In Illinois you might hear “downstate” to refer to anything south of Champaign-Urbana
This is completely unnecessary, just note how many torch-hours the party enters the dark place with and update when they’re out of the dark, out of time, or at the end of the session, whichever comes first.
Instead of crying for defed, move to an instance that already has.
The bagel one was technically edible. The broth is white, with a hint of cheese, and bagel seasoning isn’t flavorful enough to distract from how grim it looks.
I did not bother with the pancake one, and from what I saw at my local grocers neither did anyone else