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Location: Washington 'burbs

About: I am a freelance writer obsessed with writing, eating, and cooking good stuff.

Favorite foods: Bloody steak, June strawberries, Cheetos, Pt. Reyes cheese, heirloom tomatoes, pho, fried chicken, doro wat, all ice cream, dark chocolate, Illy coffee, arugula, pizza, clamcakes, fried softshells, sushi, French fries, labneh, martinis.

Last bite on earth: Michel Richard's cheese puffs

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Where To Find Fried Pickles on the East Coast

Best fried dill pickles at Quarry House Tavern in Silver Spring!

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Kellogg's Fruit-Flavored Lego Snacks: Awesome or Messed-Up Choking Hazard?

As a mom with a Lego-obsessed child, I will NOT be buying these. Thanks for the heads-up Erin!

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Bourbon-Vanilla Ice Cream

I can't walk by the freezer without taking a spoonful of Amanda Hesser's caramel ice cream I made last week, so I'll have to try this one out, too. Sounds dreamy...

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Bourbon-Vanilla Ice Cream

Thanks so much for posting this -- I used to live in Louisville and we had an ice cream shop that served something akin to this, and since they closed I have been looking for a recipe. Their ice cream, however, also had chocolate chips and pecans in it. I'm not sure what quantity you would add to the above recipe -- anyone have suggestions?

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Where To Find Fried Pickles on the East Coast

The best fried pickles i've had come from Muddy River BBQ in Portsmouth, NH! They use a beer batter that's amazing, the pickles have a nice sour taste and they serve them with a delicious spicy dipping sauce, YUM!
they also have a Muddy River BBQ in Maine as well for all you north east vacationers and foodies!

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Where To Find Fried Pickles on the East Coast

In Florida -- the Gator's Dockside in Lake Mary, FL, just added a basked of fried kosher dills to their menu. They were about 2-inch rounds, between 1/8 and 1/4 inch thick, fried quickly in a flavorful batter and still crisp inside, served with a cup of ranch dressing. We really enjoyed them, even if they sat a bit heavy afterward. But they were the highlight of the meal, and went wonderful with a pitcher of Yuengling...the dill flavor lasted quite a while on the palate.

Gator's Dockside also has EXCELLENT chicken wings, cooked dry-fried, batter-fried, or grilled, and tossed in a variety of sauces. Service is par for the course for a neighborhood sports bar.

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Where To Find Fried Pickles on the East Coast

County fairs all across Ohio.

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Where To Find Fried Pickles on the East Coast

Tony Packo's in Toledo, Ohio, offers their original pickles and peppers deep fried, with an assortment of dips (ranch, salsa, or spicy ketchup). The pickles are a spicy dill, but personally, I'd rather eat the fried pepper pieces and leave the fried pickles to my dinner companions!

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Kellogg's Fruit-Flavored Lego Snacks: Awesome or Messed-Up Choking Hazard?

nifty. I bet my daughter will like these. I had to give her all of my old lego. Not entirely sure what the issue is. They don't really look like lego, what with being gummy and see-through. Whereas lego bricks, at leas tthe ones I have are hard and not see-through. Kids these days don't know the difference? Maybe I'm bringing mine up wrong.

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Kellogg's Fruit-Flavored Lego Snacks: Awesome or Messed-Up Choking Hazard?

I dunno...I eat gummi worms but that has yet to convince me to eat worms yet.

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Kellogg's Fruit-Flavored Lego Snacks: Awesome or Messed-Up Choking Hazard?

Although, Mike & Ike candy kind of looks like pills and it's been around for a long time. This might be worse.

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Kellogg's Fruit-Flavored Lego Snacks: Awesome or Messed-Up Choking Hazard?

It's stupid, and it's irresponsible.

There is a thing called COMMON SENSE that seems to be lacking at Kellog's product development and marketing departments.

Asinine.

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Kellogg's Fruit-Flavored Lego Snacks: Awesome or Messed-Up Choking Hazard?

I'm not sure what's sadder: the fact that there's a genuine chance of this leading children to possibly choking on Legos or the fact that I will eat these.