Dill Pickle Chips, Spicy Dumpling Soup, and Halloween Memories

I love dill pickle flavored potato chips. If you haven't tried them, I recommend them highly. My favorite are Canadian brands, but Lays are okay too.  I'm a big fan of the pickle in general, claussen's are good. Every year in my stocking I used to get a jar of baby dills I didn't have to share. My favorite part was drinking the juice and garlic pieces when they were gone. Yeah, I'm kinda gross.
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But this is good, I promise! Sichuan-style dumpling soup. Here's how I make it:

2 cups chicken broth
A few splashes of sesame oil
A few more splashes of soy sauce
about a teaspoon of hot chili oil (not that sweet stuff, the darker hot stuff)
red pepper flakes
chopped green onions
a few frozen dumplings (I used 6)
Fresh greens (spinach or any other fresh weedy green)

Combine everything except the greens, boil until the dumplings are cooked, then add the greens for a minute or two, just enough to cook them down. Here's what it looks like when it's done:

It's kind of spicy, so if you don't like spice, delete the chili oil and/or the pepper flakes. I have a tolerant tongue, so I like mine really spicy.

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Halloween! What a fun holiday. I've been thinking about some of my best, and worst, Halloweens. One of my most memorable was a year I was a cat. (This is my go-to costume because it is easy and comfy.) I was driving home around 4:30 AM from my friend's party and remembered my friends Nate and Brett were coming over the next morning for Sunday brunch. I don't drink milk, so I stopped at the all-night grocery to get some for them. I only wanted a little container but couldn't find the whole milk they like. So I'm standing in front of the milk case at the store, staring at all the milk, and a stock boy comes over. We have the following conversation:

"Can I help you?"
"Do you have any little containers of whole milk? I can't find it."
"....Are you being for real?"

Then I remember I'm dressed like a cat. HAHAHAHAHA.  Halloween is funny.