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    Do you Fast Food?

    I really never eat fast food but do occasionally want a burger, actually just ate a Burger King burger at an airport last month and ran across these coupons on eBay for any free burger combo, got 6 coupons for $9. The seller said he ordered a double whopper combo with the large upgrade and paid...
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    Something you’ve been wanting to cook?

    Is there something that you’ve wanted to cook for a long while and havnt gotten around to it? I’ve been wanting to make some Chinese BBQ pork on my grill for some time now, the red BBQ that you see hanging in Chinese restaurants, it’s called char sui, it’s been around 6 months that I first gave...
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    What have you been craving for?

    For me, I’ve been wanting to eat a pizza, we rarely eat pizza, maybe 2 times a year so when I do get it, it’s a big treat for me, last time I can remember eating one was just a little caesars pan pizza back in April or May.
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    3 months in Thailand

    Been here for 3 months with side trips to Vietnam and Malaysia, eating home cooked meals by my wife and her family every night, the foods in Malaysia and Vietnam were amazing and cheap, just wanted to share a few dishes. fish salad and fried egg with local sausage Noodle pork salad Roast...
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    My new chopper setup

    I’ve been in Thailand for the past 3 months and saw some heavy cleavers down at the weekend market, decided to buy one and a chopping block. It’s a super heavy cleaver with a thick 3/16” spine that should easily chop through bone, chopping block is also very heavy and made out of very dense...
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    Memories from my trip to Hawaii

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    High heat oven roasting for a juicy bird

    ive gone high heat for the past 4 or 5 years and have never had a dry turkey i go 500 for the first 45 minutes - hour then around 475 for a couple hours more, usually takes 3 hours for an unstuffed 20# bird my hand me down family tip is to cover/wrap the bird with a brown paper grocery bag
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    $2.34 for 5# flour a good buy?

    amazon has it right now with free shipping over $25 im still sitting on some $1.80 bags but bought the max of 10 to get the free shipping, just want to confirm if its a decent deal or a case of buyers remorse
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    Weekly grocery bill rising?

    just wondering if you are seeing your weekly grocery bill increase and the package sizes getting smaller or are their inflation charades working as planned
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    Buying beef from Mexican mercados

    i have lots of mexican grocery stores all around me and they all have really good prices on beef. i tried it one time, short ribs that i braised for over 6 hours and they never got tender. they were stringy like they were old. after that trial i was told that the mexican markets buy old milk...
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    the $10,000 abalone

    a friend of my brothers went abalone fishing and got busted, i guess fish and game are real sticklers about this stuff. he wasn't poaching, he was in the boat while his buddy free dove for them, his buddy would bring them up and go back down, they were over their limit because his friend was...
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    Gilroy Garlic Festival

    just got back from it, had some garlic ice cream, garlic cheese steak and garlic frys. too crowded for me but stopped by a fruit stand on the way back and found 6/$1 corn, huge bell peppers 3/$1 and freshly picked garlic for $1/lb, made the whole trip worth it.
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    Tipping at a buffet

    im a chinese buffet aficionado and was at one yesterday, we had a party of 6 and were just finishing up, the waitress brings the check by and i throw my credit card on the tray. she takes the bill and comes back with my receipt, i sign it without leaving the tip. a bit later she takes the tray...
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    What's your ethnic spice/sauce?

    im asian, chinese so the go to sauce is soy sauce. maybe if your vientames it could be fish sauce, just wondering what spice your ethnicity is known for.
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    Ever been on a cruise?

    i just got back from my second ever, a trip to alaska and the glaciers. food and service was pretty good from princess, got to try some stuff that ive never had before. lobster was on the menu for the last night but i was also able to try duck a la orange, dessert souffles, truffles, gumbo, beef...
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    Superbowl XLVII Food?

    i guess i'll be making some pizza and chicken wings any other idea's that might be "out of the box"
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    Cheaper meat now then much higher

    due to the damaged corn crops pig and cattle farmers are slaughtering at a rapid driving down prices. the price of pork in my area has dropped, ive seen it for .99/lb for 2 weeks in a row now. i have not noticed the price of beef coming down much. when this inventory dry's up prices will climb...
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    Kahlua pork for dinner

    got some going is the slow cooker right now, first time trying it in a crock pot, lucky's has shoulder on sale for .99/lb. i lined the crock with Ti leaves threw in large chunks of meat marinated with liquid smoke and hawaiian salt. my mom has poi in the freezer and will be bringing some, i dont...
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    Hawaiian salt anyone?

    just wondering if anyone uses this stuff, the closest thing ive tasted has been kosher. i get it locally from a little mom and pop japanese store that imports stuff from hawaii.
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    What's your Super Bowl menu?

    i plan to make some pizza and ribs and maybe my bean dip
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    Got me a sweet potato pie today

    i went to my dollar store to pick a few things up and they had some unbaked/frozen sweet potato pies for guess how much. they are huge 3 pounders. ive always wanted to try one but have never tried making it, i opened the box and it looks exactly like pumpkin pie? i dont like pumpkin pie.
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    Cheese comes from macaroni and honey comes from bears???

    do you guys watch food revolution? most all of those high school kids don't have a clue. these are the people that will be running our businesses and country within the next 15 years.
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    How do you make box brownies chewy?

    i like my brownie chewey and not cakey, does anyone know what to do to make it more chewey? i also want to add reeses peanut butter chips to it, should i mix it in or put them on top? never done it before.
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    Hot Dogs score!

    just windering what you guys like. i like ball park, oscar mayer and chicken/turkey dogs. i dont like Bar-S . i have hot dogs on my mind today because i just got back from smart and final and they had 3# farmer johns beef hot dogs marked down for $1.99, a quick calculation in my head and the...
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    What's your take on the/our economy?

    just wondering what your take on the economy is. are we making headway like the gov says or are we circling the toilet? i have a very strong view as to whats going on and whats to come but just curious as to yal's view.
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