On Jun 5, 3:02*pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
> Any doctor offering medical services from out the back of his van
> is fine by me. *We need to control healthcare costs.

My nephew has a taco cart. His tacos improve people's emotional
health:
http://www.facebook.com/FatsPierre

His tacos are great, but driving six miles each way and paying market-
in-the-park premium prices is a dealbreaker for me. Next Spring he's
opening a cafe that's only about two miles away:
http://www.facebook.com/SWdinerSTL

I'm going to help him by doing some volunteer farming of chilies and
tomatoes next Summer. My sister (his mother) lives on an acre lot.
We can grow lots of Big Jims and Sandias, and he can stew them up and
freeze them, saving money and also giving him the locally grown
angle. I also think we should grow Summer lettuces. He's wanted to
cook professionally since he was a young teenager. During a semester
of college where he studied in NM, he fell in love with SW cuisine, a
love I share. He bought a building recently on a street called
"Southwest Avenue," where he's starting "Southwest Diner." I may even
get to do some food prep work there. Two entrees that I think he
should offer are cornmeal breaded tilapia, and occasionally chicken
fried steak. Top sirloin is often pretty cheap, and when cubed,
salted and peppered, floured and pan fried is so good, and so much
more tender than round steak. I had that very thing for breakfast
today, hand scored. I could have easily cut it with a butter knife.
>
> Steve

--Bryan

On Jun 10, 10:12*pm, Bryan > wrote:

> My nephew has a taco cart. *His tacos improve people's emotional
> health:http://www.facebook.com/FatsPierre
>
> His tacos are great, but driving six miles each way and paying market-
> in-the-park premium prices is a dealbreaker for me. *Next Spring he's
> opening a cafe that's only about two miles away:


When I lived in Hollywood there was one van that parked near my
apartment that sold tacos and a few other things grilled right in the
truck. Nothing new about it now of course, but at the time it seemed
new to me. It was a great stop for something small and not so
filling. For $2.00 you could get a soft or hard shell taco of chicken
or beef or pork on a paper plate with avocado slices and radishes and
a wedge of lime. A very small meal, a healthy snack actually.

TJ

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:12:44 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
> wrote:

>On Jun 5, 3:02*pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
>> Any doctor offering medical services from out the back of his van
>> is fine by me. *We need to control healthcare costs.
>
>My nephew has a taco cart. His tacos improve people's emotional
>health:
>http://www.facebook.com/FatsPierre
>
>His tacos are great, but driving six miles each way and paying market-
>in-the-park premium prices is a dealbreaker for me. Next Spring he's
>opening a cafe that's only about two miles away:
>http://www.facebook.com/SWdinerSTL
>
>I'm going to help him by doing some volunteer farming of chilies and
>tomatoes next Summer. My sister (his mother) lives on an acre lot.
>We can grow lots of Big Jims and Sandias, and he can stew them up and
>freeze them, saving money and also giving him the locally grown
>angle. I also think we should grow Summer lettuces. He's wanted to
>cook professionally since he was a young teenager. During a semester
>of college where he studied in NM, he fell in love with SW cuisine, a
>love I share. He bought a building recently on a street called
>"Southwest Avenue," where he's starting "Southwest Diner." I may even
>get to do some food prep work there. Two entrees that I think he
>should offer are cornmeal breaded tilapia, and occasionally chicken
>fried steak.

WTF is southwest about tilapia and chicken fried steak... them beaners
are gonna laugh yoose outta town... better learn how to do nachos.

On Jun 11, 1:08*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:12:44 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
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> > wrote:
> >On Jun 5, 3:02 pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
> >> Any doctor offering medical services from out the back of his van
> >> is fine by me. We need to control healthcare costs.
>
> >My nephew has a taco cart. *His tacos improve people's emotional
> >health:
> >http://www.facebook.com/FatsPierre
>
> >His tacos are great, but driving six miles each way and paying market-
> >in-the-park premium prices is a dealbreaker for me. *Next Spring he's
> >opening a cafe that's only about two miles away:
> >http://www.facebook.com/SWdinerSTL
>
> >I'm going to help him by doing some volunteer farming of chilies and
> >tomatoes next Summer. *My sister (his mother) lives on an acre lot.
> >We can grow lots of Big Jims and Sandias, and he can stew them up and
> >freeze them, saving money and also giving him the locally grown
> >angle. *I also think we should grow Summer lettuces. * He's wanted to
> >cook professionally since he was a young teenager. *During a semester
> >of college where he studied in NM, he fell in love with SW cuisine, a
> >love I share. *He bought a building recently on a street called
> >"Southwest Avenue," where he's starting "Southwest Diner." *I may even
> >get to do some food prep work there. *Two entrees that I think he
> >should offer are cornmeal breaded tilapia, and occasionally chicken
> >fried steak. *
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> WTF is southwest about tilapia and chicken fried steak... them beaners
> are gonna laugh yoose outta town... better learn how to do nachos.

Well, Sheldon, the idea is to offer diner food as well as Southwest,
so the chicken fried steak is appropriate. It's true that fried
tilapia is not either traditional diner, nor SW, but it certainly goes
well with the other offerings, and my nephew might well be too purist
to serve that, but fish tacos generally go over pretty well.

--Bryan