Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Mon 22 Aug 2005 01:57:58a, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>> On Sun 21 Aug 2005 11:11:19p, sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>> On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 22:44:25 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> sf wrote:
>>>>> > On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:40:14 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> Fantastic! I'll be buying this again.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > So, you went out into your "little" burb and found it! You've
>>>>> > thrown down the gauntlet, so now I have to see if I can find it
>>>>> > here.
>>>>> >
>>>>> LOL You were so surprised at the size of Memphis!
>>>>
>>>> If we'd been standing face to face the breeze created by your
>>>> blinking would have bowled me over!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> I truly think this was a trial run for them since I've never seen
>>>>> it there before.
>>>>
>>>> YO - Wayne, did you read this? Memphis is bigger than SF and
>>>> closer to Europe... it probably has more residents of German
>>>> ancestry too.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> LOL! They do have the village of Germantown just outside of
>>> Memphis! :-) I lived in Memphis for a brief time many years ago.
>>> It is still
>>>> one of my favorite cities.
>>
>> You'd be surprised at the "village" of Germantown these days... it
>> ain't no "village"; it's an incorporated city
>
> The last time I was in Memphis was in 2000 and I, too, was agape and
> agog at the growth and changes, as I hadn't been there for many
> years. I lived in White Station in 1956 and, IIRC, Poplar Avenue was
> only two lanes at that time, at least out in that area. In fact, in
> 1956, White Station was pretty much th boudary of Greater Memphis.
> Germantown was still a very small self-contained "village" 3-4 miles
> away.

That "village" (Germantown) has a population of around 40,000 now and it
spreads much further east than the border you remember up the old 2-lane
Poplar Avenue.

I don't know if you remember Kemmons Wilson (founder of Holiday Inns) - he
had a house on Poplar Avenue not far from White Station. It's now a Dixie
Cafe (a chain) but with the exception of remodeling for the commercial
kitchen they pretty much kept the house intact. Hardwood floors, french
doors, crown moulding, fireplaces. It's fun to go in there and try to
figure out which room was what - was this a bedroom? Could this have been
the dining room? Not to mention Dixie Cafe has great "homestyle cooking" -
they even serve a squash casserole similar to mine! <G>

Menu here (I've only ever been there for lunch):
http://www.dixiecafe.com/menu/

Jill