kilikini wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> Speaking of that, what are those gluey, starchy, deep-fried orbs
>> one now gets in Chinese restaurants? They seem to have replaced
>> actual chunks of chicken in batter. One can only assume scraps of
>> chicken with much glue is cheaper, but yuck. Is that just a
>> Boston thing?
>>
>
> Honestly? I think it's battered, fried chicken skin. I'm not kidding.
>
> kili
>
>
Eeeewwww.

--
Jean B.

Nancy Young wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Speaking of that, what are those gluey, starchy, deep-fried orbs
>> one now gets in Chinese restaurants? They seem to have replaced
>> actual chunks of chicken in batter. One can only assume scraps of
>> chicken with much glue is cheaper, but yuck. Is that just a
>> Boston thing?
>
> If they offer white meat chicken (I assume you're talking about
> General Tso or orange chicken, whatever) versions, best to order
> that. Not because I'm a fan of white mean chicken, but because the meat
> is identifiable.
> nancy

If one had a choice. Yes, my daughter usually gets some sweet
thing like that, and it's frequently not pieces of chicken. They
don't say white meat chicken either. Hmmm. I should write down
how the various restaurant word the descriptions....

--
Jean B.

sf wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:23:12 -0500, Becca >

>> There were two Church's near The Woodlands, one of them had a nice
>> buffet and I enjoyed going there for lunch. They make wonderful hot
>> yeast rolls. The other Church's was dirty and I never went back.
>>
> I guess it's one of those places that doesn't have much oversight....
> meeting corporate standards and all that.

One of my friend's purchased a Church's franchise. When he looked at
their floor plans he noticed they were all buffets. This is not what he
wanted. He questioned them about it, but Church's refused to bend. Ron
does not like buffets so he refused to build the restaurant, even though
he paid for the franchise. I guess he should have asked, first.

I mentioned Ron once before, he was they guy who invested over a million
dollars into a steak & seafood restaurant, and he refused to have any
fried foods, because he thinks they are bad for you. Needless to say,
the restaurant did not make it.

Becca

Jean B. wrote:

> Speaking of that, what are those gluey, starchy, deep-fried orbs one now
> gets in Chinese restaurants? They seem to have replaced actual chunks
> of chicken in batter. One can only assume scraps of chicken with much
> glue is cheaper, but yuck. Is that just a Boston thing?
>
> Also, there's all that kind-of uniformly thin-sliced chicken and meat,
> obviously not done on the premises, and somehow inferior to what used to
> be served....

You are so right about the deep fried orbs.

What also bothers me, is the sushi they have in Chinese buffets. They
must buy them at the same place, because they are all alike.

Becca

Becca wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:23:12 -0500, Becca >
>
>>> There were two Church's near The Woodlands, one of them had a nice
>>> buffet and I enjoyed going there for lunch. They make wonderful hot
>>> yeast rolls. The other Church's was dirty and I never went back.
>>>
>> I guess it's one of those places that doesn't have much oversight....
>> meeting corporate standards and all that.
>
> One of my friend's purchased a Church's franchise. When he looked at
> their floor plans he noticed they were all buffets. This is not what he
> wanted. He questioned them about it, but Church's refused to bend. Ron
> does not like buffets so he refused to build the restaurant, even though
> he paid for the franchise. I guess he should have asked, first.
>
> I mentioned Ron once before, he was they guy who invested over a million
> dollars into a steak & seafood restaurant, and he refused to have any
> fried foods, because he thinks they are bad for you. Needless to say,
> the restaurant did not make it.
>
> Becca
>
There is something to be said for a guy who is true to himself.
But what financial blows he has sustained!

--
Jean B.

Becca wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Speaking of that, what are those gluey, starchy, deep-fried orbs one
>> now gets in Chinese restaurants? They seem to have replaced actual
>> chunks of chicken in batter. One can only assume scraps of chicken
>> with much glue is cheaper, but yuck. Is that just a Boston thing?
>>
>> Also, there's all that kind-of uniformly thin-sliced chicken and meat,
>> obviously not done on the premises, and somehow inferior to what used
>> to be served....
>
> You are so right about the deep fried orbs.
>
> What also bothers me, is the sushi they have in Chinese buffets. They
> must buy them at the same place, because they are all alike.
>
> Becca
>
I tend to avoid those--maybe for that very reason....

--
Jean B.

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:11:25 -0500, Becca >
wrote:

>sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:23:12 -0500, Becca >
>
>>> There were two Church's near The Woodlands, one of them had a nice
>>> buffet and I enjoyed going there for lunch. They make wonderful hot
>>> yeast rolls. The other Church's was dirty and I never went back.
>>>
>> I guess it's one of those places that doesn't have much oversight....
>> meeting corporate standards and all that.
>
>One of my friend's purchased a Church's franchise. When he looked at
>their floor plans he noticed they were all buffets. This is not what he
>wanted. He questioned them about it, but Church's refused to bend. Ron
>does not like buffets so he refused to build the restaurant, even though
>he paid for the franchise. I guess he should have asked, first.

