I actually ran out of Don Pepino sauce a couple weeks back and had to resort to using tomato paste. I actually improvised instead of looking at a recipe, but what I threw together is very close to the recipe link you posted. It was not as sweet but delicious in its own way.

I'll have to try that Beer Bread. I've done white sauce pizzas in the past but they're really a sometimes thing. Gotta keep those arteries clear!

All of those sound like good toppings. I've been getting into sauteed broccoli lately. The craziest pizza I've made so far had blue cheese, feta, sauteed pears, toasted walnuts and spinach. It was badass.

Beer Bread (I was told by SpiteClassic that this recipe makes 2 large pizza crusts. What'cha think?)

Ingredients

* 1 12oz regular beer (room temp)
* 1/4 cup sugar
* 3 1/2 cups "Self Rising" flour

Preheat over to 350 degrees.
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Place all ingredients into a mixing bowl.
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Mix well with a fork. (Batter may have some small lumps.)
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Pour in a 9 inch greased bread pan. (You can even use a non-stick spray)
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Spread batter evenly in pan reaching all 4 corners.
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Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes. (Since oven times can vary start checking at around 50 minutes.)

Do ya like white-sauce pizzas?

Here in Portland we *love* pizza. Thick, thin, personal-size, we love it aaall.

I've never made a pizza at home, but I think I'd throw in sun-dried tomatoes, thick 'shrooms, artichoke hearts, red onions, oil-cured olives and goat cheese.

Here is an easy to make pizza sauce. Sound good?

I'm a pizza populist. I'll eat the fancy brick oven stuff but I'll also down a nasty Ellio's slice. But lately I've been focused with making my own. My dad used to make it when I was a kid and I've picked up a lot of things from him.

Sauce: Don Pepino is the best sauce. It's sweet and one can makes for two pies.

Temperature: I usually have the oven around 475-500 degrees, with a pizza stone to harden the crust. They say pizza stones are pretty temperamental and break easily, but I've been really lucky so far. 

Dough: I have not made dough from scratch. I recall a lot of frustration from my dad about crusts that were too dry, too spongey or too salty. I currently use Wegmans Whole Wheat frozen dough, which like the sauce, makes for two pies.

Toppings: The sky's the limit.

Let me know how you make a pizza!

Easy to make. You just need some sharpies, the dink sheets, and a hole punch. I like making tiny monsters for the most part and I sell them at a local vintage store. A real advantage of using shrinky dinks is the fact that you can be more detailed with your drawing, and when it shrinks down, you still have that intricate detail. It's a great effect

Here was one of my first tries in 2010:

I made these larger guys a few months later:

And just last week I was trying something different. This is what I call my Great Americans series: Robocop, Andy Warhol, Weird Al, Cookie Monster, and John Hodgman.

My Cousin Vinny. I just rewatched it....and it was good.

Hey, what about Videodrome?

Hah, mebbe not. ;)

no?

 Guise! Guise! Guise!

There's a Richard Hell autobiography out called I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp,

and no, the library here does not yet have a copy, dimmit.

BUT! You can read the first chapter here. (Takes a sec.)

And here is his site.

That-is-all.

That's genius , too.

Lutz Vipinderwoman said:

Godzilla: A gentleman and a scholar, just a gentle giant with a terrible temper.

Godzilla: A gentleman and a scholar, just a gentle giant with a terrible temper.

THAT'S genius.
 
dave said:

Veggie Kimchi Soup

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp sesame oil
2 cups kimchi (the kind made with Napa cabbage), roughly chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1 Tbsp hot chile paste or powder
1 Tbsp soy sauce
3 cups of water
1/2 block of tofu, cubed
1 bunch scallions, chopped

4 cups stock

Preparation:

Add kimchi to pot and stir-fry for about five minutes.

Add remaining oil, onion, garlic, kochujang, and kochukaru, mixing to combine.

Pour water into the pot and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat to simmer.

Cook for 20-30 minutes, adding tofu after the first 10 minutes and scallions at the very end.

Roasted Carrots & Golden Beet soup

4 Large Carrots
2 medium sized golden beets
12-15 cherry or grape tomatoes
2 large chunk (~ 2 inch cubes ) Fresh Ginger
a generous pinch of freshly cracked peppercorn
3 tablespoon Olive oil
3 cups water or vegetable stock.
1-1.5 teaspoon Harissa spice blend
1/4 cup Creme fraiche or sour cream or Greek Yogurt

Preheat the Oven to 400 F. Line a large baking tray with aluminum foil.

Wash, peel & cut the carrots, golden beets & Ginger into 1 inch cubes. add to a mixing bowl along with the grape tomatoes and 2 tablespoons of the olive oil.. Season with Salt & freshly cracked pepper.

