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A Sandwich a Day: Indian Taco at Tim's Drive Inn in Oklahoma City, OK

Is an Indian taco technically a sandwich? According to Merriam-Webster, "one slice of bread covered with food" qualifies—and it also happens to be a pitch-perfect definition of the Indian taco ($5.99) at Oklahoma City's venerable Tim's Drive Inn.

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In Videos: McCain and Obama on Cheese Slices

When an election lasts this long, people start doing all kinds of crazy stuff. For one man, that meant rendering the faces of both presidential candidates on slices of American cheese. Artist Esteban Pulido used liquid photo emulsion for his art piece, which will be on display in Normon, Oklahoma, at Forward Foods through the rest of the day. CNN even sent a crew out there to document the decomposition, which is nasty and, according to Pulido, metaphorical. Short video, after the jump....

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Watermelon, Oklahoma's New State Vegetable

Oklahoma legislators recently declared watermelon their new official state vegetable—state fruit was already spoken for by the strawberry. State Senator Don Barrington, one of the bill's sponsors, says "Oklahoma Department of Agriculture officials had advised anyone to answer "yes" to the question of whether watermelon is a vegetable or a fruit." [via GirlHacker]...

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Hamburger America: The Meers Store

Travel with George Motz's Hamburger America to the Meers Store in Oklahoma, where you're likely to have one of the freshest burgers of your life. Proprietor Joe Maranto makes half-pound burgers from Texas longhorn cattle he raises himself. Just don't ask for ketchup.

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