Subj : Re: Mayo [1] To : Ruth Haffly From : Dave Drum Date : Thu Dec 21 2023 07:09:37 -=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=- DD> Turkey Bacon is salty and smoky but not very porky. RH> It doesn't have the mouth feel of real bacon. When you cook it as crispy as I do there's not much to chjoose. Bv)= DD> I can get Duke's at a local Sav-A-Lot (el Cheapo discount) Grocery. RH> If DD> I can't find Ducke on the shelf I get Hellman's. Can't RH> remember RH> the DD> last time I bought Kraft mayo. DD> 8<----- WHACK ----->8 DD> Popeye's cole slaw is pretty good. As is Kentucky Fried Colonel's. RH> We rarely go to KFC, just isn't as good as Popeyes. DD> Few chicken places are. The Colonel's former partner started a thing DD> called "Lee's Famous Chicken" and their chicken was *much* better that DD> KFC. But, they were out-marketed and have shrunk back to a regional DD> mini-chain. RH> Never saw a Lee's, guess we were in the wrong region. They're centered mostly in Kentucky and Ohio. Oddly, since the Corp Rat headquarters isa in Fort Walton Beach, Florida - there are only three of the Quick Serve stores there. None in your state. There used to was two stores here. I've no idea why they closed as the chicken was *always* better done than KFC (not greasy) and the stores were always busy when I visited. DD> I don't even notice the half slice of sheeze on the Mickey D's DD> filet. And Burger Whop's Whaler (fish sandwich) back in the 70s DD> was much more to my taste than the current offering. RH> Used to be a whole slice of cheese, and since it's the "American RH> cheese", it doesn't add anything to the sandwich. But, I agree, the 70s RH> sandwiches were much better so I usually go with chicken. DD> I don't remember that. We've had McDuck's here since the early 60s. My DD> Lenten season go-to was their "Filet Meal" with a fish sandwich, DD> fries, and hot chocolate. And the cheese even back then was the DD> half-slice. I asked the manager of my nearby store "Why the cheese?" DD> and he shrugged then replied "Company Rules". RH> And a manager told me to ask for no cheese if that's what I wanted, RH> then the sandwich would be made up fresh and hot. There is that (unspoken) benefit to custom orders at a burger snatcher. DD> 8<----- CUT ----->8 DD> driving . When I was working out of town last summer I'd stop at the DD> local DQ for a medium chocolate shake to make the 30 mile drive home DD> more tolerable. It would last me city limits to city limits unless I DD> was risking "brain-freeze". Bv)= RH> Tasted pretty good on a hot day too. Our ice cream intake definately RH> goes up during the summer but not as much as it did when we were first RH> married. We'd get a $.15 double scoop cone every week after doing RH> laundry, occaisionally going for the 4 scoops for $.25. I think once or RH> twice we got the 6 scoops for $.35--that impressed my sister so much RH> when she came to visit once that she went back the next night for RH> another 6 scoop cone. DD> That was, no doubt, some years ago. My local B-R brags about their U$1 DD> single scoop cones. RH> That was in the mid 70s. We don't have a B-R nearby but do have a great RH> home made ice cream place, took folks from the 2019 picnic there. A RH> single (generous) scoop is $5. but Steve gets his free for being RH> retired military. He usually has them add a couple of dollars to the RH> "cop card" which pays for the free cones for military & first RH> responders of all branches. I like to split my single scoop into 2 RH> smaller; last week I had chocolate on the bottom and cinnamon (real, RH> not the red candy) on the top. Got to remember that mid-70s was *half* *a* *century* ago. DD> We've got more than Baskin-Robbins. Heck we used to have aHoward DD> Johnsons I Scream store. These days you'd be hard pressed to find DD> anything Ho-Jo's RH> I see them every once in a while in our travels but haven't eaten at RH> one since I was a kid. They're nothing special. We've got a local place called "Scoop du Jour" which is pretty much like the I scream parlours of our youth. They eveb do I Scream Sodas. MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06 Title: Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Sodas Categories: Five. choco, I scream, Dairy Yield: 4 Servings 3/4 c Chocolate syrup 1 c Milk 4 c Carbonated water; chilled 8 Scoops chocolate ice cream; - divided Whipped cream Place 3 tablespoons chocolate syrup in each of four 16-oz. glasses. Add 1/4 cup milk and 1 cup carbonated water to each; stir until foamy. Add two scoops of ice cream to each glass. Top with whipped cream if desired. Anna Erickson, Terrebonne, Oregon RECIPE FROM: https://www.tasteofhome.com Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives MMMMM .... "To err is human. But it feels divine." -- Mae West --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: Outpost BBS * Johnson City, TN (1:18/200) .