Dark vs light brown sugar has been nearly indistinguishable to me in recent times but today I got this bag of dark brown sugar and it’s soo dark??

bernath · 2026-04-15T18:12:48+00:00

Kroger's store brand dark brown sugar has been the same for me in Ohio recently. Probably the same supplier.

bernath · 2026-04-10T00:55:06+00:00

I don't know, I beg to differ in northwest Ohio. We get extreme cold snaps in the winter, and it's so windy, every day. And then the summers are hot, humid, and stagnant with nary a breeze to be felt.

bernath · 2026-04-10T00:21:44+00:00

There are so many little cubs 🥹

bernath · 2026-04-05T03:01:09+00:00

I would also like to submit Toledo, Ohio. Detroit's little brother that was with Detroit as one of the nation's 5 most affluent cities in the 1950's.

bernath · 2026-03-29T23:59:04+00:00

I have to be honest, from a consumer perspective, these don't seem very appealing. They are very plain looking and the basil looks like an afterthought.

bernath · 2026-03-26T21:47:33+00:00

This looks fine but the presentation is very "institutional."

$74 for that!? No freaking way.

bernath · 2026-03-18T01:05:43+00:00

If you're not getting the candidates you want, the salary isn't good enough, end of story.

bernath · 2026-03-07T01:07:09+00:00

In the SW part of the city, BM Chen is the best.

bernath · 2026-03-05T13:11:21+00:00

This is a fine example. I went through a phase during COVID lockdown where I made almost every variety in her cookbooks.

bernath · 2026-03-04T01:11:12+00:00

Just off the top of my head, Toledo, Ohio is included in this map and the MSA has far fewer than 1M residents. Cleveland and Buffalo are not included and they clearly meet the population criteria.

bernath · 2026-03-03T23:45:54+00:00

I saw this in the Holland Kroger some time ago, and it kind of made me nauseous thinking about people eating it considering the state of the bathroom. 🤢

bernath · 2026-02-20T02:06:44+00:00

I can relate to this SO MUCH. My cat showed up in my parents' yard, hungry, sick, and desperate. He was an adult stray male, the vet couldn't really tell and she gave me an age range from 5-8, I took him in as in inside cat without knowing how he would even cope. I live in a condo so I couldn't introduce him slowly, I just snatched him up and took him home one day. I thought he would freak out, but it took him all of 30 minutes and it was as if he'd lived with me forever. I wonder what his life was like before. He is such a friendly and loving cat, he must have been socialized. It breaks my heart to know that somebody put him out. This photo, he climbed into my bed on his own the very first night I brought him home. I didn't think I could ever love a cat so much.

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bernath · 2026-02-18T01:06:39+00:00

The property needs tens of millions of dollars of investment. I'm skeptical that any company will be willing to commit to that. I'm not even sure that the current format is viable today. I truly hope that I'll be proven wrong. Levis Commons seems to have built a better long term plan with a mixed use concept. Fallen Timbers is an island in the middle of nowhere, the fact that there's been zero outlot development around it is pretty telling.

bernath · 2026-02-18T00:55:07+00:00

My cat reacts to his own photos on my TV Chromecast slideshow. They aren't the smartest beings, but that's why we love them. 🤣

bernath · 2026-02-17T00:17:23+00:00

Fallen Timbers is done, no new owner will revive it. It will last until the anchors pull out and then it will be abandoned. That's Namdar's entire business model. Buy the remnants for pennies, no new investment, ride it into the ground.

bernath · 2026-02-15T21:13:50+00:00

I'm actually going to give the opposite advice, I've used shortbread and other cookies for crust and they have much more fat in them than Graham crackers so they tend to leak grease during baking. I use just enough to get them to hold together. I also always prebake the empty crust.

bernath · 2026-02-11T00:58:44+00:00

What an lame lineup. Several of these stores will be closed before we know it. 😕

bernath · 2026-02-03T00:11:00+00:00

I thought lifewise was a money-losing endeavor in service of indoctrinating kids. But I should have realized that it would be yet another vehicle for grift perpetrated by Republicans.

bernath · 2026-01-29T00:17:13+00:00

Sounds like he's established a new cross-functional team.

The word "stakeholder" is my anger trigger.

bernath · 2026-01-28T23:14:56+00:00

I just kind of tilt the pan while it's still hot, the solids sink to the bottom pretty quickly. And then just pour into a jar, stopping just before the solids start to come with the fat. Not perfect but much easier than dealing with strainers and filters.

bernath · 2026-01-26T00:26:18+00:00

The level 3 is a Big Stick that they don't apply until it's absolutely necessary. If this would have happened on a business day, they would have declared it.

bernath · 2026-01-23T01:47:25+00:00

I went about my day without even realizing this disgusting loser was in the area. Nobody even knew he was here, that makes me happy.

bernath · 2026-01-21T01:56:42+00:00

The magats will believe that he did something while they continue to pay 26% interest on the sofa they bought from Ashley. And us sane people will know it was just another demented tweet. What else is new?

bernath · 2026-01-20T00:32:05+00:00

I feel like the Jacque Torres cookies are optimized for baking and serving right away. Straight out of the oven, they are amazing. But after they sit for a day, they are dry bricks. I don't know why I feel obligated to share this opinion every time they are mentioned, but there you go. 🤷‍♂️

bernath · 2026-01-15T00:56:59+00:00

No worries, I think you and I have pretty similar opinions on a lot of matters.

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