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I will add my critique: Fantastic! I went a little further and actually made the sauce from my recipe for the ubiquitous favorite Orange Chicken (in fact, I made an extra large batch and froze some for later, lazier usage). Came out perfectly and was a hit. Since I had actually made the sauce, I omitted the secret ingredient from Popeye's. Thanks for the great idea.

I am definitely with you, famishedfem. Snapper Jack's is the bomb! Now, if only I can figure out what's in that creamy sauce? My son orders it by the barrel (well, by the hugest size available). We know it has to have some crema in it, but what else??? If you know, let me know, please.

Jillian, I never laugh out loud before I've had my coffee in the morning, but "random stuff that just washed up on Long Island Sound" was so accurate that I was forced to do exactly that. Your observations are right on target. I wished for Kevin all year long, and after they got rid of the meanies and not-so-good chefs, I felt he had a good chance. One remark made by Michael V. about Kevin really annoyed me. I'll paraphrase "Kevin cooks like I do on my day off." Kinda snarky to me.

Sounds delicious, really delicious and two carbs, yummmmm. One question though: where do you buy your whole chicken legs? That is expensive! We have a hispanic market here in my town and can buy either drumsticks, thighs, or whole legs for 88 cents a pound usually. The REGULAR price is $1.29 per pound.

Sailor Dave - I actually DID make quinoa and kale for dinner one time, and then melted about a half pound of butter to pour over it. Oh, yes, and grated another half pound of extra sharp cheddar to go over the top of that. Ironically, in this discussion, the two ladies whose cooking ALWAYS makes me drool (Ina and Paula) are mentioned several times. Paula dropped the information the other day that her husband is now on a diet. OMG! Who is going to cook for him?

Ming Tsai and his Mom made bings one day on his PBS show and they looked awesome. Ming made cheeseburgers with the works and totally encased them in bing dough. Yummy!

Here in southern California we are fortunate enough to have Jarritos brand soda, we love tamarindo, mandarina, pina (pineapple), toronja (grapefruit), fruit punch and my own personal favorite - mango. Delicious and always in bottles and in my opinion, soda tastes better from a bottle.

We also have a wonderful store in Los Angeles called Galco's Soda Pop stop. They carry EVERYTHING in soda. For instance, they have 46 kinds of root beer, alone. Brands that you didn't even know were being made anymore. Website is galcos.com and it's fun to visit.

Anything by MFK Fisher.

Thank you, heartofglass, for the link to 80s stuff. Wow! And they actually have "cereal finder" link and an alphabetic list of which cereals are still available. Sadly, my own personal favorite, Kellogg's Concentrate, seems no long available. Perhaps that was because you could eat the entire tiny box of Concentrate at one sitting rather than the recommended serving size. We loved that stuff, though.

As a native socal resident, loved your reviews. We do have serious great eats here, despite some easterners comments to the contrary. My thought about the Dodger Dogs: it is part of the Dodger game experience - I personally would not eat one anywhere but at Dodger Stadium, but NEED one when I'm at a Dodger game. Go figure.

Hi, and welcome to the food website where you will have the most fun playing with your food since you were a kid. Go to kitchen-parade.com and follow the link to "A Veggie Venture." Wonderful recipes and a terrific blog. Lots of new and interesting ways to do veggies (my daughter is a vegan and I am always in search of surprises for her).

Sandy D.

Brooke29 has the greatest idea: I shop at hispanic markets and there are many of them here on California's central coast. Incredible produce & meat specials (at the ones I use). Also, and again, if you are lucky enough to live in an agricultural area, farm stands. There are many, many of them here also. I shopped two days ago at one of my favorite roadside farm stands and found bell peppers (red & yellow) at 3 for a buck, lettuce at 69 cents each (iceberg, leaf, romaine, red leaf, etc. - all 69 cents each). Even though it is January, they had hydroponic Roma tomatoes for 99 cents a pound. So much more "stuff" and all excellent fresh pesticide-free goodies.

I would bet that nobody remembers Kellogg's Concentrate cereal. We loved it. It was supposedly healthy, but the problem was that the portion size was very tiny, so you ended up eating four servings just to get a "regular" bowl of cereal. My adult children still talk about Concentrate.