Hottest new trend? We've been seeing these things for years in the Asian community and in college towns. It's a good option, if you know what you're doing. I can get a great dessert portion for under $4. You can get some tester cups so you don't end up with a flavor you hate, you can put the mochi on the bottom yourself (when they chill they get chewier, which is great), and you can be judicious with trying a little bit of everything. You don't have to fill the cup you're given, nobody's forcing you to take any of the toppings, and you can even ask to weigh your cup to make sure you're not way out of your depth before adding something else.

I had a buddy who had just taken me and my wife out for dinner, so I told him at the very least, I would buy yogurt for him and his girlfriend. Dude ends up with a $12 heaping bowl of yogurt, fruit, candy, and those crazy cheesecake bites, but it's not as if I didn't know what I was signing up for when I walked in there. Do you folks also complain about pay-by-the-weight salad bars too?

Seriously, you again?
http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2013/04/chechil-cheese-with-beer.html
GO AWAY.

@tea-and-syncope: FlavorCountry knows that. He already chose not to be.

To pass the time in Chinese School (which was run after hours at my Church), I used to suck on rock salt. Not the classy rock salt that people put in their grinders or nothing - the driveway ice-melt kind. Gross.

I also used to take hard boiled eggs and slice them in half. Eat the yolks (or, if I was doing multiples of these, discard the yolks) and fill the depression with Worcester sauce before chowing down on the whole thing.

My brother used to take a full Swanson Hungry Man Turkey Dinner and deposit everything except the radioactive red dessert goo into a big bowl. Then he'd mix it together with ample shakes of Mrs. Dash seasoning mix before devouring. It's surprisingly good.

I've eaten condensed soup straight from the can. I took a 64 oz. can of Juicy Juice and made a juicebox out of it (punch a hole, insert extra long slurpee straw). I've eaten a spoonful of Folger's crystals to stay awake. Wow - we're all gross.

I'm from Boston, and this clip says it best.

Give this recipe a try. I found it in the Zingerman's cookbook, and I've had great success adapting it by using just thighs instead of a whole spatchcocked bird.

You might also try this Serious Eats recipe. It doesn't give you much nice crispy skin, but the flavor is fantastic anyway.

While I do enjoy a funny name here or there, I'm much more a fan of the grand British tradition of serving things on toast.

@Teachertalk: Thanks! I am a lawyer, yes. I can say that my fiancée and I started dating well before I learned how to cook, but learning new things on Serious Eats has certainly upped my game a bit.

Looking back at my Serious Eats commenting history, one of the earliest posts I saw was about Grapes with an End User License Agreement, which must have appealed to my law-school brain at the time. That was September of 2008, and there's a good chance I was lurking well before that.

@dashofginger: by far the most awkward post was one I cannot seem to find right now. It was a cutting board with drainage that looked like a heart and veins, and I was looking at it in class next to two vegetarians. I felt so bad about that one! Anyway, totally looking forward to next month. :)

@finsbigfan: We've been down this road a couple times with Drinking In America, but I'm willing to cut 'em some slack as long as a) they don't put their stupid self-serving link in the post, and b) they don't invite us to finish up the discussion on their page once we get started.

That said, this is a pretty idiotic post. Chicks drink beer? Oh my heavens!!

Ippudo, because I like to eat when I drink too.

My fiancee's family folds wontons off-center, allowing for more wispy cloud-like corners. I have always gone corner-to-corner, but I admit, she's got a point. Four of them, actually....

I get that you don't intend for it to be an ad, so next time you post, leave the self-promoting bullcrap link out of it.

With the link, it reads like an ad.

Try Wilson Farm in Lexington. 128 -> Rte. 2 Eastbound.