Wait, so... Optimus Prime was also Monterey Jack? And the shitty villain from Strawberry Shortcake? I'm not entirely comfortable with this.

I just made a Carolina Reaper Monterey Jack cheese. Should be done aging in a couple weeks. 0.0

That's the problem with growing the peppers, they sit in your cabinet and you have to figure out what to do with them. And you might not be surprised just how many people have no interested in trying something that spicy.

:37 Glamis
Apparently Stearns Warf is what I thought was Monterey Bay. At least Monterey was in there somewhere so I don't need to change the tags. ;-)
1:33 the topography and stone looks a lot like McCloud Falls, (far north, near Shasta) but I'm not certain
1:41 from the wineries and small hills, it looks like Napa, but I'm guessing on that one
1:46 Castello di Amorosa in Napa
1:48 Sundial Bridge in Redding (Turtle Bay) over the Sacramento River

So i was trying to figure out where these places were. If anyone knows speak up.

:08
:25
:34
:37 Glamis/Imperial Sand Dunes
:42 Convict Lake
:48
:51 Catalina Island
:56 Stearns Wharf (Santa Barbara)
1:11 Lovers Point (Monterey)
1:16 Emerald Bay (Lake Tahoe)
1:33
1:41 Napa Valley/Castello di Amorosa
1:48 Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay
1:55 San Francisco
2:13

If this goes dead again, it was probably the "Live at Monterey 1967" version with the guitar burning.

The only deep water canyon which extends to the shore?

I think Monterey Bay does, also.

Oh, I see…

Well, since some of you seem to have attended the Fred Rogers school of comedy, I’ll try to put it in a more friendly, less sarcastic light:

Although pre-grated cheese is widely popular with the discerning American public(I’m not sure about other countries), I think the general consensus among food bloggers and websites is that pre-grated cheese loses a lot of flavor. Not to mention the fact that buying it whole is more economical, and whole cheeses don’t contain the usual anti-caking ingredients or extra preservatives of most grated varieties.

http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/cheese/cheese2/whey/grating-cheeses2.asp
http://www.beforeourtime.com/2009/04/cheese-that-grates-on-me.html
http://cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com/2009/08/save-money-on-food-buy-it-whole-rather.html

Now, call me old fashioned, but I’m a person who likes to save money. I wouldn’t pay twice the price for gas just to have someone pump it for me. Nor would I pay a home nurse to wash me just because I find it difficult to bathe myself. Even though it can be hard, I still have full use of my arms and brain, so I find I can do pretty well on my own with a washrag or lather sponge.

That said, there are some occasions where I do consider buying pre-grated cheese. For instance, many brands offer the “Mexican Four Cheese Blend” variety. And I find myself thinking, “That’s great! I can’t possibly use four different, whole blocks of cheese on one Mex-a-roni casserole. And if I just overlook the fact that most of these cheeses like ‘Monterey Jack‘, ‘Pepper Jack‘, and ‘Cheddar’ aren’t actually served anywhere in Mexico, I can create quite the tasty impression of a suburban, chipotle abortion in no time. And to make it even easier, Taco Bell now sells mild sauce IN-THE-STORE! Just one aisle over!!!”

Also, I’m willing to accept the idea that some people just have a hard time grating cheese themselves. I started doing it when I was four, to help my mother out in the kitchen, so sometimes I overlook the fact that some people just might not know how. That’s why I’ve included the links below.

http://www.bonappetit.com/tipstools/tips/2008/04/how_to_grate_cheese
http://www.wikihow.com/Grate-Cheese

Now, these might not get you all the way there. So a few tips of my own are:

1. Try to grate the cheese in one direction only. Against the teeth. This will prevent the unnecessary action of sliding the cheese up the grater the wrong way.

2. Always wash the grater immediately. Unlike mayonnaise, Velveeta and French-fry grease, cheese will start to harden-up after a short period of time and become difficult to wash off.

Give it a shot. With a little hard work you’ll be grating cheese in no time flat. I don’t know about you, but I’ll be saving the extra money to go see the American version of “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” at the IMAX.

What type of cheese Monterey Jack is? We don't have that brand here so I need to try and find something similar =)

The Monterey aquarium is awesome, if you're ever in the north of California I wholly recommend it.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is one of the coolest places in the world. I could wander around that place for hours. Good stuff.

The bit about the Peruvian Pan Pipe Bands was hilarious. I grew up around San Francisco and my dad lived in the Andes Mountains in his early 20s. Basically I grew up listening to that stuff, and we'd run into little bands performing on the streets in Monterey, CA and San Francisco.

Good Stuff.

monterey bay aquarium has a sunfish in its massive open sea exhibit

Memorare

There's a youtubalicious post over at Metafilter about Monterey.

Like this, try Control Machete, soy de Monterey...entonces

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