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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.

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.

Whoops - should have been We've and their

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

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.

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

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%.

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!"

ESNY1007's recipe above is basically what I use

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

"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.

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.

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