Malls get a bad rap, but I was thinking recently how great Malls could be.

It's an all weather gathering place, where you can get exercise, meet people and overall have a nice time. As climate gets more extreme, like summers being unbearably hot and winters just generally sucking, Malls seem like a pretty great option to have around.

Second this. Their meats are high quality. I always get my thanksgiving turkeys from them.

you’re right!! i googled to see if there were any pics, saw someone is selling La Crepe Monmouth Mall T shirts LOL https://jsmemories.com/collections/eatontown/products/la-crepe-monmouth-mall-short-sleeve-t-shirt

Yes i’m probably totally wrong on the name, you have a good memory!

I thought the French restaurant was called Le Crepe? I had a home ec class in high school and we took a class trip there.

Ahh the food pyramid, just a reminder that it will kill you! There's even a book about it

Botanically, nothing is both a berry and a nut. Vegetable doesn't have a botanical meaning. It's a culinary term and it basically means any part of any kind of plant (or fungus) that is used in savory recipes.

General butchery i go to Palmers in Neptune as its closest. When i worked in East Brunswick Aiellos was where i went for general butchering if i just wanted some steaks or ground beef for the grill. If i really want something special, Union Pork Store cant be beat. Their hot zwack is great and they have all kinds of custom and specialty sausage blends. I really like his Moroccan and Merguez lamb sausages. He does general butchery as well and his coffee bacon is incredible.

Thanks! I’m certainly not at a “buy a cow/large portion of a cow and have it processed” point in my life. I have neither the freezer space to store that much, nor the mouths to feed. 99% of what I buy is day to day basic, X chicken breasts, Y chicken thighs, Z chop meat, etc.

A few times a year though I like to bbq for a few dozen people, and well, a good butcher helps with that a lot! (And the everyday stuff is that much better)

Thanks again!

Thanks for the list! What’s your go-to?

You’re missing your double starch/hash brown

They have had middle schoolers bring knives, have sex in the gender neutral bathrooms, girl fights in the bathrooms, kids destroying bathrooms and other school things, and constant disrespect. Does admin punish them accordingly. No. They use restorative justice, which is a "there there, tell me how you feel approach", rather than actual discipline.

The high school is worse.

Montclair is nothing but BS. They also have gang issues and drug houses. The police department can't do squat because of Montclair's reputation

Lol, and some berries are nuts. It’s a weird world.

Having grown up there, it’s really hard to imagine the kinds of stories I’m hearing from teachers. Like kids literally throwing desks in gen Ed classrooms, getting sent to admin, and returning with candy. Is it really that bad now in places like Montclair?

We have one of the strongest unions. That doesn't stop admin from putting in shit discipline plans like restorative justice. Looking at you Montclair.

Food pyramid at its finest.

Fruits and vegetables are not mutually exclusive categories.

Of course I get downvoted… typical Reddit

Fruit my bro

Ketchup = vegetable.

The well rounded meal that over time leaves you well rounded.

All I can see in this photo is $40 per parking space add up quick.

Most of the state outside of North Jersey is unwalkable suburban sprawl.

Though most Shore towns are pretty walkable, as much as locals try to fight it.

Username checks out

Decades of building nothing but suburban sprawl and 55+ retirement communities has made NJ unattainable for anyone except car-brained Boomers.

Look at the comments of any news article about a new development in the state. “What about the parking!?”