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Skriven 2013-05-28 11:46:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:261/1381)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: tea/pie
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 05-26-13  20:40 <=-

 NB>>> Italian
 NB>>> generally includes meat in some amount, even in the sauce...  :)
 RH>> Lots of good Italian foods that don't have meat as part of them;
 RH>> lasagne, raviloi, manicotti, etc. You could fill up and have a
 RH>> satisfying meal without the meat.
 NB>> Most lasagnes I've seen have had some sort of meat in them, except for
 NB>> Michel Angelo's veggie lasagne..  But I guess there's a lot of cheese
 NB>> versions of most of the other filled pastas...  :)

 RH> My MIL's lasagne recipe doesn't call for meat, just a cheese filling.

Yes, so Steve told me...  I hadn't heard of that before...

 RH> I've modified it to sometimes include meat, will try a spinach
 RH> variation some time too. I've also had lasagne in a number of Italian
 RH> restaurants in various places that didn't include meat so I guess it's
 RH> a cook's choice. 

I suppose one could put just about anything into the layers between the
noodles, or what one subs for the noodles...  I just wouldn't have
called some of them lasagna...  :)

 RH> One of the best we've ever had was on an Olive Garden
 RH> lasagne Lover's special, back in 1993. Steve & I had gone up to El Paso
 RH> (from AZ) for my wrist reconstruction surgery, had a week end to kill
 RH> between the pre op testing on Friday and surgery on Monday. OG was
 RH> running the special--you got your choice of 2 different lasagnes from a
 RH> listing of (IIRC) 5 varients. We both got it, with 4 different choices,
 RH> and decided we liked the seafood one the best. Never saw it again, sad
 RH> to say, but one of these days I may make one.

That sounds interesting, for sure.  Done right, seafood lasagne could be
very tasty...  :)  Maybe that OG had a particularly creative cook, and
went beyond the normal OG fare... :)

 RH>> Other than that, I think they encourage you to eat on premises what
 RH>> you take, unless you specifically get it to go.
 NB>> At El Latino, one does have to ask for something to take the leftovers
 NB>> home in, it's not automatic, since there's no serving otherwise...
 NB>> Maybe you just have to ask for a container.  :)

 RH> I'd have to check; they may do it. Some buffet places have a sign to
 RH> the effect that no left over take out is allowed or that there's a
 RH> charge for it. This cafeteria place should allow it, I would think.
 
Buffet places (especially AYCE) probably lose enough money on the food
that people pile on their plates and don't eat... that's a pretty
standard rule at buffet places not to allow leftovers to be taken home. 
But cafeteria style places have more control over what goes on the
plate, so usually do allow the take-home...

 RH>> Yes, and plans to go back in the not too distant future. Won't let
 RH>> as much time go between visits.
 NB>> We make resolves like that... sometimes it works...  ;)

 RH> We've done so, and moved on before going back. Other places we made
 RH> multiple visits to before moving on. 

Man proposes, God disposes, and all that...  :)

 RH> BTW, the one bbq place that opened in town abotu 18 months ago--drove
 RH> by the other day & it looks like they're gone. They started out good
 RH> but their sides went downhill fast. 

One has to keep up the quality all around for the long run to be able to
stay in business for the long run...  otherwise customers don't come
back, and word-of-mouth works against instead of for...

ttyl          neb

... Not a real tagline, but an incredible soy substitute...

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