"Good sandwich but my cheese didn't get all gooey like in the episode. I'm sure my panini grill was hot enough. The preheat light was out. But the cheese never reached the melting point. Maybe it was more dense or something. Any longer and the bread would have burned. But we really liked it. The pesto was a nice twist."

"I made this last night and for the most part it turned out great. I used the freshest items I could get and the flavor was very good. The only thing I would sayt was that 2 lbs of tortellini is WAY too much for 3qts of liquid. And I didn't use all 32oz. The tortellini I bought came in 10oz packs so I bought 3. I was still 2oz shy of a full tw"

"I've made this a couple times and both times it met with a very good response. Keep in mind that the pickled pork recipe portion is twice that of the beans portion. The pickled pork calls for 24oz (1 1/2 lbs) of pork whereas the main recipe calls for 12oz. So you either have to double everything in the beans section or use half the pickled pork and freeze the remainder. Otherwise you get an overly vinegary taste. Another thing. In all my years of cooking beans (pinto and red), they have never been done in 2 hours. They ALWAYS have to cook slow about 3-4. I don't remove the lid until I'm ready to reduce the liquid to make it thicker. I don't like crunchy beans.

"I've made this a couple times and both times it met with a very good response. Keep in mind that the pickled pork recipe portion is twice that of the beans portion. The pickled pork calls for 24oz (1 1/2 lbs) of pork whereas the main recipe calls for 12oz. So you either have to double everything in the beans section or use half the pickled pork and freeze the remainder. Otherwise you get an overly vinegary taste. Another thing. In all my years of cooking beans (pinto and red), they have never been done in 2 hours. They ALWAYS have to cook slow about 3-4. I don't remove the lid until I'm ready to reduce the liquid to make it thicker. I don't like crunchy beans.