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Post by Silver on Oct 24, 2023 17:17:36 GMT -5
In town today. Went to a place I know for lunch serving great salads. The problem was they forgot to add the chicken, the Greek olives, the feta cheese, the pepperoncini. I was still charged for the entire salad without the ingredients. Could not make them understand what the problem was. The waitress never read the menu and had no idea what I was talking about. Eaten there many times over the decades and always great. So, one mistake is not worth aggravation. Better luck next time. So, they gave you a plate of lettuce? |
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Post by toshtego on Oct 25, 2023 2:44:52 GMT -5
In town today. Went to a place I know for lunch serving great salads. The problem was they forgot to add the chicken, the Greek olives, the feta cheese, the pepperoncini. I was still charged for the entire salad without the ingredients. Could not make them understand what the problem was. The waitress never read the menu and had no idea what I was talking about. Eaten there many times over the decades and always great. So, one mistake is not worth aggravation. Better luck next time. So, they gave you a plate of lettuce? There were a few shredded carrots, sprouts, and sliced red onion. It was their basic dinner salad without the toppings the dish specifies on the menu. A busy day for them. The waitress was new. A nice lady, quite personable but not trained well. If they had been less crowded with customers it would have been easy to correct. Seeing they were at their busiest, it seemed wise to just let it ride. |
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Post by toshtego on Oct 25, 2023 9:14:00 GMT -5
Two poached eggs on a bed of steamed spinach. Two link sausages and a pot of tea.
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Post by just ol ed on Oct 25, 2023 10:26:34 GMT -5
Was some store brand frosted mini-wheats & mixed nuts earlier after walks. Upcoming brunch to be Schwan #717 "bowl" with additional #411 sausage links, k-cup cocoa. To usual back room, eat & to the papers & snail-mail (mostly junk mail).
Ed
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 25, 2023 12:37:00 GMT -5
2 poached eggs on a half can of corned beef hash and coffee.
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Post by coalsmoke on Oct 25, 2023 12:49:54 GMT -5
Not eating yet. I'm going to modify a can of good tomato sauce and add browned ground beef, onion, garlic, basil, oregano, and red pepper Flake. I'll have this over linguine for dinner.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 25, 2023 20:23:55 GMT -5
Linguini chopped clams, All this is on the house: Italian Salad
Garlic Bread, Pasta Side
Homemade Cappuccino
Free House Wine Included with Dinner, Red or White.
Went for a long walk around a lake after that… what a belt buster.
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Post by Plainsman on Oct 25, 2023 20:45:20 GMT -5
Wondering why you don’t weigh 300 pounds……
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Post by trailboss on Oct 25, 2023 20:51:38 GMT -5
Wondering why you don’t weigh 300 pounds…… The physicality of my job probably plays a role, 6’… 215, I need to lose about 20#. |
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Post by just ol ed on Oct 26, 2023 11:15:24 GMT -5
Brunch time; (3) Schwan #482 toaster pancakes one cycle, butter/real syrup/sausage pattie, nuke to plateful of mess. Same as last time, to back room, eat & to the papers & snail-mail
Ed-critter of habit for most part
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Post by toshtego on Oct 26, 2023 11:29:59 GMT -5
Linguini chopped clams, All this is on the house: Italian Salad Garlic Bread, Pasta Side Homemade Cappuccino Free House Wine Included with Dinner, Red or White. Went for a long walk around a lake after that… what a belt buster. I love white clam sauce on pasta. Our one ersatz Italian restaurant in Taos cannot prepare it, of course. Sigh. Such a simple dish but not on their menu. I asked the waitperson about it and she never heard of it. Blank stare when I mentioned it to the owner. Anyway, glad you enjoyed yours whether red or white. |
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Post by toshtego on Oct 26, 2023 11:31:10 GMT -5
Breakfast was two poached eggs. One on a bed of steamed spinach, the other on red lentils. Two link sausages and a pot of Yorkshire Red Label with milk and demerara sugar.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 26, 2023 13:10:15 GMT -5
Lou’s diner for a late morning breakfast, they have been here since the late 60’s pretty awesome food, and the wait staff is equally awesome.
People always waiting for tables, I can always find a seat at the counter though.
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Post by coalsmoke on Oct 26, 2023 15:07:57 GMT -5
Munching on some raw carrots and an apple.
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Post by just ol ed on Oct 26, 2023 15:51:24 GMT -5
Sups to be one piece Schwan #404 breaded chicken bake, 1-cup #755 bulk corn nuke. To TV for 6pm newsfeeds. Jeopardy later, store brand tea & choco chip cookies. Possibly Bills/Bucs if shown local. I do nothing with Amazon or Prime. Possibly late wifie had an account of some kind, I just ignore any e-mails about same.
