Grilled Cheese Invitational 2009

I didn't know there was a grilled cheese invitational -- but today I found out that the "1st 7th annual Grilled Cheese Invitational" was held in Los Angeles State Historic Park on April 25th. And it was sponsored by Kraft!

Maybe those Kraft folks will see the video Christy Jordan made and want to use my song in one of their commercials . . .

Here's Christy's video - with the Cheese Song in the background!

The Cheese Song 20000

2003 -- I wrote what I think was a pretty catchy song. I sang it in front of several groups of people and also made a simple recording of it. Folks loved it.
2006 -- after playing the song for an increasing audience, I made a 'studio' recording of the song and released it on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazonmp3 etc (Amazon came later, but you get the idea)
2007 -- Got live video footage of a "the cheese song" performance and put it on Youtube.
2009 -- "The Cheese Song" is now closing in on 20,000 views on Youtube. Sure -- that's not HUGE numbers like Susan Boyle is getting, but I think it's pretty cool.

Have you seen "The Cheese Song" yet? Watch it now and bring the view count over 20,000
(And then afterwards buy the song -- College tuition isn't cheap!)

Cicada recipe 1

Sometime around May 22, the 17-year cicadas (Brood XIII) will emerge in the Northern Illinois area. I remember the 1990 and the 1973 events around here. It was noisy and fascinating at the same time. Last year, I shot some video of a non-Brood XIII cicada as it was devoured by a praying mantis. Why should the praying mantis have all the fun? This year, in addition to the noise and the fascination, I'm up to finding my inner mantis. I've found a number of recipes for preparing these edible insects into a scrumptious (?) meal. I can't say that I've ever tried any of them, but I'm game.

Here's the first: A recipe for the emerging larvae. I found it at cicadayear.com.

Soft-Shelled Cicadas

• 1 cup Worcestershire sauce
• 30 freshly emerged 17-year cicadas
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• Salt and pepper to season the flour
• 1/2 cup corn oil or slightly salted butter

Marinate cicadas in Worcestershire sauce for several hours.
Dip them in the beaten egg, roll them in the seasoned flour and then gently saute until they are golden brown.

Anyone else ready?

I'll post another recipe for the cicada's "out of the shell" soon.

Random thought. Cicada lovers like cheesy stuff, right? How about "The Cheese Song"?

The Cheese Song Video

Cassie shot video of The Cheese Song last Friday at the Warrenville Talent Show. Take a look and then be sure to keep telling a million of your friends to download the studio version on iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody and Sony Connect!