Posted on 06/20/2021 2:44:05 PM PDT by Copernicus
You won't see this on the Food Channel! Italian cooking Instructor touring America visits Olive Garden!
"If you serve this in an Italian Restaurant at a minimum they will burn the place down."
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The Scots. ;)
Last time I went was pre kids so long ago. The soup was made with canned chicken and the salad dressing was nothing but vinegar. BARF! Never again.
Next time. I like Eagle Rock, it’s a quiet area.
My daughter in law is Lebanese. My son loves kibbeh.
My grandmother would simmer them
Olive Garden is Americanized Italian. Just like many of the Mexican restaurants. You won’t find the gloppy cheezy buttery stuff in Italy.
Lenient Arabs? And better check what happened to Sicily under Mussolini.
LOL. I’ll bet those Scots like that Irish haggis. ;>)
I’ve been to Italy. Ate way off the beaten path at little shops.
There is no comparison. It’s the difference between Trump Hotel in DC and McDonald’s.
Sounds good to me! I went out for America’s Big Mac dinner....it was time! :)
That sounds like what we used to order when we went to OG. Who cares if the Italians don't like it?
Ditto. The secret of real Italian cooking is the freshness of the ingredients; so IG is a fail right out of the freezer.
>>Well about as close as I get to enjoying mexican is a Taco salad. Perhaps that’s why I don’t care for it.<<
You probably have not had Mexican food from Mexico. If you have had American Mexican food then you have not had Mexican food at all. It is further away from real Mexican food than Olive garden is from Italian
That happened to me with Thai cuisine. A new Thai restaurant opened near me and I was one of the first customers. The food was excellent. A friend remarked "Wait a week; they'll be forced to tone it down for American palates." Sure enough I went there a couple weeks later and it wasn't the same. Whenever I order Thai food now, I ask them to prepare it "Thai hot". I'm sometimes not disappointed.
>>Whenever I order Thai food now, I ask them to prepare it “Thai hot”. I’m sometimes not disappointed.<<
For That I always ask for “5 star and add a side of Thai hot sauce.” If I am lucky it is NOT Surracha. That stuff is awful.
The best gumbo I ever tasted was in a little dive bar in the quarter called “Evelyn’s” on Chartres St. The gentleman that owned the place passed on, and now it’s called the Back Space Bar.
But that night we went, he was tending the bar and the kitchen too. Said he’d made up a batch of country gumbo (don’t care for seafood) and it was a savory delight. I ordered seconds. 😋
Every time I’ve been there, mexican cooks/dishwashers were in the kitchen. Not a fan, however I did like Buca De Pepo’s , Nothing beats homemade.
According to a map of ancient trade routes during their time, they did head up to the British Isles.
And I recall reading an article about a grave or two discovered under an old Irish pub (natch). Forensic Archeologists were brought in and they discovered via DNA analysis, that the skeletons were of Mediterranean origin.
There's one good Chinese restaurant near me. Very nice Chinese lady. Whenever I order something spicy I ask her for a little container of Chinese Chili Oil to put over my dish.
I make stuff up. :)
Thanks for doing the research.
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