Hi Dave,

I was a better cook than my wife. I think the Food Network show "How
to Boil Water" was written with her in mind.

We are both pretty good cooks. Steve's mom made sure he knew the basics before leaving home. Time, travel, exposure to the echo here, and some Food network have made us both better as well as expanding our culinary horizons.

Funny how that works. When I managed the satellite shop we had a boob
tube going all the time. I watched a lot of Food Network and the shows
I liked best were the real cooking shows - like 2 Fat Ladies, or David Rosengarten.

Alton Brown was one of my all time Food Network favorites. We first got
it in HI, enjoyed watching "Iron Chef" in the original Japanes, without subtitles.

Alton is/was pretty good. I could not stand that smarta** Bobby Flay
nor his West Coast counterpart Guy Fieri.

I could take or leave Bobby--enjoyed it when he got beat on his show by
"no names".

Emeril was the only "showman chef" that I paid much attention to as

he DD> taught techniques as well as described ot gushed over it. Jerks
like DD> that creepy, spiky hair Fieri duds ..... well, this is a
family echo DD> so I'll be quiet now. Bv)=

Oh, I see I've mentioned his already. Bv)=

I half watched Emeril on nights Steve had school and I had no outside committments. Ususally had a hand sewing project on my lap that got
more attention.

I was idling away some time yesterday and reading one of the
ubiquitous "Best of" list6s ... this one for fast-food burgers.
Hardee's finished ahead of sister chain Carl's Jr. but the winner was Wendy's. I like Dave's Single. But I druther have a Baconator. Bv)=

I'd rather go for a chicken something or other than a burger most of
the time.

There was a "Best of" on chicken, too. Popeyes, of course, won but to
my surprise Chick Filly was mid-pack, behind Kanes, Shake Shack, and,
of course, Popeye's. KFC, McD's and White Castle brought up the rear.

Still, when I pass by the local Chick Fil A the dual drive-thru lanes
wrap around the building and back out into the street for half a
block. No way I'd wait that long for *anyone's* chicken sandwich.

It's just That popular! Good to see they're expanding out of the Deep South, glad that they still remain closed on Sunday.

They've been out for some time. This is their second go in my town.
And I've tried their product more than several times. Still ain;t impressed.

We've got 2 in our town that are always busy. They're both double laned
on the drive thru but traffic still backs up condiserably.

More likely to park, go in, get my grub and be on my way before the
third car on-line has placed its order. Bv)=

That's what we have to do, we've a high top on the back of our truck,
plus radio antennas. Also, when we're towing, no way can we take the camper thru a drive thru. We usually have to find a parking spot off premisis when towing to have room to park the rig.

Well, yeah, that's special circumstances. I';m referring to just a
plain ol' sedan. Rather than wait forever in a line. I stir my stumps
and go inside. In in & out before three peoplem have been served at
the drive up..

If we go in, we usually sit down. Means more of a wait at times but
gives us a chance to catch our breath if the day has been busy so far.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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