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Thursday, August 17, 2023

Food and Eating -- A Write for Friday Writings

[JIM'S LITTLE BLOG: Happy Birthday Sis! Happy Birthday Lois! (jimmiehov.blogspot.com)]
A restaurant on the West Side of Montgomery, Texas, now closed (Lois is center, back)

About Food and Eating 


Been asked to tell a tale 
A tale of food or eating 
Start with a place 
that isn't good? 

That I will not 

        We've never had a bad at the Cracker Barrels.  Their Meat Loaf is par with Mom's; Chicken Fried Chicken is my favorite.  Desert is Fried Apple in sweet syrup to go for desserts, at home we have it a la mode with Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla ice cream. 


        Yummy!!  


Then tell about your cook 
I'll tell you of some things I cook 
My cooking some might call 
it for every thing I make 

So everything I make, means 
microwaving, baking, frying, 
assembly of ingredients, 
defrosting from the frozen,

You name it, that, I might “make”


        Today I'm "making" Hot Dogs with cheese and sauerkraut and having Bush Original Baked Beans soon for Lunch. Cherry Pie a la mode next or later for dessert. 


If there is a place left 
on the Misses' card 
we can go out for 
a tasty meal 

    

        And when I'm not “making” it chances are that we are eating out. I like a lot of places besides Cracker Barrel. Some we visit that are nearby, Fast Food would be McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, Whataburger, Little Caesars(pizza), Chick-fil-A, and Kolache Factory. Favorites here would be Burger King for a sit-in Breakfast, Wendy's for sandwiches, and Subway and Kolache Factory for take-out.


        If we are better dressed for going in, it would be Orleans, Spring Barbeque, Luby's, Willie's Grill, Carrabba's Italian, Chuck Wagon BBQ and Burgers, La Finca(Mexican), and Apple-bees.

        Our Sunday Restaurant is Orleans, serving New Orleans type foods, much is spicier than Mrs. Jim wants. Wendy's eat-in is good, ours isn't open often for breakfast due to a help shortage. Burger King has Breakfast coupons; our favorite there is BOGO egg, cheese, and Ham or Sausage croissant sandwiches plus one senior coffee; it comes with one helping tater tots and one medium coffee.

    I used a list, “Restaurants in Katy,” there were 972 (Houston Metro Area, 11,361) for choosing. Some others did not make the list. Also we eat outside Katy into Houston proper, there it is liable to be Papadeaux Seafood. 

    Luby's has veteran discounts, Orleans has Senior Day on Fridays.

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 -Photo and Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2023, All Rights Reserved 
 - I am linked with Rosemaryy at Friday Writings #90 at     https://poetsandstorytellersunited.blogspot.com/2023/08/friday-wrings-90-food-andor-eating.html?m=1
 - Rosemary has asked us to writabout food and/or eating short or longish (369 words or fewer), fiction or nonfiction. Mine is exactly 369 words not counting the title.

11 comments:

  1. Smiling at the "making" of food... I do prefer a fresh home-cooked meal but some days are like that : microwaves and assembly!!!

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  2. Not so keen on MC Donalds and the likes myself. The only thing on your list I love is Sauerkraut We eat it with a sort of Dutch Bratwurst which goes with it.

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  3. Families seem to gather best around meals. How fortunate we are who have a remarkable range of choices nearby when it comes to life-sustaining food.

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  4. I've never eaten at Cracker Barrell! I used to like Applebees but they closed the two down nearest to me.

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  5. Sorry Jim, This is Debi being all anon and such.

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  6. All that food talk makes me hungry. :-)

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  7. Your response to the prompt, like your menus, has a little of everything. Good work.

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  8. Jim, you are good at "making" meals.
    I am also microwaving a lot of stuff lately. Perhaps it's the age.
    A lot of our restaurants are quite okay with the dress code, even with shorts and flip-flops (the weather is the excuse), but higher-end restaurants, no no, at least smart casual.

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  9. I enjoyed your foodie journey! I am a cook, a good cook, who got even better when Covid hit. The masterpieces from our kitchen amazed even me! I have slacked of a bit, but still enjoy hearing folks exclaim over something I have created.

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  10. Never realized how strange the 'making' of food is. Good one, Jim!

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