Joel Johnson's discussions

Cans are plastic lined. According to a cursory Googlin' there is/was BPA in some cans. I've never heard of it affecting taste, though! Read more

Roasting brings out a great flavor, but it kills some of the fruitiness that boiling can save. Read more

Butternut is another good soup gourd! Read more

Yeah, but in my lifetime, she never home canned pumpkin. (She wasn't much of a canner, esp. once she moved into a house with electricity.) But it freezes great! Read more

Oh, forgot to mention: You can freeze the cooked pumpkin and it'll be fine for up to a year. I mean, even longer, honestly. I once used pumpkin I found in the bottom of a chest freezer that was at least 5 years old, and it was still perfectly okay. And if you can't get a good pie pumpkin and have to use something like… Read more

Pumpkin pies. The best. And typically ruined, because of a simple mistake: using canned pumpkin. Read more

Will you sell Deadspin.com? Read more

I got one of those cupcakes today. Some coconut thing. It was good. Thanks, Cap! Read more

You may be right. But I like to think that it's just a function of telling the right story consistently enough that people start to realize they can't ignore it. Read more

I enjoy our talks, Tom. Read more

Greg, you have to run Valleywag in December. Read more

Mark, I used to get panic attacks from weed, but then I started taking Lexapro and now I don't get panic attacks from weed. Mostly don't, anyway. With or without weed. So if you want to start smoking weed you could try an SSRI! Or it might not work.

In short, weed is cool. Not as cool as grandmas, but cool. Read more

Say what you will about BuzzFeed, they've got a great, consistently reliable news team. Read more

I really, really like this game. Read more

Heh, I wasn't going to say anything, but it's pretttttty bad. Read more

Heh, I think 2012-2013 was when I ran it. (And I tend to agree with everything you posted!) Read more

We're working on a test to try to fix it. We've been running it on various sites for a few weeks to gather data. You're not the only one who finds it aggravating, I promise, even if that "promoted post" is editorial content and not sponsored content. Read more

shopping for these now Read more

Yeah, I ended up getting one of those at a nice discount. (I think I paid like $100 for it?) I don't LOVE it, esp. since I live in an apartment and can't turn up the sub very much, but it's pretty solid. Read more

Yeah, I ended up getting one of those at a nice discount. (I think I paid like $100 for it?) I don't LOVE it, esp.…