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Huh...and to think that I previously thought that the spiral move was just decorative! Thanks for the heads up on the "hot" dough. Makes sense.

I just took the concept of cheese-stuffed crust and adapted it to a home-made pie. Now you have given me the idea of slipping a touch of sliced salami or pepperoni in there with the mozzarella as well. Made at home is always superior to the chains.

My guy comes out of the same "hate veg" bin...his mother always cooked everything to a gray mush. I have a big garden and prepare fresh veg to a delicious toothsomeness...He hated asparagus, now he adores it ("just never tell anyone", he says) so much so that he has extended the garden row of the plants some six feet! I think we are mostly dealing with the legacy of poor cooks that fostered a dislike for certain foods in their offspring. They need to "learn" about food all over again. They'll find they didn't know what they were missing.

I've been led to believe that since white paper towels are bleached using chlorine, they give off offensive chemicals when used in the microwave. Dioxins, I think they said. Anyway, I've stopped using them for that reason. Unbleached paper towels are made but I haven't seen them in general distribution. Want to follow up on that issue, Kenji? Also how safe plastic wraps and/or plastic containers are for use in the microwave?

Geez, you'd have to be a pretty big 'guy'...ah, I'm assuming...to fit three faces on one thigh!!

Or...maybe adapt this concept to make a sheetpan "pie" with three different sections. They could be divvied up into little squares. Neat idea at any rate.

Yes, please...further suggestions as to uses for kohlrabi! I only planted 6, ate two raw when young, gave two medium-sized away and now have two giant ones left languishing in the garden. A friend suggested I drill three holes in them and use them as bowling balls to knock down an array of "zucchini pins"!

My goodness, what an insensitive, nasty and totally unnessessary way to be ushered into the "topics" area of SE or SE in general. Glad you stuck around! As you can see, not everyone is so anal. (oops, that might get ME censured!) As to your blog name question/request, how about "Pho Phusion"? "Phee, Phi, Pho, Pham"? That last one might be a bit hard to remember but phun nonetheless. Hmm..."Pho Phun"? Anyway, good luck and hope to hear from you again.

I really am having a good laugh at this thread. In trying to bond with my highschool best friend's folks, my parents were invited over to their house for drinks. My folks brought rum and several cans of frozen orange juice. What came out of the kitchen was a big jug of TANG as the mix!!! Don't know what happened to the real stuff, it just disappeared! They never never really got on, to say the least.

Miracle Whip is just regular mayonnaise with some sugar added!

The way I make buttercream (European torte method) is with pudding. It turns out way less sweet than with a ton of icing sugar.
1 pkg. of vanilla pudding/pie filling
1/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups fruit juice (in this case strawberry)
1 cup unsalted butter

Make the pudding mixture with the sugar and 1/2 cup strawberry juice. Heat the rest of the juice to boiling and add to the pudding mixture. Bring to the boil again and continue to stir. (I use Dr. Oetker vanilla brand of pudding mix). Remove from heat when pudding is thickened and allow to cool to room temp. Cream the butter and beat into the pudding mixture just a little at a time. Make sure the two are at the same temp or you will get curdling. Maybe you'll need a drop or two of red food coloring to add eye appeal. Depends on what you use as the source of strawberry juice. Ripe strawberries boiled down and strained would be ideal. Hope this helps you.