152. Italian Pork Chops

As we all know, I’ve been away from the blog for quite a while. So, naturally, I’m a little rusty.

But I didn’t know how rusty until I finished No. 152 and looked back to my notes:

That is literally “all she wrote.”

I abandoned it before I even started it.

But I didn’t necessarily need notes since this dinner was rather straightforward. Although I did nix the antipasto, tomato juice (unless a pre-dinner Bloody Mary counts), Neopolitan ice cream, and cappuccino.

Here’s the finished product:

This was exactly like what you’d think it’d be like. A pork chop in tomato sauce. With AMERICAN CHEESE.

Now, I know that this was the 1970s. But I also know that mozzarella and provolone existed 50 years ago. These exotic, foreign cheeses appeared in previous DiS1972 cards like:

and

But American?

WHO CARES! It was all stretchy and melty and delicious. I’m tempted to throw some white American into my next lasagna or pasta bake.