Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Guess they just aren't into pork as much as their northern neighbors.
I've seen it on the menu but not nearly as much as beef or chicken.
In daily life there are lots of Latino recipes that use pig meat.
Just not so much at their restaurants in the USA it seems.
Maybe they think we only like it as ham, bacon or pork chops.
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I've introduced him to various noodle dishes like pad thai and Bun
Thit Nuong (Vietnamese Grilled Pork & Rice Noodles) or Shrimp
Noodle Bowls.
Those would have never crossed his lips. We're visiting Steve's family right now, last night Mom treated everyone to dinner at an Italian
place. It was a last minute sub because the place we'd had reservations for, called an hour before and said they were not going to be open.
At least they letcha know rather than having you show up hungery and
find that they had "gone walkabout" (as the Australians say).
Yes, but it would have been nice to have gotten notice earlier in the
day.
Anyway, different ones tried to get hold of Steve's older sister
and husband to let them know of the change--finally did, just as
we again, on future trips to the area.
I have only one "Italian" place locally where I've seen gnocci
offered. Papa Frank's is owned by the same family who run the
eminomious "Saputo's" in down town Springfield. The problem there is
that one never knows with the downtown venue - one time everything
will be magnifico. Then the next go will be cattivo. Papa Franks is consistently meraviglioso.
Our favorite Italian place here in town sold out to one of the
employees a while back. Owner was from the same region of Italy as
Steve's mom's family so it was "home cooking" for us. We went there a
good number of times pre covid, once during covid trued their take out pizza & were less than impressed. Have only been back once since the
new ownership, need to go back and see if the chicken cacciatori (our favorite) is still as good. Original owner had opened up another restaurant in a nearby town; that one was taking all his time so he
sold out & supposedly sold his recipies to the new owner.
Just not so much at their restaurants in the USA it seems.
Maybe they think we only like it as ham, bacon or pork chops.
Or sausage, or ribs, or pulled pork, etc, etc, Maybe they're Jewish or Muslim instead of being in thrall to the Pope and his minions.
Yes, but it would have been nice to have gotten notice earlier in the
day.
Did they indicate why they would be closed? It might have been a vital part of the place had been compromised - like, no air conditioning, or
no gas service (for whatever reason) to light the stoves. If they
could predict what happened it would not be an emergency.
Our favorite Italian place here in town sold out to one of the
employees a while back. Owner was from the same region of Italy as
Steve's mom's family so it was "home cooking" for us. We went there a
good number of times pre covid, once during covid trued their take out pizza & were less than impressed. Have only been back once since the
new ownership, need to go back and see if the chicken cacciatori (our favorite) is still as good. Original owner had opened up another restaurant in a nearby town; that one was taking all his time so he
sold out & supposedly sold his recipies to the new owner.
First time I ever met cacciatore it was served to my by an old Italain gent who was a retired coal miner. He lived in an one room
"efficiency" apartment in my friend's mother's transient hotel. When Dennis introduced us and I heard the guys surname I asked if he was related to two brothers known to "mobbed up". Sammy replied, "Yeah, they're my brothers but they are crooks. I don't have nothing to do
with them."
He served us pigeon cacciatore - which was appropriate as the dishis DD> translated as "hunter's stew" and the flying rats were all that
Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-
Just not so much at their restaurants in the USA it seems.
Maybe they think we only like it as ham, bacon or pork chops.
Or sausage, or ribs, or pulled pork, etc, etc, Maybe they're Jewish or Muslim instead of being in thrall to the Pope and his minions.
At this point, it's anybody's guess.
Yes, but it would have been nice to have gotten notice earlier in
the day.
Did they indicate why they would be closed? It might have been a vital part of the place had been compromised - like, no air conditioning, or
no gas service (for whatever reason) to light the stoves. If they
could predict what happened it would not be an emergency.
At the time they said "no staff available", changed later to "family emergency".
He served us pigeon cacciatore - which was appropriate as the dish
is DD> translated as "hunter's stew" and the flying rats were all that
could DD> be hunted downtown - unless you wanted real rats. Bv)=3
No thanks to having a real rat but pigeon would be interesting.
Could have called it "urban quail". (G)
Maybe they think we only like it as ham, bacon or pork chops.
Or sausage, or ribs, or pulled pork, etc, etc, Maybe they're Jewish or Muslim instead of being in thrall to the Pope and his minions.
At this point, it's anybody's guess.
I was being facetious.
Did they indicate why they would be closed? It might have been a vital
At the time they said "no staff available", changed later to "family emergency".
Might have been both. The "staffing issues" thing was quite common at
the depths of the CoVid pandemic.
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He served us pigeon cacciatore - which was appropriate as the dish
is DD> translated as "hunter's stew" and the flying rats were all that
could DD> be hunted downtown - unless you wanted real rats. Bv)=3
No thanks to having a real rat but pigeon would be interesting.
Could have called it "urban quail". (G)
Despite feeding on offal and garbage rats are very clean animals avows
he, who has raised rats (for laboratories) and kept a couple of their close relatives as pets when younger.
Rats got a bad rap back in the middle ages for causing bubonicplague. DD> But it was their hitchhikers, the fleas, which were the
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