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Orville Redenbacher's Corn on the Cob was the absolute best microwave popcorn. Unfortunately, it's been discontinued.

Otherwise, I vote for popping your corn on the stovetop.

Roasted Vegetable Lasagna in the Joy of Cooking. Yum, yum, yum

I prefer my ice cream in a coffee mug, stirred until just smooth, then eaten with a smallish spoon, entering my mouth upside down so the spoon will stick to my tongue. Some would call this ice cream soup, but I would call them fools!

Other days, I just eat it in a bowl like a normal person.

Hot dogs are listed on menus in Rochester as either "White hots" or "Red hots". Upon first moving there, I asked a waitress what a "hot" was....after some silence and staring to see if I was serious, she proceeded to describe a hot dog to me. Rather embarrassing.

I very much miss Zweigle's white hots (and prefer them over the red) now that I've moved back to the midwest. They are spicy and remind me a bit of a german sausage my grandma used to slice and cook in a skillet. You should really pick some up. Serve with simple mustard--I prefer dijon.

I loved reading all of these--it really took me back.

Elementary school:
"taco pie" It was a mix of ground beef, beans, probably american cheese, lettuce and fritos! All scooped onto your plate with an ice cream scoop.
Macaroni and Cheese with two little smokies. I guess they added the little smokies to meet the protein requirement.

Junior High:
I don't remember a lot, but I ate salad bar and that rectangular pizza

High School:
I would eat lettuce and tomato sandwiches on white bread with yellow mustard (yuck!) but would also eat nacho bar.

College:
Breaded Chicken Sandwiches, Taco Pizza, Pasta Bar, Baked Potato Bar, the breakfast was always the best, "premium night" always the absolute worst.

My husband and I travelled to Louisville last November and stayed at the Brown Hotel just to eat the sandwich. Definitely worth the travel. However, they serve their sandwich in a skillet with two slices of bacon criss crossed across the top, and it does not have mushrooms, but does have tomato wedges on the side. The tomatoes provide some very welcome acid to cut the richness of the sauce.

Last time I was eating at home alone I made Mashed Potatoes with Cheddar and Broccoli. Yum. Or, I end up with a cheese plate of sorts, or pizza. The theme here is cheese. Must have cheese.

We have been unsuccessful at putting raw dough directly on the grill (I'm sure you can imagine the mess). Instead, using America's Test Kitchen's method, we first put the dough on a cookie sheet on the grill for about 2 minutes. The crust is now hardened. We remove it from the cookie sheet, top it, then place directly on the grill.

This method was discovered in a flurry of panic when we had New Year's Eve guests on their way, and an oven that suddenly stopped working!

Bull's eyes. I never heard Eggie in a Basket until watching V for Vendetta.

Thank you for the suggestions!

Traveller, I've actually been to Casa Bonita! I went when I was a kid, and I still remember the cave divers. What a crazy place! I thought most of that was a figment of my imagination, but now that I looked it up, I see that that magical place really did exist. From the reviews, it seems like a child in tow is almost required to appreciate it's true splendor.

oh man, oh man, oh man...i am all over this. can't wait

My husband and I did a rib tour of Memphis a year and a half ago. We ate at Rendezvous, Central BBQ, Germantown Commissary and Paynes. Rendezvous was a dry rub, and a bit tough, but I did love the atmosphere. Central BBQ was pretty standard good barbecue. Good, but not out of this world good. Payne's was terrible. The ribs may have been good, I can't remember, but the sides were atrocious. The beans seemed to be cooked with white sugar, and the cole slaw was yellow mustard based. The best, by far, was Germantown Commissary. The ribs were slow cooked, dry rubbed, with sauce on the side. Also, I'd recommend you try some tamales while down there. They are on just about every menu. We also had an 8 month pregnant, deaf in one ear waitress at Germantown. She was great!