Text 36876, 103 rader
Skriven 2010-04-18 06:38:00 av Dave Drum (39924.cooking)
  Kommentar till text 36850 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Re: Ruby Tuesday
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-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Try asking if they will give you freebies to one nearer your location.
 DD> All they can do is say uh-uh. Then maybe you can trade the freebies
 DD> for someone else's freebies to another place.

 RH> I guess the nearest one would be Raleigh, possibly Durham or Chapel
 RH> Hill.  It's a thought.  Went to an O'Charley's tonight; I know, another
 RH> "yuppie chain".  Food was good and we could hear each other over the
 RH> music.  Steve thought the Buffalo sauce on the chicken tenders he had
 RH> was on the wimpy side (even after adding lots of tabasco) but enjoyed
 RH> the sweet potato fries.  I had a half rack of ribs--just enough twang
 RH> to the bbq sauce but not overpowering.  The broccoli-cheese casserole
 RH> (my side) was the standard one made with rice and (usually) Velveeta; I
 RH> think they had some sort of cheese sauce instead.  I got a good Caesar
 RH> salad; Steve had the house salad & we split a dessert sampler (just
 RH> right, any of them in full size would have been way too sweet) but took
 RH> the mini doughnuts from it home for tomorrow.

O'Charley's is less a Yuppie place than an a middle-age DINK or empty-nester
place. At least in this area. My niece used to work at the one here are the one
in Decatur, IL (40 miles east) and she says that the clientele is the same
people - with different names and faces.

The two times I have noshed at an O'Charley's I found the food to be pricier
than I care for - that is, I know where I can get as good/better grub for less
$$$. That being said they do have a wonderful potato soup. Almost as good as my
dad used to make. But, once again, I find better for less $$$ at Joe's Chili
Bowl (odd to go to a chilli joint for potato soup) which has the best potato
soup I have ever had.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
  
      Title: Dirty Dave's Potato Soup
 Categories: Soups, Potatoes, Pork, Cheese
      Yield: 8 servings
 
      6 sl Bacon slices (to 8); diced
           - fried crisp, drained,
           - dripping reserved
      1 c  Yellow onions; diced
    2/3 c  Flour
      6 c  Chicken broth; hot
      4 c  Potatoes; peeled, diced,
           - boiled until done **
      2 c  Heavy cream
    1/4 c  Parsley; chopped
  1 1/2 ts Granulated garlic
  1 1/2 ts Salt
  1 1/2 ts Coarse black pepper
      1 c  Parmesan cheese; grated *
    1/4 c  Green onions, sliced; white
           - and green parts
  
  Render bacon until crisp; drain dripping and reserve. 
  Set bacon pieces aside until time to finish the soup.

  Cook onions in dripping over medium high heat until
  transparent, about 3 minutes. Add flour, stirring to
  prevent lumps; cook for 3-5 minutes, until mixture just
  begins to turn golden. Add chicken broth gradually,
  whisking to prevent lumps until liquid thickens. 

  Reduce heat to simmer and add potatoes, cream, half of the
  chopped bacon, parsley, garlic, basil, salt, pepper sauce
  and black pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes; do not allow to
  boil. Add grated cheese and green onions, heat until cheese
  melts smoothly. 

  Garnish each serving as desired with chopped bacon, grated
  cheese and chopped parsley.
   
  Makes 2 quarts.
 
  * The Parmesan is what makes this soup so much better than
  others I have had. It should blend in without overpowering 
  the other flavours and add a thickness and richness to an
  otherwise plebeian soup.

  ** Yukon gold potatoes work well in this soup and make the
  resulting product even more cream/buttery coloured than 
  russets or red potatoes.

  Synthesised and tweaked from a combination of recipes and
  attempts to duplicate Eldon Drum's potato soup. It isn't a
  copy or a duplicate. But it's pretty darned good on its
  own.

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

MMMMM

ENJOY!!!

From Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
Home of YAHOOOOAHHHH Hot Sauce & Hardin Cider 

 

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