I learned today that your friendly neighborhood Cracker Barrel just might be making some kinds of pancakes you can’t get by sitting down and ordering while playing with that triangle golf tee game. You have to order these (not really) secret flapjacks for home delivery through Uber Eats or DoorDash or Grubhub. Cracker Barrel calls their delivery menu — The Pancake Kitchen.

Just this week, Pancake Kitchen by Cracker Barrel announced two new menu items for home delivery, including the one on the picture right above this, the one I put in the title  – bacon, egg, and cheese pancake tacos! An order is two buttermilk pancakes, each folded and filled with shredded Colby, bacon, and an over and hard fried egg. You get a side of maple syrup for dipping like breakfast birria. For a limited time, you can also get blueberry pancakes layered with cream cheese cheesecake filling, topped with fresh blueberries and blueberry syrup.

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I picked these up at the supermarket because they were Christmasy and under two dollars. They seem like the kind of candy that your grandma would put out in a dish for the holidays and let them get dusty. It’s just a round pellet of Tootsie Roll with a sugary coating. You’d think it would be hard to mess up … but I don’t like them.

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My latest Twitter distraction is Discontinued Foods (@Snack_Memories). The account just reached 10,000 followers by digging up photos of supermarket foods from the 1970’s and 1980’s (and beyond) that faded away. From Fruitopia to Screaming Yellow Zonkers to Kellogg’s Product 19 cereal, Discontinued Foods will spark memories of foods you haven’t eaten for decades. Which brings me to Pillsbury Wiener Wraps.

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This is really more a quick recipe than a “hack,” but it seems every tip and hint is now a hack, so that’s what I’m going with. We’re going to dress up a pre-made soup with a couple ingredients and get an entrée (or soup course) that tastes like you worked so hard.

First, get lobster bisque. Panera sells a 16-ounce tub in the refrigerated deli section of supermarkets, but I’d suggest the Walmart Marketside version. It’s cheaper and by the time we doctor it up, any quality difference will be buried.

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A few years ago, Brach’s realized that the candy corn machine was only getting used in October. So, if they came up with “seasonal” candy corn, maybe they could squeeze out a little more money. First, there was Thanksgiving candy corn with flavors including roasted turkey and cranberry sauce and green beans. I tried ‘em. You know stuffing-flavored candy corn will be disappointing, but even “coffee” and “apple pie” weren’t that hot.

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