JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
> "George Shirley" > wrote in message
> . ..
>> Michael "Dog3" wrote:
>>> hahabogus > dropped this
>>> : in rec.food.cooking
>>>> I don't dislike the olive garden...for a chain it's not that bad. Some
>>>> folks ain't as food crazy as us and don't know it's bad and
>>>> therefore enjoy it. When I dine out with my son it is one of the
>>>> regular choices he makes.
>>> Compared the The Pasta House Co. here, OG rocks. It is not a favorite of
>>> mine either but if someone wants to go, sure I'll go I'll go *almost*
>>> anywhere if needed... except a buffet... unless the buffet is a brunch
>>> where children are scarce.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I've never eaten at an Olive Garden restaurant. Not for lack of trying I
>> assure you. The only one we have locally has, at a minimum, a
>> twenty-minute wait on any given night. Seems a lot of the local people
>> here like that "never-ending" pasta bowl.
>>
>> George
>
>
> Let's see....99 cents for a box of average pasta...or how much does OG
> charge for their never ending pasta feed?
>
>
I wouldn't know. Tonight I fixed lemon chicken with rosemary and whole
wheat spaghetti. Probable cost was less than $2.00 for the both of us
including the energy cost to cook. Chicken breast was on sale for 99
cents a lb and I bought 10 lbs, vacuum bagged it and kept in freezer.
That lowered the cost considerably.

George