-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Hardee's came to my town when they bought the Sandy's chain of fats
 DD> food joints. They were almost as old (1956) as McD's - but, obviously,
 DD> not as durable.

 RH> McD's had better PR folks. (G) Seriously, it was probably the Golden
 RH> Arches and the fact you could get the same cheap meal at whatever
 RH> franchise you went to, whether it be in Peoria, IL or Peoria, AZ.

Sandy's didn't have Ronald McDonald or the Hamburglar. Just a figure in
a kilt w/bagpipes. And nothing remotely Scottish on the menu.

 DD> I've got apps for Hardee's, Wendy's, Popeyes, Arby's, Domino's Pizza
 DD> and Jimmy John's (subs). They are a convenience for me. Not to mention
 DD> there are a lot of "app/on-line only" specials I take adbvantage.

 RH> We've got no apps for any of the above and will keep it that way. Of
 RH> your listing, we go to Arby's and Popeyes, but neither one one of them
 RH> that often.

As I said, they're a convenience. I can order while at work and pick-up
on my way home ... or order from home and then do the quick trip. That
works especially well with Popeyes on Tuesdays when the drive thru lines
a "around the block" long due to the "Tuesday" special. I order from my 
confuser, drive to my nearby Popeyes and park right by the door, nip 
inside and go to the Door Dash station. I tell the clerk who I am, pick 
up my food and beat feet for the house.

 DD> Popeyes just wound up a "Buy 6 wings ($5.99) and get another 6 for
 DD> $1." That was supper last night for both me and Dennis - and the
 DD> mutts loved the bones.

 RH> We went to Alpaca's (Peruvian chicken) yesterday after church, split a
 RH> half chicken and several sides. Brought some chicken home that we had
 RH> for supper.

Never had Peruvian chicken. What is the distinguishing characteristic
that makes it "special"?

 DD> Used to have McD's app but Itook it off because they got overly picky
 DD> on usage and flooded my e-mail with (not so) "specials".

 DD> Do the Hardee's in your area do coupons? I get a monthly mailing from
 DD> some marketing outfit. Yesterday's haul had coupons for Popeyes,
 DD> Subway, Burger King, Hardee's and Little Caesar's (who have improved
 DD> their pizza greatly). Once in a while there is even a McD's sheet of
 DD> coupons.

 RH> Yes, we get the recycle bag flyer with all sorts of coupons. Haven't
 RH> seen the Hardee's one in a while, last set was for Subway and BK.

I give the Subway sheet to Dennis as he prefers them over Jimmy John's.
The BK goes into the clipper pile. Every couple of months I go through
the pile and send the expired sheets to the newspaper pile for another
trip through the system.

 DD> The bundle also contains window, siding and gutter hutles. As well as
 DD> a BelTone hearing aid flyer and general beauty & bath merch coupons.

 RH> Fodder for the recycle bag.

 DD> True dat.

 RH> Our recycle can is usually fuller than the regular trash can.

Sprig-a-leak's recycle program uses blue totes and the disposal company
that has the contract with the city runs "sorter" trucks that pick up
the contents of those totes. And they maintain a recycling centre for
aluminum cans, etc. where the pay $$$ for your old cans. Sadly, neither
takes plastic grocery sacks. You have to haul those back to one of the
grocers who do recycle them. 

Hy-Vee is the only one of my local stupormarkups that offer paper or
plastic at their check-outs.

 DD>      88

 RH> It was (at that time) basically offer of 2 entrees, about 4 sides, a
 RH> couple of desserts. Lunch time always had a tossed salad available
 RH> also. Now there's all kinds of choices, traditional, vegan and so on,
 RH> with a proper salad bar. (We stopped there in May, on our way to Ohio
 RH> from visiting family in the Rochester, NY area & had lunch there.)

 DD> Was this at your college? Most campus dining halls don't do
 DD> "walk-ins". Unless it's run as a concession by an outside party.

 RH> It is run by an outside company with supplimental student staff. We
 RH> were there over graduation week end/class of '74 reunion but we've
 RH> been able to have a meal there other times.

So, it was/is a concession. Graduation time is pretty crazy at most of
the colleges/universities I've been around.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Food Service Chocolate Chunk Cookies
 Categories: Cookies, Snacks, Desserts, Nuts, Chocolate
      Yield: 4 Dozen
 
      1 c  Granulated sugar
    2/3 c  Packed brown sugar
    2/3 c  Margarine
    2/3 c  Butter
      3 lg Eggs
      2 ts Vanilla
  3 1/2 c  (to 4 c) All-purpose flour
  1 1/2 ts Baking soda
      6 oz Pecan pieces
     18 oz Semi-sweet chocolate; in
           -chunks
 
  Recipe by: St. Louis Post-Dispatch 5/27/96
  
  Set oven @ 350§F/175§C. Beat together sugar, brown
  sugar, margarine and butter until fluffy. Slowly beat in
  eggs and vanilla. Sift together flour and baking soda and
  mix in. Mix in pecans and chocolate until just blended.
  
  Scoop out roughly 3 tablespoons cookie dough and form into a
  ball (or use an ice cream scooper). Drop on cookie sheet and
  press down a little. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes.
  
  The food service department at the University of Colorado
  at Boulder.
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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