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Schooner. Now, there's a

markaweber — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:24:13 -0500

Schooner. Now, there's a funny word. Wasn't there a scene in the movie "Mr. Mom" where the working mother develops a successful advertising pitch for Schooner Tuna? Maybe I have that wrong, but that's what pops into my mind when I hear the word Schooner.

(Mark A. Weber is publisher of the Eden Prairie News. He can be reached at mweber@swpub.com.)

I did meet Melissa Sue

Gino G — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:05:34 -0500

I did meet Melissa Sue Anderson. I remember telling my mother that she was shorter than me and I was 10 at the time.
She also had a lot of facial hair but I digress.
I remember hot air balloon rides for willing participants.
As you know, Eden Prairie was not a top 10 in anything at that time.

Did you meet Melissa Sue

bigfoot — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:30:12 -0500

Did you meet Melissa Sue Anderson? She played Mary on Little House on the Prairie, I heard she was there. Carrie (the Greenbush Twins) was not there because Jack (the dog) couldn't come too.

I think they stuck with

Gino G — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:50:25 -0500

I think they stuck with Prairie Center drive after the Eden Prairie center was built in 1976. I still remember the grand opening.

Yeah, that is kind of corny.

Leah Shaffer — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:26:20 -0500

Yeah, that is kind of corny. How about Purgatory Road?

Here's a link to the MPR

Leah Shaffer — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:44:39 -0500

Here's a link to the MPR News Cut blog, which shows the line for the Daily Show. Nice score getting the VIP treatment.

This is one of the easiest

Ruth Anne Maddox — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:35:05 -0500

This is one of the easiest things to make and there are just three ingredients:

1 pkg. cocktail smokey links
1 pkg. bacon
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

Cut the bacon slices in half, wrap one around each smokey link and place on a foil-lined jellyroll pan (the foil is a critical step if you EVER want to use that pan again!).

Sprinkle the brown sugar over the assembled bacon-wrapped links (it's OK that there's a bunch of it landing between the links because the grease from the bacon helps to carmelize it).

Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes and serve. I usually serve and store them (if there's any left over) in a glass dish because it's easier to reheat them that way.

I've tried keeping them warm in a crock pot but they tend to lose their crispness. In the glass dish, I can pop them into the microwave to rewarm them if they cool off too much during a party.

My husband loves to use

Leah Shaffer — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:31:10 -0500

My husband loves to use grape jelly on hot dogs. But he's from Missouri, so, it's probably not just a North Dakotan thing.
It's madness!

Would you share that

Karla — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:19:51 -0500

Would you share that recipe?
We make little smokeys in a crock pot with a jar of grape jelly and a jar of chili sauce. Does anyone else do this? Or is it a little bit North Dakotan?

(Karla Wennerstrom is the editor of the Eden Prairie News. She can be reached at editor@edenprairienews.com.)

There's something about

Ruth Anne Maddox — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:03:25 -0500

There's something about combining salt and sugar that makes for a tasty treat. I have an appetizer that I like to make that has a piece of bacon wrapped around a lil smokey and then the whole shebang is covered in brown sugar and baked until crisp-y!

Sometimes I enjoy them so much I'd like to roll in them -- like a pig in mud, which might be where they got the idea to put the chocolate on the bacon?

The... horror... But, I

Leah Shaffer — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:02:33 -0500

The... horror...

But, I think I can top that: Let's take an entire bucket of Sweet Martha's cookies, glue them together with frosting, then deep fry the entire ball atop a spear. I can think of nothing better than parading about the fair grounds with a giant orb of fried cookie dough.
Who's with me!

You wouldn't take away the

CentralLion — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 17:54:53 -0500

You wouldn't take away the medal if a winner didn't sing, would you? Maybe the winner wants to savor the moment and the singing would be a distraction.

Besides, there are much worse things the gold medal winners could be doing. For example, winners could pose like the Incredible Hulk, could attempt to spike the medal, or could do a victory dance like in pro football. I hope we would all disapprove of these things.

I'd say if the gold medal winners want to stand silently, let them.

Cool stuff. I was in my

Gino G — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:25:03 -0500

Cool stuff. I was in my kayak on Staring lake when it flew over. The lake gave a unique viewing area for all the planes last weekend.

Thanks for posting this! We

PlanBMN — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:43:42 -0500

Thanks for posting this! We are always looking for new people, and new ideas!!!

We had thought about doing something in Costco, But we only had one member with a member ship.

Feel free to stop by our main website and join!
www.PlanBMN.com

We are also on many social sites (Myspace, Facebook, YouTube, obviously)

Feel free to join! And Karla, Stay tuned for more EP Pranks!

That is awesome. I'm

Leah Shaffer — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:39:49 -0500

That is awesome. I'm thinking that a mass Charleston at the Costco is in order.