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It’s time again to break open the best box of (skin-friendly) wet wipes and stock up on napkins: Folks, it’s National Chicken Wing Day 2021. It’s actually tomorrow, July 29th (we wanted to give you plenty of time to plan your wing quest). And rest assured, this year’s deals won’t disappoint. Here are some of the best specials, offers, and freebies to help you celebrate National Chicken Wing Day the sassy way.

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s

It may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of chicken wings, but the chain has something on offer two tenders for boneless wings: If you buy six you get six for free; and when you buy 10 you get 10 more for free.

Buffalo Wild Wings

Get Boneless wings order for free when purchasing an order for boneless wings. Also, the Family XL package of the chain is made with 20 traditional wings, 20 boneless wings and french fries offered for $ 39.99. Offer is only available for dinner or by phone order for pickup from your local restaurant.

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Honk

July 29th dinning guests receive 10 free boneless wings with the purchase of any 10 wings at participating locations across the country.

Thigh stop

The virtual version of Wingstop offers two free thighs with bones with every purchase. (OK, technically no wings, but it’s still dark meat.)

Wing zone

on both July 28th and July 29th, Customers can get 16 boneless wings for $ 10 or 16 original wings for $ 15 using promo code 2195 at checkout.

7-Eleven

Customers who order 7-Eleven Delivery via the chain’s app can receive 10 classic wings with bones for the price of five. In addition, participating stores are offering 7Rewards loyalty members an order for 16 boneless wings for $ 3.

These are just a few of the many offers that are out there. Do you know any other good ones? Share your chicken wing wisdom in the comments.

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Pots and pans can have a fairly long shelf life, depending on their style, brand, and how well you care for them – but the chances are you’re adding a little too long to that life. The signs that your cookware has reached the end of its life aren’t always as obvious as a broken handle or a peeling surface. Although there are several ways restore your cookware almost as good as new, sometimes beyond repair. Here are a few signs that your pots and pans are officially on the rise.

How to best care for different types of cookware

The average lifespan of your cookware is five years, depending on the hob The kitchen, and there are ways to care for your pots so they will last at least as long, if not longer. First of all, you should hand wash nonstick pans; The heat of the dishwasher causes non-stick coatings to become thinner and wear out much faster than washing hands. When cooking in non-stick pans, avoid using metal utensils as these scratch the coating more easily than wooden or plastic utensils.

For stainless steel cookware, Kelly Vaughan at MarthaStewart.com primarily advises using the right amount of oil when cooking. Covering the bottom of your pan with oil or fat will give it enough lubricant to cook your meal and protect the pan. Vaughan also suggests agitating the food as much as possible to avoid burning the food in the pan.

Cast iron pans will outlast your stainless steel and nonstick pans by far – as long as you season them properly. The top rule with cast iron cookware is not to use soap or other cleaning agents that attack the enamel and natural coating – but do this guide will help you with everything else.

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This is how you can tell whether your non-stick pan can no longer be repaired

The signs of a useless nonstick pan are pretty simple: If the Coating is scratched, Your food will stick to the pan and burn (and cause further damage to the pan). As soon as you can see the layer underneath that original non-stick layer, it has outlived its usefulness and it’s time for a new one.

This is how you can tell whether your stainless steel pan is no longer usable

Signs that your stainless steel cookware ready to throw are more subtle than other pans. If you put the pan on the stove and it wobbles, the structure has warped and your food will no longer cook evenly. (Warping is often caused by pouring cold water over or into a hot pan right after use, so let it cool before cleaning it.)

Another sign of the sinking of a stainless steel pot are burn marks. If certain areas of the pan tend to burn food with each use, it means the stainless steel coating has been damaged and it’s time for a new one.

Signs that your cast iron pan is about to go away

Cast iron cookware is often very popular and can even be passed down from generation to generation – if properly cared for. But sometimes they’re just beyond repair. If it wobbles on the stove, like any other pan it is warped and beyond repair. Another sign that it is too far away is that the enamel on the pan has peeled off, you may find that the food is not cooking evenly, and even rust may appear.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, if you see cracks in the pan, it is no longer safe to use. As a cooking side Taste of home explained: ” [e]Even a hairline crack will expand and contract when heated and cooled, and eventually the pan will burst – a potentially dangerous situation if this happens while cooking! If that isn’t motivation enough to leave out, cracks are also difficult to clean, making them magnets for bacteria and debris.

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How do you raise children who are not racist or sexist? What to do if you find out that your child bullied a classmate? When should you worry that your child’s selfishness has gone too far?

We answer these and other difficult questions about parenting this week in The Upgrade with the help of science writer Melinda Wenner Moyer. Melinda is an award-winning journalist writing on science, education, and medicine, and she is an editor for Scientific American, The New York Times, Washington Post, and other national media. Your new book, How to Raise Kids Who Are Not Assholes: Science-Based Strategies For Better Parenting – From Toddler To Teens, is full of fascinating research into how to raise children in ways that will hopefully keep them from becoming, um, terrible.

Hear Melinda talk about some of the research that has shown the best approaches to topics like talking about race with your children, raising children less sexist attitudes, and dealing with when your child has hurt someone else.

Listen to The Upgrade above or find us in all the common places that serve podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Google play, Spotify, I was listening to the radio, and stapler.

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Highlights from this week’s episode

From the Melinda Wenner Moyer interview:

The importance of talking to children about emotions:

The really interesting thing about doing this research is that apparently one of the most important things we can do with children is talking about feelings and our own feelings, their feelings, recognizing them, and affirming feelings . And at first I thought what is the link here? Why is it so important to talk about feelings? But when you think about it, in order for a child to be generous, thoughtful and selfless, they have to be able to understand another person’s emotions, they have to be able to see how, oh my friend is sad and why? My friend is sad and what can I do to help him? And so they have to be really fluent in the language of emotions and recognize exactly what they look like and what they mean. And if parents talk a lot about them and educate them to read books and the like, it helps to consolidate this development. And I think the ability to talk about feelings really helps solidify itself, what is called the theory of mind, which is essentially the ability to take other people’s perspectives.

Why It Is So Important for White Parents to Talk to Their Children About Race and Racism:

There’s this idea that if you don’t talk about race, your kids may not see and make a big deal of it. And you know, that’s not why your kids get racist. But research really contradicts that directly. And again it comes back to this idea that children look around the world and try to understand what is important. And, as with gender hierarchies, they see very distinctive racial hierarchies and power. And if they see this and they are not told by their parents or teachers why this hierarchy exists and that this is due to racism and the way our society is built through policies and laws and so on, then they will the simplest conclusion that is, OK, well, maybe white people are just better [and] smarter. So again it is these conclusions that children draw, unless we as parents really fight them off, these conclusions can be really dangerous.

How to talk to your children when they have said something racist, sexist, or harmful:

When I talked to researchers about it, they emphasized that first of all you don’t want to shame and yell at your child right away for saying something racist, because then they are so upset and ashamed and they cannot really go beyond this point hear you And they may not understand what they are saying, and they may not understand that what they said is as terrible as it is. So [researchers] say, take a deep breath as a parent and say, “Oh God, where did you hear that? What does that mean to you? ”And“ Why did you say that? ”And try to somehow understand where they are from. And then beyond that, say,“ Okay, well, actually, what you said is really hurtful and let me explain why. “And then, depending on your age, you try to explain why what he said is a bad word or something really hurtful and try to explain the effect those words have on another person One of the things I discovered in general about discipline when I was doing research is that it really helps to keep what your child has done in line with how it affects other people.

For more research-based parenting tips, we recommend listening to the full episode.

Episode transcript: