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Tue Sep 02 2014 14:31:55 UTC
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Freakdog <freakdog@dogpound2.citadel.org>
I'd much rather go to a mom-and-pop Italian restaurant...but in central Indiana, those are few and far between.
Olive Garden and other chains do well in places like NYC because they attract tourists.
Tourists don't know how to seek out the good places to eat (in *any* style of cuisine) so they simply eat the brands they already know.
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Tue Sep 02 2014 14:58:50 UTC
from
Freakdog <freakdog@dogpound2.citadel.org>
Screw that...if I'm in NYC, I'm going to go hit Little Italy.
Or they have people like Melvin in tow, where finding a decent restaurant is more an exercize in dart-throwing and dumb luck than anything else, so you stick with what you know will work.
and I know how to make sauce.
Real Italians do ***not*** put "sauce" on their macaroni.
It's called *****gravy*****.
Tourists don't know how to seek out the good places to eat (in *any*
style of cuisine) so they simply eat the brands they already know.
That's easy - just follow the locals. Eat where *they* eat. And if still in doubt, and in Brooklyn, look for the mob guys and ask one where the good "real" Italian food can be had. Seriously. And for the record, that *used* to work in South Philly quite well. Of course, these days there's not much of La Familia left down there... :(
2014-09-02 13:43 from zooer @uncnsrdReal Italians do ***not*** put "sauce" on their macaroni.
I yant Italian, capire?
Stronz'!
I'm glad I don't have such good taste as some of y'all. I can eat just about
anywhere and enjoy myself, and I've never once been tempted to write a pages-long
screed about the proper way to cook something.
I really don't care either. I love to cook, but I don't like recipes. OG doesn't bother me because I know what
I am getting into, I would rather have "real" Italian food, but I know what OG is and my expectations are not
high.
Pizza however has to be deep dish Chicago style.......
(runs)
I am getting into, I would rather have "real" Italian food, but I know what OG is and my expectations are not
high.
Pizza however has to be deep dish Chicago style.......
(runs)
I won't refuse to eat at an Olive Garden ... it just isn't real Italian food.
It's basically frozen dinners served at a table.
<< IGnores the troll >>
It's basically frozen dinners served at a table.
<< IGnores the troll >>
Olive Garden is ok as a 'corporate chain restaurant' can ever be.
It is just *not* an Italian joint. Ever.
It is just *not* an Italian joint. Ever.
Very classy hydrogenated soybean oil. Beats the pants off that crappy olive oil any day of the week.
The nearby Olive Garden provided me with the fond memory of the fish-wine I tried one evening.
Kind of a first for me. So far, a last as well.