{"id":29153,"date":"2011-01-26T11:22:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-26T18:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/?p=29153"},"modified":"2011-01-26T11:26:58","modified_gmt":"2011-01-26T18:26:58","slug":"allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-me-as-meatloaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-me-as-meatloaf\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Willis&#8217; Kitsch O&#8217; The Day &#8211; Me As Meatloaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76745\" src=\"http:\/\/www.awmok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-23-at-12.25.11-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"550\" \/>\n<p>As a devoted kitschmeister supreme, I can think of no greater honor than to be captured as a foodstuff and enjoyed as a most scrumptious meal. So thank you, devoted aKitschionado\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.awmok.com\/author\/denny\/\">Denny Mclain<\/a>, for molding me as a meatloaf and cooking and eating me Sunday night for dinner!<\/p>\n<p>Denny has excellent taste in kitsch and has submitted literally thousands of precious pop culture artifacts to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awmok.com\/\">Allee Willis Museum Of Kitsch at AWMOK.com<\/a>. We met for the first time last summer.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dennyaw_0623.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29178\" title=\"denny,aw_0623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dennyaw_0623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dennyaw_0623.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dennyaw_0623-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>For anyone else who might want to enjoy me in ways other than through my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/discography\/index.htm\">music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/art\/index.htm\">art<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/video\/index.htm\">videos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/photos\/birthday-party-2010\/index.php\">friends<\/a> or other more normal avenues through which to experience an artist, here in Denny&#8217;s own words is his blow-by-blow recipe for engaging with me as a meatloaf.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I decided to immortalize Allee Willis in the form of a meatloaf made with low fat ground turkey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.41.53-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29164\" title=\"Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.41.53-AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.41.53-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.41.53-AM.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.41.53-AM-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&#8220;I started with a blueprint.&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.41.58-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29163\" title=\"Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.41.58-AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.41.58-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.41.58-AM.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.41.58-AM-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&#8220;Low fat ground turkey is\u00a0a meat we eat all the time in my house but this is the first time I ever tried treating cooking as an art form.\u00a0Here we have some primary ingredients such as feta cheese (which gets mixed into the meat), Lipton Soup Mix (thrown in for a bit of flavor!!) the meat itself, some bread crumbs and pesto sauce.  All of the ingredients here get mixed into the meat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.04-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29162\" title=\"Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.04-AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.04-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.04-AM.jpg 292w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.04-AM-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&#8220;Musco Family Olives used for Allee&#8217;s glasses and eyes (for the pupils).  Just take a handful and chop them up but not too fine!&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.11-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29161\" title=\"Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.11-AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.11-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.11-AM.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.11-AM-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&#8220;The brussell sprouts are used for Allee&#8217;s eyes.  Take two, cut in half and use the rounded halves for the eyes.  The zucchini you see here is used for Allee&#8217;s hair.  Take a veggie shaver and shave long strips to lay on top of the meatloaf to simulate the folicular goodness that is our Queen of Kitsch&#8217;s trademark do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.17-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29160\" title=\"Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.17-AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.17-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.17-AM.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.42.17-AM-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&#8220;A bit of egg thrown in to help it stick together.  The baby carrots were used for Allee&#8217;s lips.  Take your veggie shaver and shave the carrots and in the meantime, try not to drop several on the floor in the process. Then when the meat is mixed together, gently shape and mold the meat into whatever person you want to eat&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.48.36-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29166\" title=\"Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.48.36-AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.48.36-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.48.36-AM.jpg 340w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.48.36-AM-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;in this case , our Queen of Kitsch, Allee Willis!&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.50.54-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29168\" title=\"Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.50.54-AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.50.54-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.50.54-AM.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.50.54-AM-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&#8220;Please note the chopped olives used for Allee\u2019s glasses and pupils.&#8221;<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29169\" title=\"Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.52.21-AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.52.21-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.52.21-AM.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.52.21-AM-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\n<p>&#8220;Stick Allee into the oven and cook her at 400 for about 40 minutes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.54.23-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29170\" title=\"Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.54.23-AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.54.23-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.54.23-AM.jpg 338w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.54.23-AM-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&#8220;And voila! Presenting The Queen Of Kitsch, Allee Willis!&#8221;<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.55.14-AM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29171\" title=\"Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.55.14-AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.55.14-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.55.14-AM.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Screen-shot-2011-01-26-at-9.55.14-AM-300x223.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&#8220;Serve on appropriate vintage Atomic 50&#8217;s dinnerware, in this case Royal Star Glow China.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you aKitschionado Denny! I am most honored to be preserved \u00a0and enjoyed as a meatloaf. I pride myself on always looking tasty and appealing but you have taken me to new heights and temperatures and for that I am ever grateful (and hungry).<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dennyaw_0995.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29189\" title=\"denny,aw_0995\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dennyaw_0995.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dennyaw_0995.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/dennyaw_0995-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a devoted kitschmeister supreme, I can think of no greater honor than to be captured as a foodstuff and enjoyed as a most scrumptious meal. So thank you, devoted aKitschionado\u00a0Denny Mclain, for molding me as a meatloaf and cooking and eating me Sunday night for dinner! Denny has excellent taste in kitsch and has &hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-me-as-meatloaf\/\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,131,165,1367,87,193,249],"tags":[2532,61,3232,3245],"class_list":["post-29153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-creativity","category-food","category-kitchen","category-kitsch","category-kitsch-o-the-day","category-people","tag-allee-meatloaf","tag-allee-willis","tag-kitsch","tag-kitsch-o-the-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}