Subj : Shanks
To   : Dale Shipp
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Thu Jul 06 2023 11:39:38

Hi Dale,

 DS> I have had both pork shank and lamb shank.  The pork was at a
 DS> restaurant called Macaroni Grill, which unfortunately closed up 5-10
 DS> years ago.

 RH> We tried a Macaroni Grill down in Raleigh soon after moving to Wake
 RH> Forest. Being less than impressed, we never went back nor noticed its
 RH> closing.

 DS> I will admit that Macaroni Grill was a mixed bag.  Gail once tried
 DS> their spaghetti and meatballs.  Total failure, at least to her tastes.
 DS>  She
 DS> prefers thin spaghetti, theirs was quite thick.  The "meatballs"
 DS> consisted on a single ball the size of a softball, without an decent
 DS> flavor.  The sauce was like straight out of a jar of cheap sauce,
 DS> without even adding any spices.  If that had been at our first visit,

We never order spaghetti and meatballs when eating at an Italian place.
They're so easy to do at home that they're a regular (not quite as often
now that our girls are out of the house) item  on the menu. We prefer to
get something that I don't make at home. OTOH, Steve's mom (and dad)
always order spaghetti and meat balls. Once, while we were in Savannah,
we talked Mom into ordering something else--but Dad went with the usual.
(G)


 DS> we never would have gone back.  OTOH, they had a chicken parm dish
 DS> that was quite good, plus it is one of her go to dishes.  I'm not sure

I'll go for that from time to time but tend to go with either the
chicken saltombucca or marsala if I want chicken. The former, at the
place we went to Saturday, was good, and left overs didn't get tough
when reheated in the microwave. Same with Steve's seafood fra diavolo.

 DS> that I DS> ever had anything other than that pork shank, which I
 also liked a DS> lot.

I'll have to check it out some time. We have an Olive Garden in WF, as
well as the place now under new ownership. Don't think I've seen it on
the menu at either place.

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Ruth
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