Ed
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Post by coalsmoke on Oct 26, 2023 16:12:57 GMT -5
Sups to be one piece Schwan #404 breaded chicken bake, 1-cup #755 bulk corn nuke. To TV for 6pm newsfeeds. Jeopardy later, store brand tea & choco chip cookies. Possibly Bills/Bucs if shown local. I do nothing with Amazon or Prime. Possibly late wifie had an account of some kind, I just ignore any e-mails about same. Ed We have dinner and watch Jeopardy here, too. |
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Post by toshtego on Oct 26, 2023 16:28:55 GMT -5
More of the beef, cabbage, carrot and potato soup for lunch.
Pork roast going into the oven shortly. Eating while I can. Just smaller portions.
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Post by coalsmoke on Oct 26, 2023 16:32:05 GMT -5
Tonight it'll be two fried eggs topped with cheese slices and a dollop of last night's tomato sauce wrapped in tortillas.
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Post by trailboss on Oct 26, 2023 22:40:10 GMT -5
7 mares (seven seas soup) in Kingman, excellent dish, loaded with crab legs, oysters, mussels, scallops, potatoes, onions, carrots in a red sauce, super tasty.
The service was not great, and the $14 margarita only had a whiff of tequila.
If I eat here again, the cocktail will be skipped.
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Post by just ol ed on Oct 27, 2023 10:18:06 GMT -5
A few munchies so far, store brand froste mini-wheats & some mixed nuts. Brunch soon, (2) Schwan #662 toaster waffles one cycle, add butter, real syrup & a few #411 pre-cooked sausage links. Nuke to plateful of mess, that & k-cup cocoa, to back room, eat & to the papers/snail-mail
Ed-simple cooking
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Post by toshtego on Oct 27, 2023 11:06:13 GMT -5
Yes, two poached eggs on a bed of red lentils with two link sausage. Pot of tea.
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rastewart
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First Name: Rich
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Post by rastewart on Oct 27, 2023 12:42:48 GMT -5
The ringer on our phone was turned off this morning (we don't know why), and I didn't check for that until too late. As a consequence, our disabled son missed his paratransit pickup. In consequence of that, he's missing his day program today, basically because I was an idiot.
So, crow.
Also, a late breakfast of eggs and cheese wrapped in a tortilla, amply garnished with Shaquanda's Oooohmami Pepper Sauce and self-recrimination, along with coffee almost as dark and bitter as my mood.
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Post by toshtego on Oct 27, 2023 14:53:28 GMT -5
I am sorry for that, Rich. Hope it works out for you and the boy.
Lunch was more of my beef, cabbage, potato and lentil soup. Good it was. Nap time presently.
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Post by username on Oct 27, 2023 15:02:01 GMT -5
Pizza
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Post by just ol ed on Oct 27, 2023 16:08:34 GMT -5
Soon to diner, usual home with fish fry & crinkle cut fries, other side donate, hope to a Veteran, re-heat same, do not use tarter or ketchup, just some butter on fries. Eat at TV, Jeopardy later, store brand p.butter cookies & tea then pro rassling & a cigar
Ed-bland eating
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Post by Ronv69 on Oct 27, 2023 22:02:37 GMT -5
Had a late supper at Olive Garden. Small steak medium rare with Alfredo pasta and Zuppo Toscana. Not bad, except for the $60 price tag for the 2 of us.
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Post by toshtego on Oct 28, 2023 0:00:57 GMT -5
Left over roast pork with petite gold potatoes and Swiss Chard.
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Post by toshtego on Oct 28, 2023 8:59:52 GMT -5
Had a late supper at Olive Garden. Small steak medium rare with Alfredo pasta and Zuppo Toscana. Not bad, except for the $60 price tag for the 2 of us. I am glad your meal was "not bad". I never had a good experience in their restaurants. A pool of grease floating on top of the soup. Pasta overcooked to almost mush. I had the sense the kitchen was understaffed as these errors are the result of not enough attention to details. |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 28, 2023 9:24:41 GMT -5
Everything has gotten more expensive in the last few years, most noticeably to me is dining out. Fortunately, most of my dining out is paid for by my employer. I skip all of the chains anymore, Outback, Olive Garden, Applebees, etc….and search out the mom and pop restaurants, both are going to cost the same, but the food seems consistently better.
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Post by just ol ed on Oct 28, 2023 10:28:46 GMT -5
to be (2) Schwan #662 toaster waffles one cycle, add butter/syrup/2 #411 sausage links, nuke to plateful of mess. K-cup cocoa, to back room, eat & to the papers & snail-mail. Snoozie to follow
Ed
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