Church's guidelines must have changed since ours went kaput. It was
take out. There may have been a couple of tables, but I don't
remember.
>
>I mentioned Ron once before, he was they guy who invested over a million
>dollars into a steak & seafood restaurant, and he refused to have any
>fried foods, because he thinks they are bad for you. Needless to say,
>the restaurant did not make it.
>
He must have inherited all that money. No self-made man would be that
dumb twice - or do you have more "Ron" stories?





--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:13:08 -0500, Becca >
wrote:

>What also bothers me, is the sushi they have in Chinese buffets.

sushi.... not dim sum?


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

Jean B. wrote:
> Nancy Young wrote:

>> If they offer white meat chicken (I assume you're talking about
>> General Tso or orange chicken, whatever) versions, best to order
>> that. Not because I'm a fan of white mean chicken, but because the
>> meat is identifiable.

> If one had a choice.

(laughing) White mean chicken. That's pretty good.

> Yes, my daughter usually gets some sweet
> thing like that, and it's frequently not pieces of chicken. They
> don't say white meat chicken either. Hmmm. I should write down
> how the various restaurant word the descriptions....

Yeah, I have noticed a couple of places offering that, I don't
know how common that is.

nancy

Becca wrote:
> sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:23:12 -0500, Becca >
>
>>> There were two Church's near The Woodlands, one of them had a nice
>>> buffet and I enjoyed going there for lunch. They make wonderful hot
>>> yeast rolls. The other Church's was dirty and I never went back.
>>>
>> I guess it's one of those places that doesn't have much oversight....
>> meeting corporate standards and all that.
>
> One of my friend's purchased a Church's franchise. When he looked at
> their floor plans he noticed they were all buffets. This is not what he
> wanted. He questioned them about it, but Church's refused to bend. Ron
> does not like buffets so he refused to build the restaurant, even though
> he paid for the franchise. I guess he should have asked, first.
The only Church's in our area is the old-fashioned type, very little
seating and mostly drive-through or walk-up service. Does a booming
business.

If it wasn't ten miles from home I would buy chicken from them as
Popeye's is too salty to suit me.

Back in the Sixties I made a little extra money as an armed guard for a
Church's in a bad part of town. Got stuck up so many times they finally
shut it down. that was after I quit working part-time for them. Not to
many folks try to stick up a chicken stand with a man with a pistol and
a pump shotgun standing guard behind the counter.
>
> I mentioned Ron once before, he was they guy who invested over a million
> dollars into a steak & seafood restaurant, and he refused to have any
> fried foods, because he thinks they are bad for you. Needless to say,
> the restaurant did not make it.
>
> Becca
>

"Becca" > wrote in message
...
> sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:23:12 -0500, Becca >
>
>>> There were two Church's near The Woodlands, one of them had a nice
>>> buffet and I enjoyed going there for lunch. They make wonderful hot
>>> yeast rolls. The other Church's was dirty and I never went back.
>>>
>> I guess it's one of those places that doesn't have much oversight....
>> meeting corporate standards and all that.
>
> One of my friend's purchased a Church's franchise. When he looked at their
> floor plans he noticed they were all buffets. This is not what he wanted.
> He questioned them about it, but Church's refused to bend. Ron does not
> like buffets so he refused to build the restaurant, even though he paid
> for the franchise. I guess he should have asked, first.
>
> I mentioned Ron once before, he was they guy who invested over a million
> dollars into a steak & seafood restaurant, and he refused to have any
> fried foods, because he thinks they are bad for you. Needless to say, the
> restaurant did not make it.
>
> Becca
>

I like your friend's attitude. He will, however, go broke by his
philosophy.

You gotta sell to the market. The market is ignorant.

TFM®

On 2008-08-17, Jean B. > wrote:


> one now gets in Chinese restaurants? They seem to have replaced
> actual chunks of chicken in batter. One can only assume scraps of
> chicken with much glue is cheaper, but yuck. Is that just a
> Boston thing?

Hahdly. I've always been suspect of the Chinese version of pressed duck.
It's pressed something, but I doubt there's a duck within miles of the dish.

nb

Nancy Young wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>> Nancy Young wrote:
>
>>> If they offer white meat chicken (I assume you're talking about
>>> General Tso or orange chicken, whatever) versions, best to order
>>> that. Not because I'm a fan of white mean chicken, but because the
>>> meat is identifiable.
>
>> If one had a choice.
>
> (laughing) White mean chicken. That's pretty good.

LOL! My typing gets worse and worse. And I hate spell checkers,
which don't care whether the word is actually correct. At least
typos are good for laughs.
>
>> Yes, my daughter usually gets some sweet
>> thing like that, and it's frequently not pieces of chicken. They
>> don't say white meat chicken either. Hmmm. I should write down
>> how the various restaurant word the descriptions....
>
> Yeah, I have noticed a couple of places offering that, I don't
> know how common that is.

I hope it isn't common. I just hate that. (I do admit to
sometimes sharing food with daughter and hoping she will share my
food and decide she can stand it.)

