lillianstone
Lillian Stone
lillianstone
Staff writer @ The Takeout, joke writer elsewhere. Wrangling beagles and baked goods in Chicago. Debut essay collection, EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE, publishing in 2023 via Dey Street/HarperCollins.

Agree. Kidney beans are fantastic. Another unheralded bean, IMO, are whatever ones they put in those cans/bags of mixed veggies you buy at the store. What are they? French beans?
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Lentils are underutilized by most people. I probably have 6 or more different kinds in the cupboard. Caviar are my favorite for wanting to stay whole, or a multi-lentil mix of 5 kinds in one for instant pot dal that’s got more character than just straight red or one of the yellow lentils. Nirav mix dal from Read more

... why is there ground beef in your mother’s baked beans? Did it fall in there by accident? Read more

Toyota Tacoma owner here, and for weeks I was smelling gasoline as I passed my truck, but couldn’t figure out where it was coming from.
The squirrels had chewed through the gas line; I was literally spewing gasoline, as my partner told me as she followed me to the Toyota place.
We drove there, parked, and I told the Read more

A few years ago, I was walking my dog when I passed a squirrel, running down the middle of the street, carrying one of those six inch American Flags. On the way home, he passed me with another one, so I followed him. There were about a dozen of the flags sticking out of his nest. One of my neighbors had decorated their Read more

Chocolate of any kind and pockets just do not mix. Bars will be a gooey, melted mess inside their wrapper. M&Ms, even though they won’t melt & leak everywhere, are horrible to eat when the chocolate inside is too soft. Read more

Seared Squirrel with a Walnut Enhanced Demi-Glace.
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The part you’re missing is how delicious the squirrels taste after a month or so of eating nothing but walnuts fattening themselves up for winter. Read more

I must have a lazy squirrel. Only had 2 gallons of walnuts stuffed into the air filter box at my last oil change.  The techs very politely left me 3 walnuts on the dash. Read more