Louis was our GM for ‘Toon, and we decided on favorite childhood dishes. After much discussion, we settled on spaghetti and meatballs. John cooked the pasta, while Mags cooked meatballs and sauce in her new electric pressure cooker. Electric pressure cookers are easy, and remove all of the hassle of the traditional pressure cooker. Mags got hers from Amazon, and adapted this recipe from PeggyUnderPressure.com. PRESSURE COOKER MEATBALLS IN ITALIAN SAUCE (via PeggyUnderPressure.com) Ingredients: 1 bag of Kirkland frozen Italian meatballs from Costco (note: this is a LOT of meatballs—roughly 100 as the bag is designed for parties). I used about forty from the bag. Obviously, you can use your favorite frozen meatballs here. If you prefer to make your own meatballs and cook them in your pressure cooker, Mags recommends you check out this recipe from HipPressureCooking.com for guidance. 2 jars store-bought marinara sauce (or your favorite tomato sauce for meatballs) 1 chicken bouillon cube 2 cups water 1. Note: it’s important to have actual water in any pressure cooker recipe, because the cooker uses water to build up pressure. Without it your pressure cooker will overheat. 2. And you have to use actual water, as opposed to broth or just depending on the water in an ingredient, to achieve this effect. 3. The general rule of thumb is one cup of water per one cup of an ingredient. A couple of generous dashes of Italian seasoning to enhance the flavor of the store-bought sauce Pour one of the jars of sauce into the cooker. Put the frozen meatballs on top of the sauce (no need to defrost--trust me, they’ll come out very tender), then dump the second jar on top. Stir to coat, then lock on your lid. Set the pressure cooker to cook for twenty minutes. Since we’re talking frozen ingredients here, it will take a while (roughly 30 to 40 minutes, give or take) for the cooker to build up the pressure. Then it has to de-pressurize! So keep in mind that the total cooking time is going to be between 60 and 75 minutes. Once the cooker signals that it’s okay to remove the lid, do so, and let the meatballs rest for about ten minutes. Give them a nice stir, and you’re good to go. Serve over your favorite pasta. Add cheese, if desired. If you don’t have a pressure cooker, you can do the following: 1. First, be sure to scale your sauce and pans as needed for the number of people you’re serving. Depending on the size of your pans and the number of meatballs you’re cooking for your crew, you may need to divide the meatballs into two or more pans. Or, if you’re expecting a smaller group, use half a jar of sauce for the bottom of the pan, and the other half over the meatballs. 2. Get a large oven-safe pan (a big casserole dish is ideal). 3. Dump in one jar of the sauce, spread over the bottom of the pan. 4. Dump in the meatballs, then pour the other jar overtop. 5. Cover with aluminum foil. 6. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour. 7. Serve over pasta. JOHN’S ‘TOON PLAYLIST The Merrie Melodies / Looney Tunes series of cartoons from Warner Brothers is famous for its creative use of classical music, and for decades was the first introduction to classical music that American children had. John decided to put together a playlist to run while we were playing Steve Jackson Games’ ‘Toon, and we provide the list of tracks below. It is 9 1/2 hours of music.  Enjoy! 1. Strauss – Thunder & Lightning Gallop Polka 2. Strauss – Tales From the Vienna Woods Waltz 3. Smetana – From Bohemia’s Fields & Meadows 4. Chopin – Nocturne Op 27 No. 2 5. Chopin – Waltz in D flat Op 64 6. Beethoven – Symphony #7 7. Schumann – Op 73 8. Schumann – Op 56 9. Rossini – Overture – The Barber of Seville 10. Rimsky-Korsakoff – Flight of the Bumble Bee 11. Brahms – Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor 12. Brahms – Hungarian Dance No 2 in D minor 13. Brahms – Hungarian Dance No 3 in F major 14. Brahms – Hungarian Dance No 4 in F minor 15. Brahms – Hungarian Dance No 5 in F sharp minor 16. Brahm