"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 11/2/2017 3:29 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> Would you pay $24 for a meatloaf dinner?
>>
> No. Ed, if you do try the meatloaf please report back.
>
>> A new restaurant opened in town and we've not tried it yet. The other
>> night I checked out the menu and found they have meatloaf for $24.
>>
>> http://www.elizabethsfarmhouse.com/dinner.html
>>
> That's an interesting menu. They call their onion soup "German Onion" but
> it's just a twist on classic French Onion.
>
> There was recently a discussion here about sharing food. Hey, their
> appetizers are listed as "Share Plates". Would you need to request a
> separate plate in order to share? Hmmmm.

Most places that list food that way will provide each dinner with a little
plate whether they want it or not.

> What else is $24? KENTUCKY CHICKEN All natural Statler breast, savory
> dry rub, southern style Ivory bar-b-q sauce, stuffed sweet potato, native
> corn pudding.
>
> Okay, I've never heard of "southern style Ivory Bar-b-q sauce". Ivory? As
> in, white sauce? I wonder what the sweet potato is stuffed with?
> Inquiring minds want to know. Heheh.
>
> A better question might be would you pay $22 for a "polenta cake"?! I
> don't care how good the roasted vegetables and marinara sauce are...
> that's way over the top for fried cornmeal.

Yep.

I went to a graduation party some years ago at a restaurant at a fancy
hotel. The host made a big deal about the butter lettuce salad and said we
should all try it. In those days, the only lettuce commonly available in
grocery stores here was iceberg or Romaine. I was also familiar with leaf
having grown it in my garden. Yes, the butter lettuce was good but that was
literally the only thing on the plate unless you had dressing, which I
didn't. Not even so much as a tiny tomato or ring of onion. Very overpriced!

Now you can get butter lettuce most anywhere. Every time I see a head, I
think of that puny but fancy plate with what amounted to less than 1/4 of a
head of lettuce on it. No thanks.

Tonight we are having chicken and noodles with a salad on the side. For some
reason I found a bag of Woo Hoo Italian at Fred Meyers for 99 cents. Woo Hoo
= what some here would called "used". AKA marked down. I also added black
olives, cubes of Kerrigold Dublinger cheese, two chopped tomatoes and just
before serving will add a goodly handful of pecans or walnuts, whichever my
hand happens to grab first. Granted it's not butter lettuce but this salad
will be even better and each plate of it will cost far less than the salad
at that restaurant.