Award Winning Pizza

I checked out the World Pizza Championship in Parma 2015: 

USA team won the Silver Medal. Anyone living in the cities listed below might want to try out these places, if you haven't already.

Marie Stazzone, MPHS Grad

The U.S. Pizza Team Brings Home the Silver from the World Pizza Championships for the Second Straight Year!  The team recently returned triumphant from Parma, Italy and the World Pizza Championships. Spinner Jamie Culliton and U.S. Pizza Team Acrobatic Coach placed second in the world for the second straight year. This year also saw several new members joining the squad and competing on the culinary side. Peter Anderson of Gelsosomo's Pizza in Crown Point IN, Will Shaw of pizzaBOGO in North Olmsted, OH, Chris Mallon of 5 Points Pizza in Nashville, TN, and Samantha Jones of Mellow Mushroom in Chattanooga, TN. Several veterans also joined the crew to compete in categories including classica, pan, gluten-free, pizza on the peel and pizza for 2, which is actually made by two pizzaiolos.  The team this year included: David Sommers of Mad Mushroom in West Lafayette, Indiana Michael Stevens of Palo Mesa Pizza in Arroyo Grande, California John Coletta of Quartino in Chicago Michael LaMarca of Master Pizza, Chagrin Falls, Ohio William Shaw of pizzaBogo in North Olmsted, Ohio Heather Zook of Sinfully Gluten Free in Dayton, Ohio Leonardo Giordano of Mona Lisa Pizzeria in Staten Island, New York Bradley Johnson, Abby Robbins and Samantha Jones of Mellow Mushroom in Chattanooga, Tennessee Jamie Culliton the U.S. Pizza Team Acrobatic Coach Leah Scurto of Pizza My Heart in Santa Cruz, California Rick and Jane Mines of Nima’s Pizza in Gassville, Arkansas Chris Mallon of Five Points Pizza in Nashville, Tennessee Peter Anderson of Gelsosomo’s Pizzeria in Crown Point, Indiana

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It made the local news. I don't know what they used in Parma but his pie is really good.

 

Tom Schildhouse MPHS Grad

 

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An American won best world pizza?! And he doesn't cook them over a wood fire in a kiln?! I'm very surprised...and skeptical.

Marie Stazzone MPHS Grad
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The owner, Paul, of Gelsosomo's in Crown Point, IN has won the World Pizza Championships in Parma, Italy. We went there the week before he left to compete. Really good sauce, sweet and savory, like a homegrown tomato, He would benefit from Aurelio's brick oven, but other than that, it was really good pizza. Crust could be a little crisper but a worthy competitor, for sure.

Tom Schildhouse

Morgan Park High Graduate Leonard Koch, Nuclear Pioneer, Dies at 95

"Mr. Koch helped to develop two of Argonne's experimental nuclear reactors. The first one, known as the Experimental Breeder Reactor-1, or the EBR-1, was the first nuclear reactor in history to tap the atom to produce usable amounts of electricity."

Thanks to Tom Schildhouse MPHS Jan 66 for contributing.


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-leonard-koch-obituary-met-20150608-story.html

Monty Python Spam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE

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Hormel introduced SPAM in 1937. It contains shoulder pork and ham. The brother of a Hormel VP won a contest to come up with the name.

But how did the word SPAM become associated with junk e-mail?

If this seemingly well researched account is to be believed, the 1970 skit on SPAM from Monty Python's Flying Circus has a lot to do with it.

Don Martensen MPHS Jan 66

How the Word “Spam” Came to Mean “Junk Message”

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I am now paying a heavy price for light-heartedly trying to introduce SPAM as a discussion topic on this forum.

Naturally, I did some research on the topic before posting, which included visiting the official SPAM website.  Now advertisements for SPAM are popping up on almost every website I visit, including the Forum!  It's like the SPAM people are tracking me.

BTW, since I've already been targeted, and have nothing more to lose, I might as well let all of you know, in case you are planning a road trip to Austin, Minnesota this summer, that the official Hormel SPAM Museum is closed this summer. It's scheduled to reopen in a new building in 2016. 

Just in case anyone's interested.

Don Martensen MPHS Jan 66

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You were spammed

Ken Zalga MPHS Alum

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I sure was!

Don Martensen

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The Monty Python skit was friggen classic...



Ken Zalga MPHS

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The world of SPAM is bigger and more beautiful than most of us may have thought. Besides Portuguese Sausage, Teriyaki, lower sodium and lower fat varieties, there is also Black Pepper SPAM, Jalepeno, Chorizo, Garlic, Tocino, Hickory Smoke, Turkey, SPAM and Cheese, and SPAM with Bacon. Not all are marketed everywhere, though.

The SPAM people are very savvy internet marketers. After visiting the official website a few days ago, advertisements for SPAM are being inserted into many of the other websites I am visiting. 

The official SPAM recipes page is also fun to see.

Don Martensen

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Have had the chorizo, black pepper, teriyaki, bacon, hickory smoked, as well as the low sodium, low fat, turkey, and cheese. Many are very good, none bad, but the original still rocks the Spam world. IMHO.

