Fun Fact: Strawberries are NOT berries.

so orange, full of stretch marks, all round and not very green anymore, quite a summary of me :D

I remember watching my mother do this.

I'm not much of a cook, so please bear with me. Why?

Personal favorite for me is granny smith.

Patty experimented with fire a few times back in college.

I love underripe bananas.

Long live extra virgin olive oil!

If I ever go to Japan, it will be long after I have forgotten this information, but it was interesting to read at least.

Or put it in the air fryer.

Totally agree with 'Well Done' description.

I have almost the same chart, but instead of different kinds of tea, it's just scotch. (I'm kidding. I no longer drink alcohol.)

and use real butter and real milk, not light, not reconstituted, which is coming from an animal :)

You will never get 100% of the juice, no matter how you cut it.

arabica beans taste horrendous also! (my taste buds, you do you 👍 )

At last, someone who knows about basting. Edit: these are my people!

"Gratins" "Vegetabkles" "Sandwitches"

Each one will cost you $8, plus a 90% tip, at Starbucks.....

I simply use a cup. For each cup of rice, I add two of water.

I'm afraid neither my ice cream spoons (pointy end flat bowl) nor my sugar spoon (square) look like this.

Yes.

Trivia: True melons are all varieties of the same species "cucumis melo". The horned melon is not a true melon , but a separate related species in the same genus. The bitter melon and watermelon, however, are not even in the same genus as melons. The cucumber (cucumis sativus), is far more closely related to true melons than the watermelon is.

Did you know that butternut squash, if pealed with a vegetable pealer, oozes a clear sap that is a terrible skin irritant and can cause mild to moderate skin blistering? Ask me how I know.....

I thought it was just chicken grease + salt. Any other Futurama fans out there?

I'm not generally fond of one trick pony gadgets, but I like my egg boiler

The informal is my formal, normally it's on the couch with a fork and a movie.

Am I the only one who is a bit intimidated by the formal setting?

Some people think the formal is "fun". Why????

So what happens if u use seafood fork on a fish instead of fish fork?

I have never dined in a formal setting where all the plates would have been set on the table. I suppose that's how they do it in Downton Abbey, but usually when this level of formality is involved, they bring you the food plated rather than in a serving dish.

If there's rules about the setting, then it's already pretty damn formal.

I'll just bring my spoon and chopsticks

For formal dining the only thing I ever remember about cutlery is work from the outside in. Add that to the servers removing anything you don't need and you're good.

Why are the dessert spoon and fork so small? I don’t want a tiny dessert. Also, I don’t want water, champagne, red wine, white wine and sherry.

What food is supposed to be eaten with a Dinner Spoon, aka Table Spoon, if for soups there's a separate Soup Spoon?

Here I am, just using whichever one or two utensils I need and a single glass. Dear God, I'd be doing dishes forever if I did this. I'd have to buy MORE dishes.

The informal has the dinner spoon in the wrong place, it should be next to the plater ( always use the utensils from the outside in as you go through the courses

What on earth is a "dinner spoon"?

And you go from the outside to the inside

Shouldn't there be different globlets for sparkling and non-sparkling water?

Finally! /s

Sadly mexican cooking ingredients are almost unavailable in Australia outside of capital cities. Even online I'd have to order restaurant quantities to get anything.

You're missing black salt

That is just three types of potatoes. Not all "red" potatoes are for salads. There are thousands registered potatoes. By "thousands" I mean that I can order over 4000 variants. Do you want them big, small, round, weird, yellow skin, red skin, white,... for quick consumption or for long storage?

This may be typical, but not accurate. The vintner can make almost any wine dryer or sweeter.

All those dairy farmers in DC are always clogging the streets with their stupid cows. 😐

Who boils mushrooms and bell peppers?

I'd say wild rice actually has quite a strong earthy flavor.

Shame there’s no taste guide. Which is the sweetest? Where are they grown?