When they are little and you can fix everything in their lives and promise it will be ok, you feel like a rockstar. But the day will come when they realize some problems are beyond your control, it might not be ok after all, and their parents are just ordinary people doing their…Â
Rotten chicken breast. My roommate and I decided to cook meals instead of getting take out or premade frozen meals, so we bought some chicken. Chicken is easy to cook, right? It was in the fridge for how knows how long. We remembered it and cooked it. I was puking for days afterward.…Â
There was another contestant on Chopped that served raw fresh water fish. It was then that I learned eating fresh water fish raw is actually dangerous.
I figured it was because I slept with my fingers curled up. Now I sleep with my hands flat under the pillow (I'm a tummy sleeper) and my nails don't bend like that anymore.
I've never understood the nostalgia for Blockbuster Video stores. They rarely had the movie I wanted to see, and you had to drive back and drop off the video you did end up with by a certain time the next day, or you would be charged an extra day. What a pain in the ass all of that…Â
For fried chicken, fry it in the oil until the batter is just cooked, then finish cooking in the oven with a tray underneath to catch any grease. That way both the outside and the inside are cooked through, and won't be greasy.
@anumberoflemons 20% is standard now in the US for good service. 40% is very generous! But the amount you want to tip (or not) is entirely up to you. It's not mandatory.
Doubling the tax thing would only give the server 14% where I live. It's easier to take 10% of the total, and doubling that to give a more appropriate 20% tip for good service.
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