Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-
I bet there's a Cracker Barrel though. Bv)=
Nope, nothing there yet. There IS a Cracker Barrel north of town right off of I-26, across from Waffle House. <G>
Cracker Barrel seems to be spaced about 90 minutes apart in Illinois.
All on/just off interstate highway ramps.
Our franchisee did outdoor (patio) even w/heaters in the winter time.
And hung on. He also leased the last Denny's location (before they tore
it down) and installed a Spaghetti Shop franchise. It's still under the same ownership - but it's now a "Beef O'Brady's" sports bar franchise.
I haven't been to our local Beef O' Brady's in 10 years but they are
still there and still evidently going strong in the same location.
They are in an odd location but if you want them, they're there.
I'm not a fan of most sports bars ... but, then, I'm not a saloon-a-tick. There's one I go to called Brickhouse - for the chilli. And the waitress
with the sizeable assets. She always give our party great service - we
tip with "funny money" ... U$2 bills, gold dollar coins and half-dollars.
I wish we had a Waffle House or a Toddle House. We're forced to make do with a Memphis based Huddle House.
We've three WHs here; one a short drive north of me (3 miles) and one
west of me (4.4 miles), and the one across from CB (6.6 miles).
They're all really good places especially the far-north one. I like to
go around 9-10 AM. Past the breakfast rush hour. I do admit to
enjoying going to a WH around that time with my laptop and a MiFi to do
my morning computer work while eating.
There are but two WH locations in Illinois - Granite City and Collinsvlle
(both St. Louis Metro-east). I did note that in scrolling through their
"Find a Waffle House" page there are a butt-load of locations in one
Tennessee city. Clarksville .... so many I thought they might have their Corp-Rat offices there, But the Bing-O search engine tells me they're
out of Norcross, GA.
You know what they say about "great minds" (Not talking about us, of course.) Bv)=
More from our OTR experiences. Mine is more of just doing
cross-country driving in a car, not a semi.
I've hitch-hiked, driven (cars and semis), ridden motorcycles over 49
of the 50 Untied States. And most of the Canadian provinces (except the maritimes ... including a trip to Oshawa, Ontario to see a Long John
Baldry gig.
The limited sccess Interstate highway system has pretty much killed off
"thumb tripping" around the country.
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Baldry's Pistachio & Rosewater Sponge
Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Nuts
Yield: 12 servings
12 oz Self raising flour
12 oz Granulated sugar
12 oz Salted butter
4 oz Crushed pistachios
6 lg Eggs
2 tb Milk
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6 oz Salted butter
12 oz Icing sugar
Few drops of culinary rose
- water
Set the oven @W 360ºF/182ºC
Grease 2 cake tins, then line with baking parchment.
Measure your flour, sugar and butter into a large mixing
bowl.
Crush the pistachios and add to the bowl of dry
ingredients.
Add the 6 eggs to the bowl and mix together using an
electric whisk
Once all your ingredients are mixed together, add milk
to get the mixture to a dropping consistency
Divide the mixture equally between your 2 tins, then
bake for 40 minutes
To make your rosewater icing, add your icing sugar,
butter and rosewater essence into a bowl and mix
together.
Once the sponge is cooled, slice each sponge into two,
to create a layered cake. Add the rosewater icing
in-between each sponge, then decorate with 2oz crushed
pistachios and dried rosebuds on top
RECIPE FROM:
https://baldrysgrasmere.com
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