Hehe...that's the way I am with meat pies. The last batch I bought on line was from a shop in Seattle, The Great Australian Meat Pie Co. Absolutely authentic and the absolutely scrumptious! I plan on putting in another order soon.
Yeah, I used to work in Edison and we used to sneak out and get Tastee's subs- they were still good last I had one- and they've "expanded" with shops in Franklin and Sayreville (the latter also does pizza).
In nearby South River, there was a well known sub place called (IIRC) Riddle & Martin (which sounds like a 60's era comedy duo) who's specialty was a Tuna Salad/Egg Salad sub-------
----yeah, that was my reaction, too. BUT, while most people are repulsed, those that do try it, swear by 'em.
R&M often closes early (when they run out of bread for the day) AND they seem to cut up their onions too far in advance, so that, exposed to the air, they get very bitter.
In Massachusetts, the woman I lived with would splurge and get crabmeat subs occassionally from a Greek pizza shop. I expected them to be cold crabmeat salad subs (or is that "hero" or "grinder" territory?) but they turned out to be hot subs and they were great (AND expensive- $8 in 1975 dollars), but hot subs are a different subject, IMO.
I have that one and one other Rogue in my tasting queue, something else I wouldn't expect in beer like Persimmons, or some such. Tried and liked the Sea Otter Amber.
Actually not. They don't freeze their meat. Don't recall if the patties are made at the restaurant or further up the chain, but they're a long ways away from your standard Sysco prepackaged crap.
Psst, it's Thousand Island.
That they do. While burger flippers at McD's and the like get minimum, InO typically pays substantially more, at least according to the stats cited in "Fast Food Nation."
Nope. Just slowly.
No, he's just saying he wants the balls to do it. At least that's the way I choose to read it.
-Steve
Not even remotely. You could fit about 4 WC patties on one InO.
InO is really just the standard burger I've had at a lot of places in SoCal (burger stands, diners, etc.). Burger, of course, lettuce, tomato, onion (fresh or grilled) and some Thousand Island. The thing that really makes the difference, I think with InO is the fact that they don't freeze anything except the ice cream for the shakes. Given how superior most food is fresh compared to frozen, that may be enough to explain it right there.
-Steve
"Steve Jackson" wrote in news:oVHsf.11370$X86.10818@trnddc04:
My mistake. I couldn't possibly tell the difference through all the Secret Sauce.
Psst, the buns are crappy, soft things a half step away from Wonder bread.
And thanks, I've disliked Thousand Island dressing long enough to know what it is when I see it. You *can* make this at home just like the pros. Would you like the recipe?
I asked one once if it was true that they got paid vacation. He grinned from ear to ear and said "Yes!" And I hope to not sound like a bigot, but they all speak English well, have manners, a neat appearance, apologize if necessary (But only if necessary - and then they go nuts to make it right - I swear there's an emergency team. If you've never gone inside to order, do so. It's impressive.), make sure you have everything you need (napkins, ketchup), etc...Unlike every other fast food place I can think of.
As much as I think their burgers are not the stuff of legend, I approve mightily of their business model. Hence, I don't complain too loudly when The Commander or Superkid[1] want InO. I think businesses like this should be supported, so my vocal criticism of a thing is once again inappropriate[2].
And...you should have seen the 10x10. It was such beautiful excess.
Scott Kaczorowski Long Beach, CA
[1] Hey Don you f****it. YOU email ME. My email either qualifies as spam on your end (as it probably should) or you're a lying sack of half-dried reptile excrement. [2] Stone AB and DB still suck hard and often[3]. [3] Went into Morry's (local goodbeer outlet) recently and walked into the cooler to be confronted by big (3l?) bottles of AB. There happened to be an employee in there restocking. I said: "Jeez. I didn't know they put this crap in such big bottles." He: "Oh. You don't like it?" Me: "It's garbage. It's not just overrated, it's just a bad beer." He: . It was hilarious - he had obviously told the entire staff. As I came out of the cooler, he surreptitiously pointed and said something like "Yeah, that's him." I swear, they were standing around and waiting. Idiots. Steve is right, Morry's is slipping.
Franke Pepe's? Love that place.
Still on my list. Last time I ended up getting sidetracked on the other side of the state having a bacon sandwich at Nodine's Smokehouse.
Where in St Paul? All the good Jucy Lucy's I've had are over the river in Minneapolis (such as Matt's Bar, which has at least a decent claim on inventing it). (See
Not that there's anything wrong with it.
AFAIK there are no Jack-in-the Boxes east of the Mississippi. Or north of the Mason-Dixon line. Or something like that. I just drove by one the other day, but it was in Weatherford, TX.
There are bunch of Jack-in-the-Boxes in Tennessee and North Carolina (east of Mississippi) and and a few in Illinois ("north" of the Mason Dixon Line). When I lived in MI, I made a disparaging comment about Jack-in-the-Box and my friends were surprised we still had those out west (I had moved to MI from AZ).
From my last Jack-in-the-Box experience (which was probably 10 years ago), combined with my bad 80s memories of their "Fajita Pita", I haven't exactly gone searching them out.
Washington state is well north of the Mason-Dixon line (extending it all the way across the country, of course) and has an abundance of Jack-in-the-Box joints.
None of them serve beer, unfortunately.
My bad. I failed to get across the (still slightly incorrect) notion that I was ANDing those clauses. IOW the whole northeast quandrant of the US has nearly no JiBs. Illinois being the glaring exception, of course.
If they did it would suck.
On the other hand, it wouldn't be the first time you've been served lousy beer by a clown...
I only think they sell retail at the little shop in Goshen these days, but that's not too much further.
Indeed. I hated that damn 3.2 rule when I lived there.
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