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To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Feb 12 2025 11:04:37

Hi Dave,

 DD> I was a better cook than my wife. I think the Food Network show "How
 DD> to Boil Water" was written with her in mind.

 RH> We are both pretty good cooks. Steve's mom made sure he knew the basics
 RH> before leaving home. Time, travel, exposure to the echo here, and some
 RH> Food network have made us both better as well as expanding our culinary
 RH> horizons.

 DD> Funny how that works. When I managed the satellite shop we had a boob
 DD> tube going all the time. I watched a lot of Food Network and the shows
 DD> I liked best were the real cooking shows - like 2 Fat Ladies, or David
 DD> Rosengarten.

 RH> Alton Brown was one of my all time Food Network favorites. We first got
 RH> it in HI, enjoyed watching "Iron Chef" in the original Japanes, without
 RH> subtitles.

 DD> Alton is/was pretty good. I could not stand that smarta** Bobby Flay
 DD> nor his West Coast counterpart Guy Fieri.

I could take or leave Bobby--enjoyed it when he got beat on his show by
"no names".

 DD> Emeril was the only "showman chef" that I paid much attention to as
 he DD> taught techniques as well as described ot gushed over it. Jerks
 like DD> that creepy, spiky hair Fieri duds ..... well, this is a
 family echo DD> so I'll be quiet now.  Bv)=

 DD> Oh, I see I've mentioned his already.  Bv)=

 RH> I half watched Emeril on nights Steve had school and I had no outside
 RH> committments. Ususally had a hand sewing project on my lap that got
 RH> more attention.

 DD> I was idling away some time yesterday and reading one of the
 DD> ubiquitous "Best of" list6s ... this one for fast-food burgers.
 DD> Hardee's finished ahead of sister chain Carl's Jr. but the winner was
 DD> Wendy's. I like Dave's Single. But I druther have a Baconator.  Bv)=

 RH> I'd rather go for a chicken something or other than a burger most of
 RH> the time.

 DD> There was a "Best of" on chicken, too. Popeyes, of course, won but to
 DD> my surprise Chick Filly was mid-pack, behind Kanes, Shake Shack, and,
 DD> of course, Popeye's. KFC, McD's and White Castle brought up the rear.

 DD> Still, when I pass by the local Chick Fil A the dual drive-thru lanes
 DD> wrap around the building and back out into the street for half a
 DD> block. No way I'd wait that long for *anyone's* chicken sandwich.

 RH> It's just That popular! Good to see they're expanding out of the Deep
 RH> South, glad that they still remain closed on Sunday.

 DD> They've been out for some time. This is their second go in my town.
 DD> And I've tried their product more than several times. Still ain;t
 DD> impressed.

We've got 2 in our town that are always busy. They're both double laned
on the drive thru but traffic still backs up condiserably.


 DD> More likely to park, go in, get my grub and be on my way before the
 DD> third car on-line has placed its order.  Bv)=

 RH> That's what we have to do, we've a high top on the back of our truck,
 RH> plus radio antennas. Also, when we're towing, no way can we take the
 RH> camper thru a drive thru. We usually have to find a parking spot off
 RH> premisis when towing to have room to park the rig.

 DD> Well, yeah, that's special circumstances. I';m referring to just a
 DD> plain ol' sedan. Rather than wait forever in a line. I stir my stumps
 DD> and go inside. In in & out before three peoplem have been served at
 DD> the drive up..

If we go in, we usually sit down. Means more of a wait at times but
gives us a chance to catch our breath if the day has been busy so far.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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