The Portuguese sausage sounds really good, though.

Tom Schildhouse

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Some recent finds on Amazon.

-Don M

More proof that Hawaiians are really into SPAM:

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Spamarama Cheescake

Some years back a friend who formerly lived in Alaska wanted us to help celebrate her birthday in early December with an outdoor breakfast at a fire pit in a local park.

When I would river raft in Alaska we frequently took Spam since it didn't need to be refrigerated. So, I showed up with Spam and roasting sticks, diced the Spam into one inch chunks and showed everyone how to slow-roast them like a marshmallow so the grease melted and ran right out of them. The result was so good we built an annual Spamarama party out of it.

The second year there were 12 of us and it grew steadily from there. After a few years we had 60 people at our house for a pot-luck breakfast, a fire and of course roast Spam. To make enough for everyone and allow folks to mingle instead of trampling each other at the fire, I set up a charcoal grill, sliced the Spam french fry style and cooked them in a wire veggie griller thing.

Of course our anthem was the Spamalot song from Monty Python.

One year a fellow brought his kids ages 10-12 who turned their nose up at Spam until I described it as being like bacon fries. They wouldn't stop eating it.

Unfortunately, the Spamarama was a casualty of my divorce and hasn't been done for a few years. Maybe I'll resurrect it someday. It was sure fun.

Will Hepburn MPHS 66

http://www.spam.com/recipes/SPAM-Cheesecake

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Great story Will!

If I ever wind up visiting Prescott, I will bring some SPAM and sticks.

Don Martensen Jan 66


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I am surprised that no one mentioned the Spam Museum. Especially since we have so many world travelers among us. Unfortunately, as you'll read below, the Museum is being renovated and will not reopen until 2016. My fascination with Spam dates back to our days of living on our boat when each Sunday afternoon all the liveaboards would get together for a "If you lived here, you'd be home now" pot luck cookout. Each week we had a theme, and one of the best was "Spamorama."

Here's a bit of trivia -- The residents of the state of Hawaii consume the most Spam per capita in the United States. Burger King restaurants began serving Spam in 2007 to compete with the local McDonald's chains. In Hawaii, Spam is so popular that it is sometimes referred to as "The Hawaiian Steak." 

The tiny western Pacific island of Guam is known mainly for its U.S. military outpost; but it’s also far and away the world’s largest consumer of Spam. After the majority of the U.S. military force that occupied Guam during World War II left, the canned, preserved meat the soldiers ate stayed put. Today, Guam consumes more than 16 cans of Spam per person, per year — more than any other country or territory.

Spam musubi is a popular snack and lunch food in Hawaii.

Will, here's a link to a recipe that would be a great addition to your breakfast tradition should you decide to resurrect it: http://www.spam.com/recipes/SPAM-French-Toast-Sticks

Judy Halligan Willingham '66

http://www.spam.com/spam-101/the-spam-museum

The SPAM® Museum is closed. But it’s not “Goodbye.” It’s “See you in 2016.” For over 12 years, the SPAM® Museum has delighted over a million visitors with delicious curated exhibits celebrating delicious curated meat. The SPAM® Museum simply can't be beat — except by a brand new SPAM® Museum! That's right, the museum that reinvented the museum category is reinventing itself. 

The museum that deeply moves you is moving to downtown Austin, Minn. All the exhibits are going out to lunch on Sept. 28, 2014, and they'll be returning in the spring of 2016. So set your cooking timers, and get ready for the grand can reopening!

Going through SPAM® Museum withdrawal? Well the SPAM® Store is still open, so you can get your fill of all things SPAM® brand! Shop online or stop by our location inside Games People Play.

1-800-LUV-SPAM
701 18th Ave. NW
Austin, MN 55912

Retail Store Hours:
Monday–Saturday: 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

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Hmm. Spam French toast. Sounds good, but why dilute such a good thing with carbs?

Thanks, Halligan.


Will Hepburn
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Just out of curiosity, was SPAM sent to troops during VietNam? I know it was shipped to troops in WWII.

Did you have spam in Vietnam?

Don Martensen MPHS Jan 66
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Never saw Spam in the Nam. In fact, in my entire life, I don't think I ever ate Spam..

Big in Hawaii.

Ken Zalga MPHS 65

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No spam in Vietnam.

C-rations were used. Many of them were good.

Ham and lima beans were hated by most. They were called ham and mothers. This was not a term of endearment.

C-rations would be handed

Ham and Mothers (Lima Beans)

out without knowing what they were - names of the meal on the bottom so that the troops would not hassle. Then guys would trade meals or parts of meals.

A few years ago Peoria conducted a fund raiser for the troops in Aghanistan. They held a $50 a plate dinner at the Pere Marquette hotel. Each diner received an MRE (Meals Ready to Eat), which was what replaced C-rations. Big success, lots of people participated.



C-ration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Meal, Ready-to-Eat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Will, How about making the Spamarama Cheescake for the next MPHS Reunion? I would like mine with Jiffy Whip and a Cherry on top, with chocolate sauce on the side.

Craig Hullinger MPHS Jan 66

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