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I’m more of a dark meat chicken guy myself, so I’m not exactly looking for chicken fingers/strips very often. The ones at RC seem better cooked than most others but definitely need a dipping sauce of some kind. DHC just opened a couple locations near me. Didn’t know they were another strip...

I wasn’t expecting gourmet burgers. My benchmarks going in were Whataburger, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Five Guys, and Burger King (sort of in that order). So I cared less about the $$$ than what the options were. And while I enjoy burgers like those In-N-Out offered, they’re not my go-to. The...

It wasn’t that In-N-Out made any mistakes. It’s that they didn’t have options I prefer.

Mixed day in the kitchen today. Breakfast was tortillas leftover from a meal at a local Tex-Mex place, warmed in my toaster oven, then smeared with butter & Brie. I graced each with a few slices of prosciutto, then put onion sprouts in one (bottom) and radish sprouts (top) in the other, then...

(First: I fully realize tastes are personal.) I’ve heard people sing the praises of Shake Shack recently, but I haven’t tried them yet. I tried my first In-N-Out burger a few years ago shortly after the first one in D/FW opened to major hype, and haven’t been back. What I had was…OK, and...

Side note on franchise locations: I’ve noticed that different chains exert different amounts of controls over their franchise locations. Some are so strict that the average person wouldn’t perceive anything different between a corporate location and a franchise. But some are a little more...

Well, they went from earthy browns & tans to shades of gray. And the older decor had a faux antiquing technique applied to it- the newer stuff almost looks new.

Sounds familiar.

The last time I was in one, they actually disappointed me. I ordered food that should have been in their wheelhouse: country fried steak with brown gravy, fries, and a cucumber/tomato/onion salad. The meal was meh at best, and the salad was virtually flavorless. As for the peg games? I’ve...

IDK. Golden Corrals- at least the ones near me- never struck me as having a particularly strong aesthetic. I mean, if I think HARD about them, I could say they’re a midpoint between Cracker Barrel and IHOP. I’m just sad that they’re all at least a half hour away from me now.🙁 There’s a local...

Apparently, Cracker Barrel’s chain-wide remodeling plans are getting some pushback. https://www.livenowfox.com/news/cracker-barrel-makeover-diners-split.amp

There’s a John Waters movie somewhere in there.

Even if you can’t nail it, at some point, you’ll be thankful if you can get close. I’m kinda working on recreating and archiving some of my family’s lost recipes. I started because my Mom wanted a particular cake, and I worked from that (deceased) great aunt’s recipe. Only…she hadn’t...

I have an old homebrew in which elves are actually crashlanded “Greys” using holographic tech to visually conform to legends of the fey. In that setting, “Underhill” is the remnants of their starship, and the legends of how time passes differently there are due to their use of stasis tech...

…and we sometimes do big takeaways!😂 It’s not quite the foodie paradise of NYC or Hong Kong, etc., but the Dallas/Fort Worth area IS pretty diverse culinarily, and getting better all the time. But it is a double-edged sword. Some of the places I mentioned are unfortunately no longer in...

I’ve seen numerous small, family-owned businesses that have converted other restaurants’ spaces to their own. I know of a German restaurant housed in an old Taco Bell. An Arabic one, too, in a different suburb. There’s an Irish pub that became a pan-South American place. About a third of...

Like @payn, I had NO idea that Scanners had spawned sequels or spinoffs. TIL! The times I’ve emulated Scanners-type psychics in RPGs, it was always in HERO. I haven’t seen it, but given the powers depicted in the underlying IP, I’d be surprised if the Babylon 5 RPG system couldn’t handle them...

I can’t say I’ve seen a “classic” cheeseburger with mayo. Ketchup seems to be the go-to condiment. However, mayo is virtually a must for a simple burger mainly sporting grilled onions, possibly augmented with mushrooms and/or Swiss cheese. Need to learn the recipes & techniques for that and...

Except one is Germanic and one is Jamaican

Ideally, what telehealth does is project training and knowledge into spaces far removed from it. If the top practitioners can consult with locals, that usually results in better overall healthcare results. (Amusingly, some of the best results are seen in veterinary practice, where a vet in...