Add the vegetables in a single layer on the baking tray and roast for about 25-30 minutes in the oven, until the vegetables turn a light golden brown on the outside and yield when pierced with the tip of a knife. Remove from oven and allow to cool.

Add the roasted veggies into a food processor & blend. Drizzle about 2 cups of water / stock while the mix is being pureed. the final consistency should be similar to that of crushed tomatoes from a can.

Sieve the puree to extract the soup part of this recipe. Reserve the part that remains in the strainer (should yield about 1 cup).

Heat the remaining oil in a saucepan. when the oil is warm, (NOT hot, you do not want to burn up the spice) Add the Harissa powder.

Add the strained soup to the saucepan & simmer on a low-medium heat. Add the last cup of water/stock as per your preference of thickness. Taste and adjust for seasonings. Serve warm with a dollop of Creme Fraiche ( sour cream/Greek yogurt) and a chunk of warm crusty french bread.

Potato & cabbage soup with bacon

Ingredients

1 onion
1 carrot
1 celery stick
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp olive oil , plus extra to serve
550g floury potatoes , peeled and cut into small cubes
1l chicken or vegetable stock
8 rashers streaky bacon
a quarter medium Savoy cabbage (about 200g/8oz)

Method

Chop the onion, carrot, celery and garlic in a food processor. Heat the oil over a medium heat in a large saucepan. Add the vegetables and potatoes, season well, then reduce the heat and cover the pan. Gently cook for about 5 mins until starting to soften, then add the stock, turn up the heat and bring to the boil. Simmer for 5 mins more, or until all the vegetables are tender.

While the soup is cooking, grill or fry the bacon until crisp, then cut into strips. Shred the cabbage, discarding the core.

Whizz the soup in the food processor until smooth, then return to the pan and add the cabbage. Simmer for a few mins until the cabbage is just tender, then season to taste and serve scattered with the bacon.

Repe lojano or green banana soup

The ones I saw , years later ,did'nt have the flow at all. I think they just got permission to do them for the video market , because they were SO bad.....I saw a couple on You Tube that looked good , by comparison. I also saw a couple of Courageous Cat cartoons , I see what you mean. The early 70's saw Saturday Morning Cartoons on the wane (Especially NBC. "Partridge Family , 2200 AD" , meaning the live - action Partridges were DEAD.), but , that was our culture. I was always up by 7:00 to see "The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour" , then whatever newer ones were on , after that.

I recall seeing some Beetle Baily and Snuffy Smith during the early 70s as well but that was on network Saturday Morning which probably means they were new.  They were kind of stiff trying to keep a sixties look, but didn't have the flow. 

Rockin' Rod , That's right , Bob Kane was involved with "The Courageous Cat". I keep telling myself to see if it's on You Tube.....Then , I forget. Sylvain Sylvain told me that he , Johnny Thunders and Billy Murcia used to watch "Courageous Cat" re-runs  in the afternoon , and , that's how they came to cover the theme song , just playing along to it on the TV , at first.

Yeah ,"The Bat" was a silent. I have a copy , but , I think
 I've only watched it , once. The Joker was directly copped from Conrad Veidt in "The Man Who Laughs" , but, that's common knowledge.  Some things like "Bat Fink" , that I remember from childhood , turn out to be awful. I DON'T MIND SOME BADLY - ANIMATED PERIOD PIECES IF THEY WERE OTHERWISE GOOD ("Wait Til Your Father Gets Home " is bad animation , even by 70's HB standards , but , it was very ambitious , in terms of bringing cartoons back to prime time , where The Flintstones and The Jetsons were spawned in the first place.), but , I FOUND A TAPE WITH SOME COOL MCCOOL , BEETLE BAILEY , AND SNUFFY SMIFF  cartoons. They stunk.  But , they could have been made , later. They looked REALLY rough , compared to how I remembered them. Nothin' to do with anything , but Snuffy Smiff had a great Leadbelly - esque theme song.

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

I've heard that too about "The Bat".  A silent I believe?  It's listed in almost everything that has been written ablout the formation of Batman.

I never heard of Batfink until two years ago on facebook, when someone posted a still picture of him, but I've caught up on youtube.  I don't think it's very good.  Courageous Cat is much better.  I watched that back in the early 70s in reruns but have only seen it again, also thanks to youtube.  Bob Kane was actually involved in the Courageous Cat show which meant some quality control.
 
John Battles said:

YEAH , THE BATMAN SERIALS WERE MADE DURING WWII , SO J.CARROLL NAISH DOES A VERY UNCONVINCING IMPERSONATION OF A JAPANESE SABOTEUR....HE LATER BRAGGED ABOUT HOW GOOD HIS PERFORMANCE WAS......uh , not really. I found a copy of "The Bat" ,maybe before Burton's "Batman"came out....It was generally BELIEVED , but not proven , to have inspired Bob Kane to create Batman. The "Batwoman" movie is pretty silly. Rhino put it out under it's original title. I forget when , I found my copy used. In the mid to late 80's commercial VHS movies ran from $30 to $80. I know that's hard to imagine , now....I DON'T THINK I EVEN DID BUY A COMMERCIAL VHS RELEASE
 until around the time of the "Batman" movie (Not THEE BATMAN MOVIE OF '66.).

