Among the movie's many preoccupations - glamour shots, dance moves, time travel and online dating - is food. It's full of edible images and jokes, from the clever opening credits written in cake frosting and steak sauce to an amusing incident with tater tots to Napoleon's grandmother's answer to his question about what to have for dinner as she takes off to go dune-buggying:

"Make yourself a dang quesa-dilla!" (with the l's pronounced).

Not every teenager is as clueless as Napoleon (or is saddled with a loser 30-year-old brother who chats online all day and a really dumb uncle). But any teenager can benefit from Granny's cooking advice.

In fact, anyone who needs something to eat quickly while using little culinary skill needs to know how to make a "dang quesadilla."

At their most basic, quesadillas require only two ingredients: flour tortillas and cheese. Plus a little oil for the pan.

But even a small amount of some other ingredient can be added to transform a basic 'dilla to something better.

To prove the dish's versatility, I invited some high school students to a Dynamite party. They are all monster Napoleon fans, but had no quesadilla skills.

The essential ingredients were available to them, along with a whole refrigerator-cleaning selection of additions. I put a nonstick skillet on the stove and told them, one at a time: Make yourself a dang quesadilla!

Aimee veggie-dilla. Aimee Shore of Price Hill tries to be vegetarian (though she admitted she'd had a delicious turkey sandwich for lunch). She used a sprinkling of black beans, some cooked asparagus spears, chopped tomato, avocado, a sprinkle of cilantro and a few bean sprouts along with cheddar in her 'dilla. Delightful, though I'd leave the bean sprouts out next time.

All-meat version: Joe Walsh of Over-the-Rhine used chicken, steak, shrimp, ham and pepperoni. Plus a few tater tots. Maybe a bit much.

Pizza-dilla: Katelyn Victor of Mount Washington tried pepperoni, a little spaghetti sauce from a jar and grated Italian four-cheese blend. She also made a delicious low-brow 'dilla with ham and American cheese slices.

Dessert-dilla: Rachel Dallman of Amberley Village combined marshmallows, candy corn and chocolate chips, but it could not be counted a success.

'Napoleon Dynamite' 'dilla: Sweet! Multiple contributors created a triumph of meat and potatoes and references to the movie. It included cheddar cheese, slices of cold pan-grilled steak. ("Grandma called and said to quit eating all our steak!") and leftover tater tots. ("Napoleon, give me some of your tots!")

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