Hi Dave,

 DD> kernels, or, if I have them (seldom) pine nuts, and maybe some cheese.
 DD> I have been known to take a tarted-up bagged salad, put it in a BIG
 DD> bowl and make that my supper.

 RH> We've bought them too, Sam's Club usually has a good assortment. Their
 RH> sweet kale one got Steve to like (raw) brussels sprouts; he still
 RH> doesn't like cooked ones. My favorite one has greens, apple, Cheddar
 RH> cheese, raisins and bacon bits with a cider vinegarette dressing--sort
 RH> of sweet/sour.

 DD> I've not seen pre-bagged salads w/apples or fruit. But, then, I don't
 DD> do anything tainted with WalMart affiliation. And seldom buy bagged
 DD> salad in any event.

We'll get them from time to time, good when fresh vegetables aren't as
readily available or too expensive. IIRC, Wegman's has one with apples
also but then too, you don't have them in your area.


 DD> One of the things I like about the local truck-stop's restaurant is
 DD> that any non-breakfast meal you order comes with a chice of one of the
 DD> soups of the day (they always have two except Sunday - when it's
 DD> Creamy Chicken Rice soup only) or you can take a "side salad" with
 DD> lettuce, shredded carrot, some sliced or diced tomato and a couple
 DD> nice slices of cucumber. Even a burger & fries comes w/that choice.

 RH> Sounds good to me; I'll most likely take the salad, especially if
 they RH> have 1,000 Island dressing.

 DD> Oh, they do.

I'll take that, on the side please.



 DD> When Magic Kitchen came to town it was the first Thai place here. They
 DD> lady who ran the front of the house had been a missionary and she got
 DD> married to a Thai chef. I ordered garlic-pepper pork and was going to
 DD> get it "hot" when she warned me that was "Thai Hot" nor "round-eye
 DD> hot". So i ordered medium and it was about at the top of my heat
 DD> tolerance.

 DD> Some time later I was having lunch. Magic Kitchen having become one of
 DD> my regular stops. A cople of guys I know from the race track came in
 DD> to "try it out". They ordered their dishes hot even though she warned
 DD> them.

 DD> I watched ot the corner of my eye as they sat at their table glaring
 DD> at one another. I could almost hear te "macho-mindset" thoughts ...
 DD> "He's
 DD> gong to take another bite. Which means I'll have to take another ... "

 DD> I ran across one of the guys later and asked (facetiously) how he
 DD> liked his lunch. He said, "Shoulda listened to her and let Steve be a
 DD> "Hero"
 DD> by himself."

Pays to listen to the waitress. I got some Thai once in HI, started out
nice and mild but got hotter the more I ate of it. Good, but didn't want
to roast my mouth. Steve finished it for me and admitted that it was
hot, even for him.

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