Yeah, you’re right RE Corn Flakes. There’s always something that’s just *off* about all the pretenders. Read more

Corn Pops expanded in milk if they were left long enough. That always freaked me out. Like they’d been lifting Corn Weights or something. Read more

Did you ever drink CragMont soda? We always had that around the house for some reason. It was so low-rent. Much of my childhood was overhearing my dad going, “Dear, we’re almost out of CragMont!” Read more

I went through a serious mini-wheats phase myself. Always imagined it was a self-punishment thing, because they never tasted like anything. Like a monk with a hairshirt. Wait. I don’t know what a monk in a hairshirt tastes like. Oh, this response went horribly wrong. Read more

I’ve always thought that the bagels were the worst part of the bagel/lox/cream cheese/onion/capers combination. You have to pile on so much lox to balance out all that bread. Read more

“Hunger can be temporarily ignored; nostalgia is insistent.” Nice turn of phrase. And so true. As for Sicilian pizza, there’s something that leaves me wanting, and that is this: I like to gorge on pizza. It doesn’t feel right if you can’t eat more than a couple slices in one sitting. Sicilian always seems to expand in… Read more

Arby’s. Yes. I had the same upbringing. Always fetishized Arby’s and was weirdly disappointed when I tasted “real” roast beef. I wonder how many kids Arby’s messed up for life. My wife didn’t grow up with Arby’s and thinks it is the devil’s plaything. Read more

Thanks! I can’t believe they pay me to do this. Read more

Whatever the opposite of Steak-umms are, that’s what my wife craved 24/7 while pregnant. I feel about 90 percent certain she would have divorced me if I tried to cook one up while she was in her barfy first trimester. Read more

Trash buds. I may have to steal that. Read more

Love it. I was late to the game on Yoo Hoo. Suddenly everyone was acting like they had been drinking it for years, and when I finally got around to it, no one was interested anymore. Read more

Thanks, Chris. Glad you enjoyed it. Read more

On a good day. Read more

Yes. It’s a strange existential conundrum. The habit of eating something is hard to break even when your tongue is going EWWWW Read more

“Taste buds hit puberty.” I like that. There are some ways in which my taste buds never evolved. It’s like my tongue has blind spots. Read more

Yes. And apparently, he’s still out there, experimenting with meat. Who knows what’s coming next? Read more

By the time I got to the third sandwich, the kids had lost interest (and their appetites). They definitely didn’t get it. Read more

Thanks! Visit the Takeout early and often. Read more

Who are the five most complicated and well written TV characters of the past decade? Read more

Not only did he step on Carter's foot, he missed the shot. And Carter got the rebound. Move along, nothing to see here. Read more