Subj : Staffing was: Leftovers To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Wed Jan 01 2025 15:33:18 Hi Dave, RH> I'll take that, on the side please. DD> That's how they bring it. In a nice plastic "souffle" cup. If you ask DD> for "lots" as I do w/blue cheese dressing - they bring two cups. Bv)= RH> I'm finding that one cup is usually enough for me these days. I don't RH> like salads drowned in dressing so usually ask for it on the side. One RH> exception is Olive Garden (we were there yesterday); their salad has a RH> nice amount of dressing, not too little, not drowning in it. I know RH> they probably put most of it together well in advance but they don't RH> add things like the tomatoes and crutons until it is ordered so it's RH> nice and fresh. DD> I've never cared much for O.G. Too many authentic Italian restaurants DD> available to choose from. And in almost any regional Italian you can DD> imagine from Sicily to the Tyroleans. I go to Papa Frank's (Saputo) DD> for their baked spaghetti. Or Joe Gallina's for the Sisilian take on DD> pasta DD> or pizza. Or Sam's (Salvatore) forthe best beef po'boys in the DD> Midwest. It's not our favorite (sold a while back, quality has dropped somewhat) but it was quick. Steve's mom's side of the family comes from the Calabria (toe of the boot) region, as the original owner, so it was home cooking for us. OG was a convenient after church choice; Steve had heard some folks talking about Italy so he wanted Italian food......OG worked. We both took home half of our entree, waiter gave us more breadsticks to go with it. DD> The whole Gallina family came to this area from Sisily about 30 years DD> ago. Joe has his place downtown, His brother Frank is in the near by DD> town of Riverton. Another brother ?Giovanni? has a place in Chatham. DD> And brother Vito, who had a very popular restaurant in a local DD> shopping center, packed his things and went home to Sicily - where DD> Guiseppe (Joe) tells me he's making a fortune selling "American Style" DD> pizza to Palermo. DD> Sadly, my favourite Italian place, Bianco's got "urban renewed" out of DD> their location and Dominic took the money and retired. I used to go DD> there for supper and tell the wait staff, "Whatever Grandma's cooking" DD> for my dinner order. I was never disappointed. Sigh! I don't cook as much Italian as I used to, trying to keep the carb intake under control, but do like it done right (the way my MIL taught me). DD> 8<----- CLIP ----->8 RH> Looks good to me. We're not going anywhere for New Year's eve, just RH> going to have a quite night at home. That way I don't have to inhale RH> smoke from the fireworks. DD> I *NEVER* *EVER* go out on 'amateur night". Too many normally sober DD> folk who think it's their duty to go out on New Year's eve and get DD> stupid. As in knee walking, toilet hugging drunk. And then try to DD> drive. No, thank you very much. DD> I worked at the Zone last night, stopped at Hardee's and got their Big DD> Bag meal - 2 double burgers, fries and medium soft drink - and went DD> right home. The carb load sent me right off to the land of nod and I DD> didn't even hear the local idiot and his fireworks ticking anyone in DD> ear-shot. I'd not slept well (asthma issues) Monday night so was out before midnight last night. DD> The municipal fireworks from the Old State Capitol (downtown) were DD> called off due to it being a rainy day - and night. So I didn't miss DD> much and DD> got a good night's sleep. WF doesn't do anything and I need to avoid fireworks so we spent a quiet evening at home. DD> Had this made-up and sitting in the ice box. I'm expecting my oven's DD> timer to ding and tell me it's time for a proper breakfast - any DD> minute now .... DD> Title: Farmer's Breakfast Casserole DD> Categories: Potatoes, Cheese, Dairy, Ham, Eggs DD> Yield: 6 servings That'll keep you going all day. (G) --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Yesterday was the deadline for complaints. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .