On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 01:27:29 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

> I realize that most chains do. And if you get a burger and fries at a
> Mexican place, they most likely will be. I also think that most places that
> serve fries or even hash browns are going to serve frozen ones. And not all
> frozen potatoes are bad. But given the yucky, faux Tater Tots that I bought
> last week, I know that they can be.
>
> What shocks me though is watching Restaurant Impossible week after week and
> seeing just how common the frozen food is.

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> How hard is it to make real food?

If you watch Restaurant Impossible, you know how he gives them recipes
simple, easy recipes made with fresh ingredients. Sometimes they need
a new piece of equipment to do it properly - but most of the shows
don't require anything other than a menu revamp and an owner to is
committed to doing it right... unlike that Pirate bar person who lived
in her parents basement. Talk about taking a new and definitely
improved concept that the entire staff was able to execute properly
and just throwing it away. Sheesh.


>Sure, I buy frozen stuff now and again.
> But mostly I prefer to make my own. And if I'm going out to eat, I sure as
> heck don't want want to eat it!
>
> I have also found that a lot of the people I talk to who recommend chain
> places to me do not know that they are eating frozen food. They even act
> shocked if I point out to them that the food *is* frozen and they don't
> believe me.
>
> So... What percentage of restaurants (aside from chains) do you think are
> serving us frozen foods?


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