2823

Yeah growing up I had potato salad and macaroni salad which were almost the same. I’ll still eat the potato but mostly avoid the mac stuff. This type is usually wetter and sometimes sweeter. Our Hawaiian type places all serve the same sides, and I don’t really include them in the teriyaki group although they sell that too. They have other Hawaiian dishes so… fun times.

2824

Yeah, I don’t do egg salad, or tuna or mac - really anything mayo-based. Potato salad can be great if it’s a nice vinaigrette (more European-style), but that’s definitely not what we ate growing up.

2825

My parents used sweet relish. I can’t really enjoy it when it’s dill. Reeser’s is the devil.

2826

Man I can’t wait to make the cancelled trip from Seattle again, because clearly your taste and mine align.

Hot German potato salad > all others

2827

This is the way. I first got warm German potato salad at a now defunct chain called Zum Zum. Never looked back.

2828

I’ve had the kielbasa, potato and vinegar goodness, but I didn’t think that was a salad. Is that the same thing? It’s definitely hot.

2829

Close. Bacon, vinegar, mustard. Sometimes a touch of sugar?

2830

Yeah no mustard in that other. Okay. Interesting. I usually avoid vinegar but meat, potato, heat and some tang from vinegar seems alright. Perhaps I’ll have to try it some day. There is no German restaurant here that I am aware of. Some of the fancier places might have it, but the ones that don’t list prices on their menus are not places I tend to go to.

2831

I’m pretty sure you could scare up a recipe and make it yourself. And you can add or subtract ingredients to your liking. I may just take my own advice this weekend.

2832

This one looks good.

2833

4 easy steps, 20 minutes. Sold!

2834

And more on topic.

Since Lucky Charms already turns poop green on occasion, I can see where this is going to end up.

2835

There was a joint near the Microsoft campus back in the early 2000s that we sometimes went to, the teryaki chicken looked almost exactly like that. I never understood the appeal. It was certainly better than McDonalds or fast food, since it’s better for your health. But it’s a relatively bland food item.

Where I loved going instead was this place called Pochanas near downtown Bellevue. It was sort of a Chinese Thai influenced place. They had a dish called Emerald Chicken that was to die for. It was like Cashew Chicken, but way way tastier than any other cashew chicken based dish I’ve had anywhere else. And even their Chicken Fried Rice, as plain as that sounds, is still the best I’ve had anywhere.

I talked to my friend who still lived in Bellevue in 2011 and said I’d have to visit them just to go to Pochanas, but he said that place had already closed down. :(

2836

It’s a little bland on its own (especially poorer quality joints) but I usually get the spicy variant (almost always available) and then add in a healthy dose of siracha to the chicken and rice.

2837

No unicornish grey sludge looking milk huh? Just straight up green?

2838

One day several years ago I was wandering in the cereal aisle at the supermarket, and I suddenly thought “I AM A GROWN-UP AND I CAN HAVE SWEET CEREAL IF I WANT.” So over the next couple of weeks I sampled Cap’n Crunch (awesome!), Froot Loops (surprisingly good), Apple Jacks (ditto), Cocoa Puffs (meh), Cookie Crisp (terrible), and Fruity Pebbles (spit-it-back-out inedible).

A box of Lucky Charms was the one thing I couldn’t bring myself to buy. At some level I guess I needed to keep at least one childhood mystery unsolved.

2839

Adults have been into Lucky Charms for a long time now. They even made commercials just for us!

Oh my it was 8 years ago and the site is dead now, but it was a real thing. Actually probably still is. The kids have new interest now.

My sister wont’ buy it for her son because all he does is fish out marshmallows.

2840

I had to give up any with “marshmallows”. If they didn’t get completely soaked in milk, they would have this squeaky crunch that felt like chewing on styrofoam. Fingernails on the blackboard for me.

2841

I remember cereal bars being a thing a few years ago. It was kind of weird eating cereal in street clothes rather than pajamas, but it was interesting and there was not a kid in sight. I think most have gone belly-up since the initial rush, though.

2842

Lucky Charms are fantastic, but the best “kids’” cereals are definitely Reese’s Puffs, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Pops, and Apple Jacks.