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     Kommentar till en text av DAVE DRUM
Ärende: Visits
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Howdy Dave!

->  -> Will you guys be visiting the new Porter's? We'll expect a report 
from
->  -> one or both, you know.
-> 
->  HN> We did in fact go to the New Porters, smaller than the
->  HN> old Porters (one you've not been to) but much the same.
->  HN> He still does no advertising so we were almost alone
->  HN> in the place. Mr Porter was not there (and the cooking
->  HN> showed it) that evening as he was attending one of
-> 
-> Thanks for the report - but, I don't understand the "and the cooking 
showed it"
-> remark. At a rib-a-que, in my experience, nearly everything is prepared 
in
-> advance and dipped/sliced/plated to order. So an absence of someone for
a 
few
-> hours should not make a difference in the quality of the grub.
->
I would consider that the normal way to
run it...but Mr Porter may not have been
there at all that day, leaving all the prep
and such to his line cook (who SHOULD be 
qualified) and that may be where the 
differences came in. 

->  HN> his daughter's graduation. I had Ribs...pork ribs,
->  HN> and they were moist, falling off the bone and good.
->  HN> Anne had Pulled pork, I had a taste and it was good
->  HN> as well. Our beans and rice all came a bit oversalted
->  HN> and it's the first time I've noted that (and it had
->  HN> to be pointed out by Michael and Anne as well). Corn
->  HN> bread was good, hushpuppies were gooooood! Fried
->  HN> okra was even nice. Michael got brisket with extra
->  HN> fat, and he seemed to enjoy it (you'll have to get
->  HN> his report to be sure) and as usual each one of us
->  HN> came away with a box of what we could not manage to
->  HN> eat!
-> 
->  HN> Having a great time with Michael here...tonight
->  HN> we'll be going out for CLAMSS!!! Last night we
->  HN> went out on a gizzard quest but came up empty....
->  HN> dang it!
-> 
-> Gizzards are best done at home anyway. Or in dirty rice.  Bv)= 
->
I enjoy 'em any way I can get 'em and 
having someone else do the work is fine
with me...sadly they were OUT of gizzards
the night we were there and I kept ordering
them the whole time we were eating our
"substitutes"...
The clams however were splendid! I think
I took you to this place after the last
picnic (not sure if we had clams though)
Katie Downs, right on the waters of
Commencement bay, a few blocks away
from the small hidden park where we
tried the first wines for the echo
picnic. A pound of clams is a nice
appetizer and about 13.95 I think.
Happy hour starts at 4pm and lasts
until 6 (or so) and appetizers are
half price...so instead of paying 
less for the pound of clams I order
TWO pounds and get double the clams
for the regular price...Anne got
Nachos without jalepeno...Michael
and I each had two orders of clams
and split a pitcher of Mac&Jack's
African Amber. We arrived at about 
3:50 pm and the outide deck was 
fairly full but the inside seating
was almost empty...we got a great
table by the windows and waited for
official happy hour to start. By the
time 4pm rolled around we were last in
a pretty sizable line waiting to make
our order at one of three cash registers.
oh it was goooooooood!!
chat with you soon!
ha
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