Hi Sean,

Long time no hear, hope all is going well with you.


 RH> But for most people, O.G. is the Italian taste they grew up with. Those
 RH> that were raised with parents that didn't do much cooking--frozen
 RH> entrees or take out, O.G. would be the best Italian cooking they know.

 SD> There's a small local Italian place here in Johnson City called "The
 SD> Crazy Tomato" that beats Olive Garden hands down IMNSHO.  I haven't
 SD> eaten at Olive Garden in years as they want too much for their food.

Sounds good. Back in November we were in Raleigh doing some run around,
including stopping at the Bernina store to show one of their instructors
my finished piece from one of her classes. She was teaching another
class on the same project when we went in so I had to model it (a
patchwork jacket) for the others and show how I varied it from the
pattern. It was supper time so we asked her about the restaurant near
the store, turns out it's a pricy steak house. She reccommended the
Italian place in the same plaza--we walked in without reservations but
got seated right away. It was a white tablecloth place so I was
expecting prices to match and was pleasantly surprised that they were
reasonable. Turned out to be a family owned place, from the same region
of Italy as Steve's mom's family so we got a good meal, with plans to go
back.

As for Olive Garden--the local one does a free lunch (limited menu) for
veterans on Nov.11 so we went with another vet and his daugher (he's
also a ham). IIRC, I had something like chicken parm with angel hair
pasta. The meat was ok--not great, not terrible--but the pasta was
nothing I would order again. I think Steve would agree with me in that
O.G. is ok for times like that, other times we'll go to a non chain
place.


 SD> Now here's something I like (and everyone else thinks I'm crazy) sans
 SD> the brandy:


 SD>       Title: Myra's Jewish Chopped Liver
 SD>  Categories: Poultry, Appetizers, Jewish
 SD>       Yield: 3 Servings

Probably something you can handle with your mouth--or do you have the
new set of teeth yet?

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