On 12/10/2013 3:05 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:05:29 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> Among the Dataw lunch specials today:
>>
>> Blue Plate Special:
>> Pear and Blue Cheese Salad
>>
>> Candied Pecans, Cranberry, Blue Cheese Crumble,
>> Grape, Tomato, and Sliced Pears
>> Served Over Mixed Greens
>>
>> $9.50
>>
>> It might be absolutely wonderful. I still don't think of this as a
>> [traditional] Blue Plate Special.
>
> That could qualify as a sort of fusion signature fruit salad but not
> an entree like a typical meat/spud/2veg Blue Plate.

Someone there sure likes the term "Blue Plate Special".

> I don't like that
> combo anyway, comes darn close to TIAD... or a GBG-SS (*** Blade
> Greek-Style Salad). Now was that fresh pear or canned, and did it
> come with a kaiser roll? lol
>
It doesn't specify fresh or other pears. I'm sure they served some sort
of toasted croutons, if not a toasted kaiser roll.

Jill