Brian Udall

1 week ago | thetakeout.com | Brian Udall

As the fog of winter fades into warmer weather, you may have forgotten some of the grilling hacks you picked up last year. If there's a half-full propane tank sitting in your garage ready to kick off your weekend grill session, it's worth checking to see how much propane is left exactly. The last thing you need is to be halfway through cooking the burgers only to have the gas run out, essentially ruining the meal if you don't have a backup on hand.

1 week ago | thetakeout.com | Brian Udall

Although gas grills are pretty easy to cook with, sometimes things just aren't working right. If you've got a propane tank attached to the grill but it won't start up when you light it, there's a chance you may need to burp the propane tank. Luckily, the process is simple and doesn't require any extra tools. To burp a propane tank, first twist the knob until the release valve is fully closed, then unscrew the grill's hose from the tank.

1 week ago | thetakeout.com | Brian Udall

Confusion and intrigue surround the modern American food supply. There are tons of products sitting on shelves which claim to be something they aren't. It's the kind of situation that has people researching how to tell real scallops from fake ones and questioning if imitation calamari is actually made from pig rectums. There are other foods whose crimes aren't quite so big as food fraud, but whose marketing is still somewhat misleading. Take Greek yogurt, for example.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Brian Udall

7 hours agoTrump threatened school funding in Maine. Here's how that money is used Around 3:30 in the afternoon, a group of bandana-clad middle schoolers gather around a neatly laid table, covered with a colorful, floral tablecloth. The smell of freshly baked granola wafts through the industrial-style kitchen …

1 week ago | thetakeout.com | Brian Udall

It's no secret that America's food supply has grown poisonous over the last several decades. Instant coffee is getting called out for carcinogens, people are avoiding tea after discovering tea bags release billions of microplastics into the body, the list goes on. In case your dietary restrictions weren't getting small enough, turns out you also shouldn't be heating up lunch meat. The problem is that lunch meat contains nitrates.