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I like to eat wedges of it plain.

It's really good on corn with a little chile powder and butter. Do it street corn style (elotes) or just sprinkle on some cut kernels.

It's also good sprinkled on black beans with a generous dollop of cholula hot sauce.

Making cookies with my mom. The house we lived in at the time had this neat fold out table mounted on the wall and she only brought it down to cook with me and my siblings.

Also, we all gravitate to the kitchen in my parents' current house. It has a big island, and we all like to lean on it, drink coffee, and just chat. There's a perfectly good dining table in the same space, but we rarely use it to talk.

Fried avocado tacos are the most glorious thing ever.

I admit that I wait until the small-medium black avocados are at least 2 / $1.

I've always wanted a growler. Maybe I'll splurge on this one for my b-day next week.

Buck/Mule = Liquor + Ginger Beer + Lime Juice (or Lemon in a pinch)

I also like to make Gin & Tonics with added limoncello. Not sure if that has a name.

In the winter, I'm all about Irish Coffees. Coffee + Whiskey + Brown Sugar. I usually skip the whipped cream.

Yeah, I also track everything I eat (good and bad). It makes me very aware of how many calories my food contains.

The occasional bacon sandwich, for example, is not the end of the world. My morning breakfast taco can do more damage (except in terms of sat fats).

I hate vacuuming the stairs. Hate with a passion. It doesn't take that long but it's so fiddly and annoying. I wish my stairs had wood instead of carpet but that's expensive to switch over.

I have the Martha Stewart ones too and they look just like the ones in the picture above. Very sturdy feeling. In fact, I bought them intending to replace the plastic Kitchen-aid ones that had slightly warped from the dishwasher, but I never did get rid of the latter.

http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/martha-stewart-collection-spice-spoons?ID=254745&PseudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results

I had the worst thin plastic utensils for the longest time. I've replaced all but the pasta spoon thingy with better versions. I don't feel guilty about chucking the melty ones in the recycling and the decent ones in the Goodwill box.

I usually go for Irish whiskey in the winter. It mixes so well with hot drinks.

I may have to go find this Root liquor. Sounds like it would be good with sparkling water.

I agree about knowing how to make a bechamel sauce. Then, from that, you can make all sorts of wonderful things without a recipe. Chicken pot pie, cream of X soups, mac & cheese...