CH> 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
CH> 8 cloves garlic, pureed
CH> Salt and freshly ground pepper
CH> 2 loaves good white bread, cut into 1-inch thick slices

 CS> The garlic makes it Garlic Texas bread.  the 'Texas' part here is the
 CS> cut of bread is thicker than you normally see, cut same as regular
 CS> samwich 'wonder bread' but thicker.
 CS>                                        xxcarol


 Carol!!! Welcome to Coffee Klatsch! :) And yes it's the cut of the
bread perhaps but isn't the way one does garlic bread with a loaf of
say old Italian or French bread cut thick? :) That is why I thought it
was the type of bread that made it different.

Also while you are here, George Pope and I have a question.

My sister tells me that the 'sit on floor' style of eating, in
Japanese restaurants is for tourists. Most Japanese eat western style
now. Our question to you is : is this true just in restaurants or is
true in homes too. That is, is the lovely traditional way of eating iN
Japan, totally dead? (Except for tourists of course.)

I recall reading in the days of the Industrial Revolution the
Japanese- or rather the ruling classes- for the most part welcomed with
open arms Westernization. If I had been born during those days, I
would have welcomed some of it sure but I'd not forsake many of the
traditions the government at that time practically made illegal...
(IIRC). ((IE : Shinto buddhism was outlawed?))


Thanks, Cindy

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