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Tried Primo Italiano in Reston per a previous post. Surprisingly good Italian-American food, worthy of a more serious restaurant, hidden in a counter service deli. I would go back for their pastas for sure.

As for the pizza, quite frankly, I'd never order it again. The crust is too squishy and both the cheese and sauce are standard issue. Almost every casual Italian-American resto in the burbs makes pizza, and this is a bit below average. For the poster who recommended it, I think Italian Cafe in Falls Church is much better. Still, none of these places put the same effort into the crust as a serious pizza parlor.

wow i've never tried fresh grilled kim before! definitely need to try it next time im in the bay!

Washington Deli is opening up a new store on 5830 Georgia Ave NW. I hope they can maintain the same standard of the one on 20th and K St.

more horrors: http://nowthatsnifty.blogspot.com/2009/06/canned-meat-fish-bugs-from-around-world.html

I'm sooo sorry I missed this post before you came to the city of brotherly love!! How was your trip? Where did you eat?!

Isn't Bob Tuschman the one who killed BRAVO?

We also had the bologna/pickle/mayo sandwich filling growing up in Kansas. Though it was usually saved for traval occasions - we'd pack a cooler with the hash and a loaf of bread and stop at picnic tables to eat. I also loved the potato chip/mayo sandwiches.

Seeing all the references to bologna reminds me that when I was very small we had a maid and she would give me whatever I wanted to eat. It always really annoyed my mom when she found out that I had bologna with ketchup on it for lunch. Not a sandwich, just the bologna.

My sister taught me to eat hot dogs right out of the freezer and to put salt on sliced pickles.

My family still likes something we call "weenie stew" which is basically a red gravy with hot dogs cooked in it. You eat it on spaghetti. But that's the only thing in this post that I still eat, though it's been years since I've had weenie stew. I wonder if I have any red gravy in the freezer.......

My sister and I would put Kraft singles on a small plate and microwave it. She liked hers still gooey so she could scoop it up with a shrimp fork, while I liked mine cooked right before burning, so I could peel it off and eat it like a chip.

Also, asparagus and shrimp dipped in mayo, eggs cooked in the microwave mixed with either ketchup or soy sauce, broken up uncooked Taiwanese ramen noodles, toast dipped in hot chocolate, no salt & pepper on the table...only soy sauce.

My favorite sandwich as a kid was an omelet with jam in a pita. The other kids thought it was strange, my sister's fav was yogurt and olive paste. But our food didnt get really weird til we went to high school, it was a boarding school, where everyone have yogurt sandwiches in like a hot dog bun with potato chips and sugar. I still find myself buying hot dog buns every so often.

Here - here! It's all about gaining more and more audience and it's junk when it comes to culinary arts. Except for a couple of shows I've quit watching! Dave Johnson

Pei dan. I remember watching a fear factor and watching people withdraw in terror from something I'd been eating for as long as I could remember. Pansies.

@lollie - re: the boxed mac and cheese with sliced hot dogs... my family used to do that too... my parents called it "polka dot macaroni and cheese". (I would always pick out the hot dogs, though... I've never liked them. Loved the mac and cheese as a child, but I would have none of it being defiled by evil hot dogs.)

And I remembered one more: tuna sandwiches with Pringles in them. Not real potato chips... it had to be Pringles.