalo. Every time I'm in Buffalo I try to make a stop.

2 Super Mighty Burritos - Extra Hot with Jalapenos and Sour Cream and a large Logenberry.

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Regional Chain Restaurants

A couple of Del Tacos opened here in Rochester a few years ago. They didn't last very long which was too bad. We much prefered them to Taco Bell.

I used to travel the south for work and I loved to stop in to a Waffle House late at night. However, I prefered the smaller Huddle House chain. I am probably in the minority on that.

Also, here in Rochester there are so many Nick Tahoe's clones it almost seems like a chain.

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Need suggestions for learning to cool real Italian food

Also, look for Lidia's TV show on your local PBS station

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Yet again, Hamburgers.

I always put mayo on the lower bun. The mayo then mixes with the juices from the hamburger.

Also, in my opinion the most underrated hamburger topping is an egg cooked over easy.

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How Do You Split the Restaurant Tab with a Big Group?

I used to meet 2 friends for dinner every week and we would split the check 3 ways. However, occasionally the wife of one of my friends would show up and eat and he would still expect to split the check 3 ways. What made it even worse was that he and his wife drank Tanqueray and Tonics while my other friend drank beer and I drank coke.

This same friend also insisted on rotating buying rounds at the bar and included his wife although his wife didn't actually ever buy a round.

Most times we go out I ask for seperate checks. I agree with the poster above that it seems to me that the server makes out on the tip when more people are tipping for themselves. I always err on the overtipping side. I know many people who calculate there tip out to 15% to the penny. I think that if we were pooling the tip those people would only add what would bring the total tip to 15%.

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I'm a vegetarian and my boyfriend will not eat vegetables :(

While I agree with Coach and redfish I hardly think that meat, potatoes, bread, cheese and corn is a normal healthy diet.

He should add some ice cream to the mix.

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Favorite Food Joke?

2 muffins are baking in an oven.
One of the muffiins says "Man, is it hot in here"
The other muffin says "Holy Crap!!! A talking muffin!"

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Top This: Lardo Pizza (à la Otto Enoteca Pizzeria)

"Oooooook, basically bread and butter for $13. Good one Mario."

Except that lardo is about ten times the price of butter

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Trick to searing scallops?

ESNY1007's recipe above is basically what I use

Using "Dry" scallops and not moving them around are the big tips to perfect scallops

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Taste Test: Buffalo Wing Sauce

"Seriously, does no one remember 25 cent wings? Or buying fresh wings for $1/lb? "

I can remember when I worked at a grocery store and the wings were treated like the scraps after breaking down the whole chickens for sale. We sold them for 29 cents a pound and we had a hard time getting rid of them. This was in the early 80's.

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Taste Test: Buffalo Wing Sauce

It's got to be Frank's and butter

I had great results "oven frying" my wings using the following technique

http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2010/02/the-best-buffalo-wings-oven-fried-wings-recipe.html

They were perfectly crispy

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What Are Your 'Dollar Menu' Favorites?

I only get "dollar menu" at any fast food place when I go nowadays

I like the Sausage McMuffin - I actually prefer it without the egg and for $1 its a pretty good deal

All three of the big name $1 menu hamburgers are OK. My order of preference is

#1 - Wendy's Doublestack
#2 - Burger King Buck Double
#3 - McDouble

I think the Sour Cream and Chive Baked Potatos at Wendys are $1.39 now but still a good deal.

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No salt needed in pasta water, or most anything else

I read somewhere "cooking without salt is like cooking without heat"

If you are not eating processed foods it would be hard to consume enough salt for it to be a health concern for most people

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No salt needed in pasta water, or most anything else

I read somewhere "cooking without salt is like cooking without heat"

If you are not eating processed foods it would be hard to consume enough salt for it to be a health concern for most people

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No salt needed in pasta water, or most anything else

I read somewhere "cooking without salt is like cooking without heat"

If you are not eating processed foods it would be hard to consume enough salt for it to be a health concern for most people

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randyzip answered "I don't! Have you never savored the joys of cold pizza?" to How Do You Reheat Your Pizza?

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randyzip answered "Only huge tables or private parties" to When Is an Automatic Gratuity Acceptable?

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randyzip answered "American*" to What's Your Favorite Cheese on a Breakfast Sandwich?

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randyzip answered "Sausage" to What's Your Favorite Meat on a Breakfast Sandwich?

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randyzip answered "Fried Egg" to What's Your Favorite Egg Style on a Breakfast Sandwich?

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randyzip answered "English muffin" to What's Your Favorite Bread for a Breakfast Sandwich?

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randyzip answered "American " to What Kind of Cheese Do You Like on Grilled Cheese?

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randyzip answered "Over easy" to How do you like your eggs?

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