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Skriven 2006-09-07 23:34:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Alexian brand pheasant and rosemary pate (with pork and
duck)($1/oz) - Natalie at the club came in with a slice of
pizza of the day from the Upper Crust Bakery; this turned
out to be grilled chicken, portobello, and garlic, so,
though I had planned on not eating until I got back to the
apartment and the couple pounds of broccoli rabe I'd gotten
on sale and was working manfully through, I got the sudden
urge for lunch: thought about Bella Vita kittycorner, so in
I went looking for takeout. Turned out it was staffed by a
crew of two exactly, an overworked amateur waitress and a
harried amateur cook. I was looking for something simple,
like a a blob of whatever was cooked and hot and ready to
go, but I heard as I approached the cash register (center
of all activity) the cook say, in a desperate voice, 20
minutes wait for all takeout orders (which of course
effectively means no takeout orders at all). So I toddled
to the grocery half a block over and found this next to
the premade sushi ($8 for about half a pound of stuff,
mostly rice but with some admittedly nice-looking tuna on
top). It's about as unprepossessing a cold meatloaf as
you can find, despite the fancy name. A standard pate of
mystery meat with some bites featuring a little of this
raw onion texture but no accompanying onion taste:
there were the occasional dotting of pecans, contributing
texture and no taste. The texture was somewhat mushy -
would have been stringy but for the softness and lack of
texture of the meat. No fatty taste, but the lie-down-and-
die texture put one in mind of fats and similar. No herb
presence at all. On the whole, an experience not to be
repeated. A gander at the ingredients list: duck, pork,
pork fat, pheasant, onion, water, pork liver, duck liver,
spices, pecans, Port, salt. How, I wonder, can you have
a pheasant and rosemary pate with the pheasant 4th on the
list and rosemary not at all? I needed that Heineken that
I kiped from the club fridge to keep my taste buds alive.

Culprit: Groezinger Provisions Inc. Neptune NJ

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