06-01-17 14:49 Roger Nelson wrote to Ed Vance about Popeye's

 RN> {at}MSGID: 
 RN> On Tue May-30-2017 21:36, Ed Vance (1:2320/105) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 EV> 05-29-17 11:53 Roger Nelson wrote to Ed Vance about Popeye's Howdy!
 EV> Roger,
Howdy! Roger,

 EV> I was eating at Popeye's the other day and wondered if You go there
 EV> to eat too?

 RN> Yes.  I like their breakfast, but they have gone up on its price twice
 RN> this year.  Not all Popeyes have breakfast available, so we are lucky
 RN> it's on our side of town.  My SIL likes their fried chicken and red
 RN> beans and rice, but I find that Church's fried chicken is better and
 RN> larger than Popeyes.  The red beans and rice are too spicy for me.

 EV> Thanks for the Reply.
 EV> I hardly ever eat breakfast away from home.

 RN> If I could avoid that I would.  We used to have a Shoneys here that had
 RN> a wonderful breakfast buffet, but they had no businness at night
 RN> because they were located on a strip of road containing a Chili's, a
 RN> couple of Japanese restaurants, Copeland's and various fast food
 RN> places.  The one thing wrong with Shoneys is their coffee tasted like
 RN> it was made a day or two before with used coffee grounds.

Shoneys had a tough time in that part of town, the powers that be
could have opened a Shoneys in another neighborhood.

Around here Shoney's operated their own places and the Frisch's Big Boy
places too.
I said 'operatED' because I haven't been in a Frisch's or Shoney's for
years.

 EV> I can't remember if I had eaten their red beans and rice, I like
 EV> putting Honey on their Biscuit that comes with the Chicken.

 RN> Growing up in New Orleans, my mother cooked red beans and rice every
 RN> Monday, just like almost everyone else of that time.  If you wanted to
 RN> add salt, pepper or any other condiment, you did it to suit your taste.

Last week I ate at Popeye's and ordered Red Beans and Rice.
It was O.K.
I survived to write to You about it.

-snip-

 RN> We get takeout from there.  The only places I like to sit and eat are
 RN> Chinese restaurants and some other types that have fried oyster
 RN> platters available. .

When I was in the Service in Hong Kong, I was trying to eat with Chop Sticks
and the waiter took them out of my hand, and I thought He was going to
bring a Knife, Fork and Spoon to me, but He didn't.

IIRC
He wrapped a rubber band around the top of the Chop Sticks and put a
piece of a Toothpick between the Sticks about 3 1/2 inches down from the
top.

It left a gap at the eating end and let me pinch the sticks together to
hold some food.

IIRC
Chinese folks used the Chop Sticks to put some food in a small bowl,
and then held that bowl near their mouth and raked the food from the
bowl into their mouth.
Japanese folks used Chop Sticks to pick up some food and placed it in
their mouth.

 EV> Pan Fried Oysters?

 RN> No.   Deep-fried.

 EV> I like Oyster Soup and Rolled Oysters.

 RN> I don't remember either, but it is possible I ate both at one time;
 RN> especially the oyster soup.  Not sure what rolled oysters are, but I
 RN> doubt they originated from here.

Rolled Oysters have One Oyster placed inside of a fist sized bunch of
dough and then it is Deep Fried.

Is what I described the same method You called Deep-fried, earlier?

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 EV> Mister Gatti's Pizza has a Buffet, I told the owner my only
 EV> complaint is that every time I walk in, I waddle out.

 RN> We had a pizza buffet place called CiCi's and the prices were cheap
 RN> ($5) for anything going down the serving line, but they went out of
 RN> business either due to poor management or because of the competition
 RN> they had where they were located.

CiCi's closed their places here too.

 EV> Taco TIco has some different item from what Taco Bell serves. The
 EV> sauce at Taco Tico tastes better than Taco Bell has.

 RN> We used to have Taco Bell/KFC in the same building here, but KFC
 RN> disappeared very recently.  Probably because their chicken pieces kept
 RN> getting smaller and smaller.

Around here KFC places either have Taco Bell or Pizza Hut in the same store.

 EV> At Taco Bell I more often order the 7-Layer Burrito and don't put
 EV> any sauce on it. But I do use their Mild Sauce on some of the
 EV> other items they sell.

 EV> I will eat at either of those places depending on where I am.

 RN> Where is that?

I meant either Taco Bell or Taco Tico.

 EV> Taco Bell have many locations in this area, Taco Tico has one in
 EV> Louisville, KY, and I know of another in Lexington, KY.

 EV> P.S. I'm wondering if Ben Ritchey reads this echo.
 EV> I'd like to know if He eats at Popeye's very often.

 RN> I don't know the answer to that.

 EV> If Ben doesn't read this echo I will ask Him in another echo that
 EV> I've seen Him post in.

 EV> You and Ben are the only people posting BBS Messages that I know of
 EV> and just wanted to ask to see if the people in the State of
 EV> Louisiana frequent Popeye's since Popeye's advertise they have the
 EV> Taste of Louisiana.

 RN> LOL!  I wonder how they can back up that claim.

I mis-said that, on their Drink Cups it says "Louisiana Kitchen",
not anything about Taste.

When I write something 'off the top of Ed's Head' it isn't always
Gospel.
I do try to do the best I can, but Facts ARE Facts and I goofed, DUH.

 RN> BTW, I'll probably put my BBS back up before the end of the year.

Ah, the care and feeding of a BBS.................

Good Luck.


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