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Who Took Mom Out To Dinner?

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Bucky Katt;2154864; said:
We've got plenty of pesto, too. I don't know how much she spent on pine nuts last year. :lol:
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You gotta use walnuts. Very slight flavor difference when you're throwing in the parmesan, basil and garlic, and the cost is astronomically less.

To rein this back on to topic, I use my mom's pesto recipe, too. Mom was a good cook.
 
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Came back to Ohio for the weekend and my sister and I took our mom out for dinner. I did a bunch of honey dos around the old homestead while there.

Got home and helped my daughter (who is studying over seas) put together a planter for her mom.
 
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BUCKYLE;2155469; said:
It's not.
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Someday we're going to have to take you to a real restaurant. Olive Garden is good when compared to some local greasy spoon but the truth is it's mostly processed goop that been cooked somewhere else and nuked before serving. Cheesecake Factory too, all those big chains prefab almost of of their food somewhere else so their restaurants can hire cheap labor to reheat it and make it look nice on a plate.
 
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When the majority of your food, whether that be entrees, sauces, breads, salads.... whatever, comes to you frozen in vacuum-sealed bags and is mostly just reheated on the spot, you're not eating at a real restaurant.

It's shocking to watch shows like No Reservations or Bizarre Foods where they travel the world and eat out of roadside stalls, and they're getting real, fresh, quality food that has beautiful color and tastes great, while in America the majority of us feel like Olive Garden is a "real" restaurant. It's not. It's crap. We just don't know any better.


The more I watch shows like that, or read books by chefs, the less I eat out. I would guesstimate we eat out at an actual restaurant once a month, maybe. We eat at roadside stalls where we can watch our food prepped and cooked maybe two-three times a month. The rest, I'm making it at home.
 
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knapplc;2155505; said:
When the majority of your food, whether that be entrees, sauces, breads, salads.... whatever, comes to you frozen in vacuum-sealed bags and is mostly just reheated on the spot, you're not eating at a real restaurant.

It's shocking to watch shows like No Reservations or Bizarre Foods where they travel the world and eat out of roadside stalls, and they're getting real, fresh, quality food that has beautiful color and tastes great, while in America the majority of us feel like Olive Garden is a "real" restaurant. It's not. It's crap. We just don't know any better.


The more I watch shows like that, or read books by chefs, the less I eat out. I would guesstimate we eat out at an actual restaurant once a month, maybe. We eat at roadside stalls where we can watch our food prepped and cooked maybe two-three times a month. The rest, I'm making it at home.
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I eat at a pizza place where I know every thing is made fresh at the location. The dough is made there from scratch as is the sauce, the use quality cheese and toppings. They only have salads, a caprese and anti-pasta as appetizers and their desserts are made fresh on location. I also eat at an Indian restaurant that I know makes everything from scratch. You won't catch me at a chain restaurant and if you do it's because I was invited and didn't want to be rude. I've eaten at some of the finest restaurants on Earth and once you tasted that food you just can't go back to the hash houses.
 
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