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Ärende: where's beef 465
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 DD> I would suspect, rather, the franchisee. Spring-A-Leak's two Popeye
 DD> outlets are doing quite well - and the South Asian franchisee is on the
 DD> scout for a location in the north part of town.

They've pretty much pulled out of New England: there are 
5 in CT, 3 in MA, 2 in RI, 1 in ME, according to the locator
on the Website (hard to use, really dumbly put together).
I do see that there is one in Boston, which I'll have to
check out sometime. Contrast that to 80 in Chicago, 92 in
NYC, and 93 in the Washington metro area

KFC has 30 in eastern MA alone, so it's apparently eaten
Popeye's lunch here.

 DD> OTOH, our local Hardee's (which have pretty good chicken (Roy Rogers
 DD> recipe) in addition to burgers) have dwindled from seven stores
 DD> (including what was once the busiest/highest volume Hardee's in the US)
 DD> to four (and the formerly busiest Hardee's is now a parking lot for a
 DD> really BAD Arby's). A lot of that is due to poor management and
 DD> unnecessary slavish worship of the bottom line. 

The Hardee's corporate site doesn't list any fried chicken
except for the "big chicken fillet sandwich," chicken biscuit
breakfast, and strips. A quick search on the Internet yields
a sense that the chicken is on the wane if not gone altogether,
which might give some clue about why the chain isn't prospering
where you are.

==

 DD> Smart & Final are grocery/food wholesalers similar to Sysco, etc. They
 DD> also have (or had) a chain of stupormarkups under that name in Sunny
 DD> Southron Californica.

Ah. I wonder whether a SYSCO store would do well out here. I take
it there's an outlet down near Dale and Gail someplace.

 DD> I had a well known chilli cook give a recipe that he used to win
 DD> several cook offs with ... with the admonishment "You can cook my
 DD> recipe - but, you can't cook my chilli!" Which turned out to be true
 DD> ... I could get close. But, no cigar.   Bv)=

Sounds like the secret ingredient or procedure has been carefully
excised. Any dissonance between ingredients list and directions?

 DD> OTOH - I took a recipe from another cook and used it at a regional
 DD> cook-off where I beat the guy who gave me the recipe. But, as I told
 DD> him in all seriousness (not just to make him feel better about getting
 DD> beaten by his own recipe) "I made some adjustments to your recipe."   

I wonder if that makes him feel better or worse! 'cause either
his recipe or cooking technique is deemed to be defective.

BAKED MOSTACCIOLI AND VEGETABLES
cat: main, Italian
serves: 6

1 lb mostaccioli noodles or rotini
2 sm zucchini
2 sm yellow squash
1/4 lb mushrooms, sliced, about 1 c
1 sm onion, halved, thinly sliced
1 md green pepper, julienned 1"
4 c meatless spaghetti sauce
s&p
1/2 lb shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 c freshly grated Parmesan

Oven at 325F. Cook noodles until al dente. Drain; rinse; drain again.

Cut squashes lengthwise into quarters. Then cut each quarter crosswise
into 1/8" slices. Mix cooked noodles, zucchini, squash, mushrooms,
onion, and green pepper in large bowl. Stir in spaghetti sauce, salt,
and pepper. Transfer mixture to an oiled 13 x 9-" baking pan. Top with
cheeses. Bake until hot and top is golden, 25 to 35 min.

Chicago Tribune, March 11, 1993
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