Modern Food?
We know we're getting old and times are changing but we can't seem to get really quality food at restaurants. Time after time we leave a restaurant with no good reason to return. Usually the food is "...
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CFerguson wrote:
I seem to remember a rule of thumb that you should eat where the truckers eat so even if it isn't any good, the scenery makes up for it.
LOL, that was true long ago. When drivers ran the same road every few days they new where the best places to eat. By the mid '70s, a large parking lot was more important because sleeper operations, where the driver might not stop at same place twice where more common. But at that time, selling fuel was the goal, so truckstop chains tried to serve good food so drivers would fuel while eating. (Most pull to pump, go in restaurant. They would fuel the truck, and move it out of the way) By about 2000, most truckstops had changed to "Travel Centers", the profit is the high prices charged for the cheap stuff sold in the store. Instead of restaurant, lease space to McD or Subway.
Eat hole in the wall local. We scout for cleanliness and then roll the dice if they can pass that test.
LOL. The term "Hole in the Wall" dates back to the time when the undesirable class was not allowed in the restaurant, but could go around to the side and buy food thru the window. Now look at how much "food" is served thru a drive up window.
rk911 wrote:JRscooby wrote:
One thing I can not understand is why they can not serve a sandwich without so much of some kind of sauce that you have sauce running down your arm? No matter how good the sauce I will not lick my elbow.
EZ solution for that. tell the order taker to hold the sauce or put the sauce on the side.
But why should I risk confusing, or worse PO the underpaid guy stacking the sandwich together? Do you understand that sauce on the meat may add flavor, but if it runs off it is just hiding how dry the meat is?
