Ah, yes..never piss off the people who handle your food...

Not just waiters, either. When I delivered pizza in college, I got to know who was a shoddy tipper and who wasn't. For them, I'd always make sure to take their pizza out of the hot bag, open the box, roll down the windows, turn on the A/C and face the vents at the pizza, even in the middle of the winter. Never was a colder pizza delivered.

We had one woman who used to call two-three times/week and would make a big show out of making sure she got the 13 cents in change she was owed. I made a "special" delivery to her one night and on arriving back at the store, the manager told me she'd called back to complain. He was making her a new pizza and would I be nice enough to take it back out to her? Sure I would!

She then called back again when THIS pizza showed up ice cold. The manager found it fairly incredulous since it had only arrived at her house 5-6 minutes after it came out of the oven. "Ma'am, there's absolutely NO WAY it could have been cold in that amount of time. It defies the laws of physics!"

Muwahahahahaha!

And, before you ask, yes, she continued to call 2-3 times per week, even after that.

Hmmm...I guess it makes sense. When you have the worst wings, you really need something to wash the taste out of your mouth. I went to one of these twice (I always give a place a second chance). The mild, hot and jerk chicken all taste exactly the same: too hot, no flavor.

@Harry: not all of the fundies are that ignorant. It's a decidedly American thing that there are still some idiots who take the bible literally. They are fortunately on a very rapid decline (mostly because rednecks like them like to kill themselves shooting at stopsigns). They also believe the Earth is flat, surrounded by a crystal sphere and the whole universe revolves around it. How do you fight that kind if ignorant illogic? You don't even bother, you put them in an institution where they belong.

Gonna have to agree with michy. I wasn't all that impressed with Five Guys, I have no idea why everyone raves about them so much. I've only been to In-N-Out twice and I remember each visit and burger very well and fondly. :)

I agree with the survey on burgers, fries and salads. Everything else..not so much. :)

Not bad. My grandmother's been doing amazing things with a microwave for almost 20 years. I'll never forget the time I was eating some cake she made in there. You wouldn't have known it was done in the microwave. It's all about skill and getting over the "persona" of microwaves, I guess.

I would be surprised, goodness_gracie, if even were you to meet them, you'd still believe it. The "system" portrayed by the conservative media is the extremes and worst cases of those receiving assistance. There isn't as much fraud and deceit as they'd like you to believe, because without it their arguments are bogus. Is there fraud? Absolutely, but as a taxpayer, I'm more than happy to ignore it since the greater good is served.

It really never ceases to amaze me that there are people out there so ignorant as to believe that there are people willing to live on some $15,000/year in government subsidies and that they're also somehow "living it up". The malice and dishonesty in your own heart comes through quite clearly when you try to project your own inadequacies on others like that.

My in-laws live in a depressed area in downstate, NY. An area where there are more cows than job opportunities, yet every person I've met who gets subsidies ARE working 2-3 part time jobs, because that's all they can get. I would also like to see this reporter from CNN get any healthy cooking done on that $176/month at the local Big M there.

If poop's not harmful, then what's the harm? :)

Seriously, though, I generally by the irradiated stuff myself. It tastes the same, and is safer than the other stuff. I think if a producer can afford to irradiate the meat they sell, they probably aren't some half-assed operation that uses poop as "filler". I'd be more worried about the mom & pop shops that have no quality control, and generally lower standards.

I'm a man, and I'm not offended by this commercial, so neither should you. If I don't get to determine what is and what isn't offensive to women, you don't get to determine what's offensive to men. I feel that the commercial was making fun of the stereotype, not men, not gays, not baking, not couches. You had no issue with the "typical bachelor pad" portion of the commercial, did you? That's a stereotype, too. Not all bachelors live like that, but you glossed right over that.

My rule of thumb is if it's going to take 20 minutes or more to cook, I don't generally preheat. But, I think it's a good idea to have a thermometer in the oven so you know when you're at the proper temperature. The old rule at my house was it took 10 minutes to preheat, but I found my oven was generally at temp in 4 or 5.

If you're basking "flaky" type pastries, pre-heating, I've learned the hard way, is essential. Nothing like ruining a beautiful beef wellington by not having the oven hot enough and the pastry didn't rise... :(

Gobo: the women and children of that polygamist group recently all seemed very happy on camera, too. A lot of folks at Jonestown were nothing but happy to get some Kool-aid.