--
Jean B.

notbob wrote:
> On 2008-08-17, Jean B. > wrote:
>
>
>> one now gets in Chinese restaurants? They seem to have replaced
>> actual chunks of chicken in batter. One can only assume scraps of
>> chicken with much glue is cheaper, but yuck. Is that just a
>> Boston thing?
>
> Hahdly. I've always been suspect of the Chinese version of pressed duck.
> It's pressed something, but I doubt there's a duck within miles of the dish.
>
> nb

Really! I have never ordered it....

--
Jean B.

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:43:55 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>Really! I have never ordered it....

I have and it's very good.


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:12:55 -0400, "kilikini"
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

>Our rats are Phideaux and Mickey. They love any kind of cheese, corn, peas,
>crackers, cereal and that's about it. No flesh involved. :~)

My son had white mice named Hekyll and Jekyll. When I made corn on
the cob for dinner, I always cut off the rounded tip (fit the skewers
better) and those little suckers *loved* it. When Hekyll died, Jekyll
quit eating and followed Hekyll to mouse heaven within a couple of
days. Hard life lesson for an 8 year old.

Next came a guinea pig named Pita - and it wasn't named for
Mediterranean bread. It's an acronym :-)

--

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

"Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch!"

-- W.C. Fields

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:12:55 -0400, "kilikini"
> > fired up random neurons and synapses to
> opine:
>
>> Our rats are Phideaux and Mickey. They love any kind of cheese,
>> corn, peas, crackers, cereal and that's about it. No flesh
>> involved. :~)
>
> My son had white mice named Hekyll and Jekyll. When I made corn on
> the cob for dinner, I always cut off the rounded tip (fit the skewers
> better) and those little suckers *loved* it. When Hekyll died, Jekyll
> quit eating and followed Hekyll to mouse heaven within a couple of
> days. Hard life lesson for an 8 year old.
>
> Next came a guinea pig named Pita - and it wasn't named for
> Mediterranean bread. It's an acronym :-)

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. I'm going to be really bummed when Mr. Mickey passes.
I love that little critter.

kili

Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:

> Next came a guinea pig named Pita - and it wasn't named for
> Mediterranean bread. It's an acronym :-)

In that case, I'm glad he wasn't a gerbil!

nancy

Nina > wrote:

> The ingredients in their chicken breading is pretty appalling, too.
> Heavy on the MSG among other things. We don't eat there ever since we
> read the list.

Heck - look at their chicken strips:

Chicken Breast Strips Containing up to 43% of a Solution of: Water,
Seasoning (Soy Protein Concentrate, Salt, Rice Starch, Carrageenan,
Dextrose, Onion Powder, Dehydrated Chicken Broth, Maltodextrin,
Spice Extractives), Sodium Phosphate. Breaded with:....

43% water ?!?!! I didn't think they could pump chicken full of that
much water.

Ironically, they don't list the ingredients of their fried chicken
on their site. Just all the other crap.

-sw

Jean B. wrote:
> Becca wrote:
>> sf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:23:12 -0500, Becca >
>>
>>>> There were two Church's near The Woodlands, one of them had a nice
>>>> buffet and I enjoyed going there for lunch. They make wonderful hot
>>>> yeast rolls. The other Church's was dirty and I never went back.
>>>>
>>> I guess it's one of those places that doesn't have much oversight....
>>> meeting corporate standards and all that.
>>
>> One of my friend's purchased a Church's franchise. When he looked at
>> their floor plans he noticed they were all buffets. This is not what
>> he wanted. He questioned them about it, but Church's refused to
>> bend. Ron does not like buffets so he refused to build the
>> restaurant, even though he paid for the franchise. I guess he should
>> have asked, first.
>>
>> I mentioned Ron once before, he was they guy who invested over a
>> million dollars into a steak & seafood restaurant, and he refused to
>> have any fried foods, because he thinks they are bad for you.
>> Needless to say, the restaurant did not make it.
>>
>> Becca
>>
> There is something to be said for a guy who is true to himself. But what
> financial blows he has sustained!

We told him that people like fried shrimp, fried oysters, french fries,
mozzarella sticks, onion rings, fried mushrooms. Everyone is entitled
to their opinion, but you can not change people's diets. They will just
eat somewhere else. And they did.

Becca

sf wrote:

> Church's guidelines must have changed since ours went kaput. It was
> take out. There may have been a couple of tables, but I don't
> remember.

Things may have changed, but at the time, Church's was not interested in
having any more take-out restaurants, they wanted to do buffets only.
Now, he is too busy with real estate endeavors. I will have to ask him
about it.

Becca

sf wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:13:08 -0500, Becca >
> wrote:
>
>> What also bothers me, is the sushi they have in Chinese buffets.
>
> sushi.... not dim sum?

Chinese buffets in my area of the country offer sushi, and it makes no
sense to me, why would a Chinese restaurant offer Japanese food, anyway?
They also have pigs-in-a-blanket and crawfish on their buffet, which
makes no sense to me either.

There is one thing I have noticed. There is a difference in the sweet &
sour sauce at Chinese restaurants here in Louisiana and the ones in
Texas. Here, the sauce here is very, very red. It is red in Texas too,
but not this red.

Becca