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I recently re-watched "Grumpy Old Men" with my roommate. Part of the reason I loved this movie when I was younger was because it portrayed our Minnesotan culture in winter, dealing with snow and ice fishing and a sort of friendly grumpiness. Unfortunately the Jewish elements were a bit too subtle for my young eyes and went right over my head at the time, but I caught them this time around.

Something that stood out for me is when Ariel asks John Gustafson (old older Swedish-Minnesotan man) if he is straight or gay. He sputters and is totally taken aback. He says something like, maybe you can ask those kinds of questions in California, but not here!

I'm trying to be more forthright (straight forward is not the word), but it's swimming against a lot of culture, going back generations all the way back to Sweden.
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I am still extremely tired and today I cried for no reason. That was odd. I ate some leftover choco-raspberry cake that lilaia gave me, and that helped.

Mystickeeper said I should blog about my Strange Chain Restaurant experience.

My high school friends wanted to eat at HuHot Mongolian Grill. One funny thing was, we all showed up 10 to 15 minutes early for our dinner date. A Minnesota culture thing? IDK.

The food was OK, and there is a novelty aspect where you choose your own food and they cook it on a big grill in front of you (not food allergy friendly since it gets mixed up with other people's-- shared surfaces).

But I was disturbed by the menu. There is a Mongolian motif of a guy with NO EYES. Fierce eyebrows, a goatee, and helmet. Then the language:

Control your destiny. (Look what it did for Genghis.)

PREPARE FOR BATTLE
Advance to the fresh food bar and commandeer a bowl.

CONTROL YOUR DESTINY
Choose your favorites from a bountiful selection of meats seafood noodles and vegetables

POUR ON THE FLAVOR - The Essential Weapon
Ladle on our Specialty Sauces or express your inner warrior by creating your own unique blend from the ingredients provided. Use 5-6 ladles of sauce.

ADVANCE TO THE GRILL
Watch as your chosen ingredients are cooked before your eyes on our grill of epic proportions!

TAKE BACK THE BOUNTY
Behold your piping hot creation! Return to your table and enjoy.

RELIVE THE CONQUEST
The grill is unlimited, so mix it up again. Remember to leave room for the Final Pillage... dessert.


Antoine said something about how the staff must be carefully trained... because if they are encouraging customers to pillage, what else are they expecting?!!

This is all directly from their website. It's a chain restaurant that you can find in Suburban landscapes.

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