OH , THERE WAS A CARTOON SHOW CALLED "BATFINK", WHICH I LOVED AS A KID ,  ABOUT A SUPERHERO THAT LOOKED LIKE A MOUSEY BAT , AND WORE TIGHTS AND A CAPE. HIS SIDEKICK WAS CALLED "KARATE" AND HIS ARCH ENEMY WAS "HUGO A- GO - GO". LIKE A FOOL , I BOUGHT THE DVD BOX SET. IT'S PRETTY BAD. AT LEAST , I DID'NT SPEND TOOO MUCH ON IT....THERE WAS ANOTHER CARTOON CALLED "THE COURAGEOUS CAT", ABOUT A BATMAN  - TYPE SUPERHEROTHAT WAS ACTUALLY A CAT. IT HAD A GREAT CRIME JAZZ THEME SONG , WHICH THE NEW YORK DOLLS COVERED , AND JOHNNY THUNDERS KEPT IN HIS SET FOR YEARS. I DON'T THINKI EVER SAW THE SHOW , THOUGH.....
Joey Fuckup said:

I've never seen any of those "Batman" rip-offs you speak of, John, but I have heard of that "Batwoman" film, and have always wanted to see it. I think it was regarded as one of those "lost" cult classics from the '60's drive-in scene. I think it was first released on VHS back when Tim Burton's "Batman" film became a phenomenon. I remember at the time "The Bat" serials were also released along with the '40's (?) "Batman & Robin" cliffhanger series.
 
John Battles said:

By the way , Joey , congratulations on 200 REPLIES.

Yeah , the only way you can get a lot of those weird movies is thru the private DVD trade or at memorabila shows/conventions. Has anybody ever seen any of the "Batman" ripoffs on TV , like Captain Nice or Super President   . They were on TV in or around 1966 , BUT , DID'NT LAST.....     Remember "The Wild World of Batwoman" (aka "She Was a Hippie Vampire")? Another cash- in attempt?  Mexico's "Bat - Chica" (Chica Murcielago?) was arguably better , and far enough away from a lawsuit.
 
Joey Fuckup said:

Speaking of a Spiderman/Avengers cross-over, John, there has been fan interest in seeing a film where it does happen. Avi Arad hasn't shot the idea down completely, but has said that they have a pretty clear path on the Avengers franchise and how it will fit in with other Marvel projects, and Spiderman has plenty of his own stories and will more than likely be isoloted from any crossovers.
 
John Battles said:

There was a comic book in which Spiderman was approached to possibly join The Avengers. Spidey was new on the scene , but the more seasoned pros were understandably impressed. He told them to get bent.  But with all the changes and collaborations you see , now , who knows? I was disappointed when Willem Dafoe played Green Goblin , and they put SO MANY APPLIANCES on his face , when all he needed was a false nose and some green greasepaint ,and his ol' reptile face would have been more than ready.
 
Joey Fuckup said:

Exactly, Rod, Sony took a gamble while they still had the license on Spiderman. With Sam Raimi (then Toby McGuire) aborting a fourth film, someone at Sony/Columbia figured they could re-boot the character since Marvel was doing that anyway. Their dice-rolling has paid off, though, because Marvel has been very impressed with what they've seen on "The Amazing Spiderman", and like I mentioned earlier, a sequel and a Venom film is already being planned. And Avi Arad hasn't ruled out a possibility of having Spiderman crossing over somehow into the Avengers franchise...

Rockin Rod Strychnine said:

Then there's the "why bother when it hasn't been that long ago" argument such as the newest Spider-Man.  They are changing so much that I get the feeling that it's not the same at all, which is kind of what the creators are going for but why so soon?  Because Sony(?) will lose their license on the character in a few more years and not get to renew if they don't jump on it now.

Repe lojano or green banana soup

Colombian Potatoes with Cheese Sauce

Ingredients:

• 3-4 pounds red potatoes
• 3 shallots or 1 small white onion
• 1 bunch scallions
• 1 teaspoon chile powder (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 medium tomatoes, diced
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 3/4 cup cream
• 6 ounces whole milk mozzarella, or other salted white cheese that melts well

Preparation:

Colombian Potatoes with Cheese Sauce

Ingredients:

• 3-4 pounds red potatoes
• 3 shallots or 1 small white onion
• 1 bunch scallions
• 1 teaspoon chile powder (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 medium tomatoes, diced
• 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 3/4 cup cream
• 6 ounces whole milk mozzarella, or other salted white cheese that melts well

Preparation: