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Skriven 2016-01-07 19:30:49 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 34811 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: su'n food 759
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Hi Michael,

 ML> > We're doing a bit of travelling, currently based at Nellis AFB but
 ML> > moving south in a few days. We expect to be home by 12th Night.

 ML> Soon! Safe travels.

Thanks, we made it home safe and sound. Scariest part of the trip was
coming out of snowy Flagstaff, AZ and a semi rig losing a rear wheel
(yes, the whole thing) right in front of us. Steve had seen the rig
starting to shed something, we smelled burning rubber, so he backed off,
fast. We saw the wheel come off, I saw it roll to the shoulder, burning.
The trucker pulled over as safely and soon as he could.


 ML> >  ML> Source: Mother's Restaurant, New Orleans. It is said that you
 ML> >  ML> should never eat at a place called Mother's. In general that
 ML> >  ML> seems to be true
 ML> > We found this one to be pretty good, best steamed shrimp I've ever
 ML> > eaten, even better than Uncle Bubba's outside of Savannah.

 ML> From Mother's recipe or at Mother's? Both of the meals

Actually at Mother's, in June of 2012 when we went to NOLA for the
Southern Baptist Convention.

 ML> I've had there have been subpar - underflavored and
 ML> overpriced. The recipes themselves look to be perfectly
 ML> okay.

Can't go too wrong with steamed shrimp unless you let it go too long.
Steve was a little less thrilled with his shrimp creole, said the shrimp
were overdone. Easy to see that happening but I had such a big plate of
shrimp that he enjoyed some as well, and thought they were excellent.


 ML> Also way overhyped (one-word redundancy) was Tujague's,
 ML> though I'd consider going there again for the experience
 ML> (you have to be a boozehound to really enjoy it, so
 ML> probably not for you). I understand that there's an a la
 ML> carte option now that costs more than the full meal did
 ML> before the restaurant's re-imagining.

Sounds like a place we will not plan to visit any time soon. (G)


 ML> Actually, most of the restaurants in New Orleans are
 ML> overhyped; that doesn't prevent me from having dined
 ML> at 8 of the 10 top places according to Eater and at
 ML> least 5 of the next 15. Also 4 of Southern Living's 5

We passed by one of John Besh's places on the way to Mother's; the menu
was posted near the door. Definately out of our price range--our meals
at Mother's were much more reasonably priced.

 ML> must-gos (I will not willingly set foot in Brennan's
 ML> though have eaten at its offshoot in Houston).

Any particular reason why not?

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