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I just can't get over the idea of american cheese. Blue was a tad bit hard call, but american cheese wasn't. American cheese = never. Never again = Ameican. Cheese.

Whats the correlation like in Italy with school lunches (& diet in general) and rates in learning disabilities and learning behaviors? I've always suspected a tie.

Home Ec was required when I went through the Minneapolis Public Schools. We made macaroni & cheese (kraft), scrambled eggs, and chocolate chip cookies. If I remember correctly, most of the class dealt with reproductive health and snickering was in high supply.

We actually had our required Home Ec in grades 6 & 7, and the second year was sewing and reproductive health. I don't think anyone liked sewing.

Only when the grease pools on the pepperoni.

I've had some results better than others, primarily because of the whole flipping and then hoping that the toppings get enough heat before the bottom of the crust gets too burnt. Needless to say, I'm considering building an outdoor pizza oven and then relegating the weber for the more usual purposes.

I have to say that last weekend I grilled an excellent pizza that had olive oil, marjoram, fontina, and soppressata.

Grumpy's in Minneapolis more or less does this with better results. The burger has peanut butter, but then the bacon has some sort of touch of jalapeno. It then gets pepper jack cheese. I love it for the audacity of it all, but in MPLS-STPL, I usually find the menu at the Nook to be better.

I have to give a posthumous shout out to the exquisite Blackbird in Minneapolis, may it rest in peace (neighboring restaurant had a grease fire that took out the entire building).

Victor's 1959 Cafe in South Minneapolis has amazing and affordable Cuban food.

Anyone remember the pianist in the movie 'Gattaca'?

I am pretty sure anyone who calls soda 'soft drinks' is an alien from space sent here to spy on us.

Oh, and the only saving grace about Pepsi (besides their 'throwback' line) is that Industrial Light and Magic based the blue paint on R2-D2 from the blue on the Pepsi can. Other than that, pepsi is dead to me.

I typically use a bit of mole, 50% ground turkey / 50% ground sirloin, and a couple cans of green chili. This trifecta delights and stumps my guests, as well as prompts my wife to do the dishes.

Gross.