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I do most of my “library-ing” at the Washburn Library. It’s just 2 blocks away and it would be a lie if I said it was on the list of considerations when I bought this house. I’m probably there twice a week.
Last week I needed a copy of something right away (for my other book club) and the closest copy was at the Southdale location. At Southdale, all the library action begins on the second floor and as I came up the steps and rounded the corner, I encountered this table:
Apparently May is National Cheese month. Who knew? Anyway, it looks like they do a tally like this every month. You choose a little paper slip and put it in the cylinder of your choice. Not sure why they do this, but seemed like a bit of harmless fun.
I voted for Paneer because I love the underdog.
Did you have a favorite childhood cartoon? Or we can discuss cheese!
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Favorite was Rocky And Bullwinkle with it’s segments Fractured Fairy Tales, Peabody’s Improbable History and Dudley Do-Right. The series was made all the more special because Dad and Mom loved it with us kids. Even now Moose and Squirrel show up on the YouTube feed. And the voices! Decades later, putting a face with the voices of Hans Conreid, Edward Everet Horton and William Conrad was a treat.
And I’ve been watching Jonny Quest again this month. Bad guys actually died!
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Another inimitable voice—Paul Frees, the voice of Boris Badenov and many others.
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I had a big crush on Race Bannon!!
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A few weeks ago, I watched the episode where there was a Race Bannon imposter who was exposed with a kiss from Jade, Race’s woman friend/old flame.
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Earliest cartoon I remember was Crusader Rabbit. It was debuted in 1950 and one of its co-creators was Jay Ward, who later created the Rocky and Bullwinkle show, which is probably what I would designate as my favorite. Here’s the first episode of Crusader Rabbit:
The cheese choices the library offered were so pedestrian I think I would have abstained from voting. Three generic cheeses and parmigiano reggiano— kind of uneven categories.
I couldn’t narrow it down to a single cheese—they’re just so varied. I do enjoy a good manchego, both the flavor and the texture, but I also like brie. There is a goat milk gouda Trader Joe’s sells that I quite like and also the toscano varieties and the Unexpected Cheddar. Although I haven’t gotten it for myself for a long time, there is a Basque cheese—Ossau Iraty that I appreciate.
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Yes, not inspired options. Every now and then I make an apple and manchego salad with a little olive oil and a smidge of salt. Stole the recipe from the Lurcat in Loring Park. I’d make it more often but it requires matchstick slices of the apple and the cheese which means using the mandoline, which means I usually cut or nick a knuckle!!
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Just use a knife. What’s the rush?
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I am way too impatient to do matchstick cuts with a knife. Way.
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I’m with Crusader Rabbit’s goal to wipe out Texas except for Austin. There are “limits” to what needs wiping out.
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I did not know CR had that goal. Now that I know this, CR is my favorite cartoon.
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I’m with you on TJ’s Unexpected Cheddar.
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Me three.
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Rise and Shine, Baboons,
I don’t know how to choose a favorite of either cheese or cartoons. I have described before how cartoons were “banned” at home by my mother. The result of that was that I loved them all simply because they were forbidden. Any cartoon of any quality was high on my list. Rocky and Bullwinkle seemed to appeal to me the most, as well as Popeye. But maybe those were on at a time when mom was not home.
Cheese was not ever forbidden. I love most cheese with the exception of Cottage cheese and Velveeta, which should be forbidden, in my humble opinion. I love Brie cheese, but I am very allergic to mold, so that is off the table. I do love homemade cheese balls and cheese spreads made of cheese mixtures. Anna brought several gourmet cheeses to book club last week. One of those I enjoyed very much, especially sliced very thin.
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Interestingly, Velveeta is NOT cheese. The company can’t advertise it a cheese but they are allowed to call it “cheese food.”
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I have to admit that every couple of years I break down and do that dip made with Velvetta and a can of Rotel. I can’t help myself.
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I was in junior high before I knew there were other kinds of cheese than Velveeta…
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That dip was always a Christmas Eve treat. Yeah, we still do it every now and then.
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In the same way, Dairy Queen is not ice cream. They have to call their substance DQ.
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We currently have: two kinds of provolone, parmesan, port salut, fontina, butterkase, Colby, Dubliner, muenster, la vache, Cabot white cheddar, Frigo string cheese, sliced Swiss, Jarlsberg, brie, manchego, mozzarella, cream cheese, a hard goat cheese, and blue cheese. Husband is from Wisconsin. Husband’s dad used to work for a dairy cooperative. We always have cheese. My favorite is the white cheddar.
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You’re missing a few.
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Another vote for Rocky and Bullwinkle.
The last couple weeks I’ve taken thick slices of cheese in my lunch. Just cheddar. One of those things where I have a craving for some food. But it also makes my head sweat when I eat too much.
I grew up with pre-sliced American cheese from the dairy coop. I was with Kelly before I learned there was other cheese.
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I remember liking Tom and Jerry, and Tweety, along with Loony Tunes. I enjoyed watching with Joel in the 80s: Tiny Toons (offspring of Bugs, I suppose) and Tailspin (Baloo bear from Disney Jungle Book movies).
I would have a hard time giving up cheese – I don’t usually like the really stinky ones, but have made exceptions.
I sometimes find a Cotswold that I really like, or a nice cheddar with, say, blueberry, for special occasions. Provolone is also a favorite.
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Then there is dog cheese, the quintessential lure to reward a dog for going in his crate when you tell him to
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Guinevere will do just about anything for cheese.
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I always liked Loony tunes. I also like Chihuahua cheese for enchiladas.
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Chihuahua cheese isn’t dog cheese, by the way. It from Chihuahua.
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OT- My son and family went to Pipestone, MN from Brookings, SD today to hike in the National Monument. He saw a really tall guy filling up gas in the Casey’s in north Pipestone, and asked him “Are you a Bartels?: (my mother’s maiden name) and he said he was, and he turned out to be my cousin Allen who lives in in Norfolk, NE, and was visiting family Graves in Pipestone. I think that is wonderful!
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Allen wanted to know when we are moving back to Luverne.
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Wow! My rellies there are very short.
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hard to beat max fleicher cartoons from the 30’s
tom slick and george of the jungle and underdog were favorites
along with rock and bulleinkle
betty boop, little lu lu and sing along to the bouncing ball
carl stalling music was wonderful
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This is the first and only Betty Boop cartoon I have ever seen. Great music. I’ve seen a smattering of the others that have been posted here today; not the exact videos posted, with the same cartoon characters.
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This is cartooning on a whole different level.
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As an added bonus, this episode features a brief appearance of cheese.
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Of the cheese choices offered at the library, cheddar would likely get my vote if it’s extra sharp.
Nothing beats a nice Havarti with caraway.
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Oh yes, forgot about havarti.
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I always liked “Underdog”. I liked Mighty Mouse and Rocky and Bullwinkle too.
Brie is my favorite.
I think I’m a day behind!
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